{"id":4216,"date":"2022-11-25T13:06:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T13:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doku-harxheim.de\/die-ortswaagen-die-waage-am-ehemaligen-bahnubergang-in-der-bahnhofstrase"},"modified":"2023-08-12T10:05:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T10:05:46","slug":"die-ortswaagen-die-waage-am-ehemaligen-bahnubergang-in-der-bahnhofstrase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doku-harxheim.de\/en\/die-ortswaagen-die-waage-am-ehemaligen-bahnubergang-in-der-bahnhofstrase","title":{"rendered":"The local scales – the scales at the former railroad crossing in Bahnhofstra\u00dfe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In addition to the Harxheim local scales in Untergasse, there was another scale in Bahnhofstra\u00dfe directly at the former railroad crossing in the direction of L\u00f6rzweiler. The scale existed from about 1910 until the early 1970s.<\/em><\/h4>\n

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Weigh house at the former railroad crossing in Bahnhofstra\u00dfe in front of the premises of the B\u00fccking company<\/p>\n

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Image source: Willi Buchert<\/span><\/p>\n

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In addition to the weighbridge in the center of the village<\/a>, there was another weighbridge for carts directly after crossing the former railroad crossing in the direction of L\u00f6rzweiler on the left side next to the B\u00fccking company<\/a>‘s property access road.<\/p>\n

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The scale was probably built in the period before the First World War in the immediate vicinity of the railroad station.<\/p>\n

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The weigh house was made of galvanized corrugated sheet metal, a standard model at that time.<\/p>\n

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Corrugated metal cradle house, standard<\/p>\n

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Image source: Archive German Historical Museum, Munich<\/span><\/p>\n

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View of the former railroad crossing in Bahnhofstra\u00dfe; on the right, behind the bush at the entrance gate to the B\u00fccking company, the Wiegeh\u00e4uschen, on the left, the Mann inn<\/p>\n

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Image source: Willi Buchert<\/span><\/p>\n

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The weighing platform had dimensions of about 8 m long and 3 m wide and consisted of a strong steel frame and substructure and oak planks supported on it. Due to its direct proximity to the railroad station, this scale was used by private individuals, farmers as well as by the B\u00fccking company located there. Important customers came from L\u00f6rzweiler, as they also used the nearby train station. The owner of the scales and weighing master was Katharina Mann, called Manne-Kathrin for short. She and her husband Jakob ran a pub across the street, where passengers arriving by train from work liked to enjoy a Mainzer Aktienbier at the bar before heading home.<\/p>\n

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When the locksmith’s building of the B\u00fccking company was built in 1924<\/a>, the entrance gate was set back so far that carts could still drive from both directions over the platform of the scales, but also over the private property of Johann B\u00fccking. Master B\u00fccking was often at loggerheads with Manne-Kathrin, usually over trifles. In annoyance at this, he temporarily positioned obstacles on his private property in the area of the scale. This forced the weighing customers to drive their carts backwards onto the platform, as one of the access directions to the scale was blocked. Woe betide anyone who dared to remove an obstacle from B\u00fccking’s path. The master himself immediately shooed away the troublemaker, using his ever-ready sledgehammer. Normality at the Wiegeh\u00e4uschen only returned when B\u00fccking had calmed down and taken a cool blonde at the Manne-Kathrin’s for peace purposes.<\/p>\n

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Weighing house in front of the company building of the B\u00fccking company, probably 1950s<\/p>\n

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Image source: Willi Buchert<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the mid-1960s, a serious accident occurred at the scale. Early one morning, in the dark, a truck loaded with metal parts drove up for delivery at the B\u00fccking company. Since it was still too early for unloading and the driver had to wait, he drove onto the middle of the cradle platform to park there. Under the load of the heavily laden truck, the platform collapsed in the middle a short time later, and the truck was stuck in the scales up to the axle. As a consequence, the entire heavy load had to be unloaded by hand by the employees of the B\u00fccking company and towed to the locksmith’s shop. Late in the afternoon, thanks to the efforts of many helpers, the truck was unloaded, lifted out of the pit and could be driven home. The scale was repaired a short time later.<\/p>\n

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The facility was decommissioned in the early 1970s. The weigh house was dismantled and scrapped, and the pit under the weigh platform was backfilled and leveled.<\/p>\n

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References:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Contemporary witness report by Gerhard Buchert<\/p>\n

Own research<\/p>\n

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