Merkur Funicular Railway

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} thumb|upright|One of the new cars introduced in 2020 thumb|upright|Looking down the line from the upper station thumb|upright|The upper station thumb|upright|Drive wheel of the Merkurbergbahn from 1913 to 1967

The '''Merkur Funicular Railway''' ({{langx|de|Merkurbergbahn}}) is a metre gauge funicular railway in the town of Baden-Baden in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The line ascends the town's ''Hausberg'', the Merkur (668.3 m), atop which is the Merkur Tower.<ref name=edsp93>{{cite book | title = Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland | date = 2009 | publisher = Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH | isbn=978-3-89494-139-0 | page = 93}}</ref>

The line opened in 1913 and closed in 1967. It was reopened on 27 April 1979.

The funicular has the following technical parameters:<ref name=lworld>{{cite web | url = http://www.seilbahntechnik.net/lifte/54/datas.php | title = Lift-Database : Baden-Baden : Merkur-Bergbahn | publisher = Lift-World.info | accessdate = 27 February 2007 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223459/http://www.seilbahntechnik.net/lifte/54/datas.php | archivedate = 27 September 2007 }}</ref> * Length: ''{{convert|1192|m|0}}'' * Height: ''{{convert|370|m|0}}'' * Maximum steepness: ''54%'' * Cars: ''2'' * Capacity: ''38 passengers per car'' * Track gauge: ''{{RailGauge|1000mm}}'' * Traction: ''Electricity'' * Control: ''Automatic''

== See also == * List of funicular railways

==References== <references />

==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} * http://www.stadtwerke-baden-baden.de/stadtwerke/html/merkur_history.htm

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Category:Buildings and structures in Baden-Baden Category:Railway lines in Baden-Württemberg Category:Funicular railways in Germany Category:Metre-gauge railways in Germany Category:Railway lines opened in 1913 Category:1913 establishments in Germany