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Gargzdai (Gorzd), Lithuania

Notes concerning the Railroad between Memel and Laugallen

The Bahnhofwirtschaft postcard shows an inn next to the rail line in Laugallen, and shows a train behind the inn. This page contains notes concerning the rail line, known as the Memeler Kleinbahn ("small railroad" or "narrow gauge railroad" of Memel). The routes of the Memeler Kleinbahn are shown in black below.

Grosser Atlas der Eisenbahnen (1910)
[Large Railroad Atlas]

"Provinz Ost-Preussen"

The railroad line from Tilsit to Memel was completed in 1875, and from Memel to Bajohren in 1892. The narrow-gauge railroad between Memel and Laugallen, Plicken and Pöszeiten was completed in 1906. See articles about Klaipeda and Memeler Kleinbahn at Wikipedia (in German).

A railroad ticket for the Memeler Kleinbahn appears in Alexandras Kubilas, Curonian Spit in Old Postcards, Vilnius: Lietuvos kolekcininku asociacija (1999), ISBN 9986-9223-1-3, p. 112. The ticket lists the stops on the route from Memel and Laugallen: Memel, Luisenhof, Bachmann, Barschken, Clemmenhof, Clausmühlen, Jacken, Miszeiken, Szilluppen, Matzwöhlen, Gaiten - Schugsta-Stenzel - Dawillen, Grambowischken, Laugallen.

These towns with railroad stops and stations are shown highlighted on the 1929 Karte des Deutschen Reiches below:

The abbreviation "Bhf." at Dawillen and Laugallen stands for Bahnhof (train station). The abbreviation "Hp." shown at the remaining stops along the rail line stands for Haltepunkt (stopping point, or small rail station).

For further information, see

Photo of Kleinbahnhof Memel

Memel Map showing Kleinbahnhof

at Encyclopedia of Russian Narrow Gauge Railways.

1:25,000 map of Laugallen (1939) (site of University of Greifswald). This highly detailed map shows the train station at Laugallen and the Haltepunkt at Grambowischken.

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Bahnhofswirtschaft postcard