List of trolleybus systems in Germany
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This is a list of trolleybus systems in Germany by Land. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present. A city name in bold indicates a presently existing system.
[[Baden-Württemberg]]
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| 26 June 1949 | 31 July 1971 | |
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| | 1 April 1944 | | See also Trolleybuses in Esslingen am Neckar. |
rowspan="2" | Gleislose Bahn Heilbronn–Böckingen
| rowspan="2" |Heilbronn am Neckar | 16 January 1911 | 1916 | rowspan="2" | See also Gleislose Bahn Heilbronn–Böckingen {{in lang|de}} for the old system |
23 September 1951
| 30 December 1960 |
Ludwigsburger Oberleitungs-Bahnen
| 21 December 1910 | 1 May 1923 | See also Ludwigsburger Oberleitungs-Bahnen {{in lang|de}} |
| Mannheim | 1930 | 1931 | |
| 29 September 1951 | 1 October 1969 | |
| Ulm | 14 May 1947 | 23 October 1963 | |
[[Bavaria]]
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| Augsburg | 28 October 1943 | 17 March 1957 | |
| Landshut | 27 November 1948 | 22 May 1966 | |
| München /Munich | 28 April 1948 | 28 April 1966 | |
| Nürnberg /Nuremberg | 15 November 1948 | 12 December 1962 | Also a line at the MAN factory, 25 January 1931 – 1935. |
| 18 March 1953 | 17 May 1963 | |
[[Berlin]] and [[Brandenburg]]
Image:Eberswalde-obus-skoda.jpg 9Tr in Eberswalde]]
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| Berlin | | | |
Electromote
| ♦ Halensee, Charlottenburg – Spandau Bock | 29 April 1882 | 13 June 1882 | Electromote, world's first trolleybus operation. |
Gleislose Bahn Niederschöneweide–Johannisthal
| ♦ Schöneweide – Johannisthal | 5 December 1904 | 4 January 1905 | See also Gleislose Bahn Niederschöneweide–Johannisthal {{in lang|de}}. |
Oberleitungsbus Steglitz
| ♦ Steglitz | 20 April 1912 | 31 July 1914 | See also Oberleitungsbus Steglitz {{in lang|de}} |
| ♦ Spandau, West Berlin | 24 December 1933 | 17 December 1952 | |
| ♦ Steglitz, West Berlin | 2 May 1935 | 22 March 1965 | |
| ♦ Mitte – Lichtenberg, East Berlin | 1 August 1951 | 1 February 1973 | |
rowspan="2" | Gleislose Bahn Eberswalde
| rowspan="2" | Eberswalde | 22 March 1901 | June 1901 | rowspan="2" | See also Trolleybuses in Eberswalde, see also Gleislose Bahn Eberswalde {{in lang|de}} for the old system |
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|3 November 1940 | |
| Potsdam | 1 October 1949 | 2 February 1995 | |
[[Bremen]]
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rowspan="2" | Bremen-Arster Gleislose Bahn for the old system
| rowspan="2" | Bremen | 7 August 1910 | 19 June 1916 | rowspan="2" | See also Bremen-Arster Gleislose Bahn {{in lang|de}}, for the old system |
1 November 1949
| 5 November 1961 |
| 20 November 1947 | 30 June 1958 | |
[[Hamburg]]
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Gleislose Bahn Blankenese–Marienhöhe
| Hamburg | 2 January 1911 | 1 August 1914 | See also Gleislose Bahn Blankenese–Marienhöhe {{in lang|de}} |
| ♦ Harburg | 12 July 1949 | 18 January 1958 | |
[[Hesse]]
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| 1 March 1944 | 16 April 1963 | |
| 6 January 1944 | 17 October 1959 | |
| Gießen | 18 June 1941 | 23 December 1968 | |
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| rowspan=2 |Kassel | 12 July 1944 | Feb 1945 | rowspan=2 | |
1 October 1947
| 27 May 1962 |
| Marburg | 19 May 1951 | 5 October 1968 | |
| 14 July 1951 | 26 September 1972 | |
| 23 December 1948 | 17 November 1961 | |
[[Lower Saxony]]
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| Hannover | 6 June 1937 | 10 May 1958 | |
| 7 August 1943 | 30 May 1969 | |
| 26 September 1936 | 26 October 1957 | |
| 2 December 1949 | 10 June 1968 | |
| 1 October 1942 | 30 October 1960 | |
| ♦ Wilhelmshaven – Jever | 8 December 1944 | 30 September 1954 | |
[[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
Image:O-Bus Solingen Haltestelle Vohwinkel 100 8165.jpg network in Wuppertal-Vohwinkel]]
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| rowspan=2 |Aachen | 2 January 1944 | 13 September 1944 | rowspan=2 | |
1 August 1948
| 3 February 1974 |
| 27 May 1944 | 8 November 1968 | |
| Bochum | 18 June 1949 | 18 October 1959 | |
| Bonn | 17 February 1951 | 30 June 1971 | |
| Dortmund | 29 May 1942 | 17 June 1967 | |
| Duisburg | 18 December 1954 | 28 May 1967 | |
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| rowspan=2 | Essen | 8 May 1949 | 23 November 1959 | |
28 May 1983
| 24 September 1995 | Dual-mode guided bus (Duo-Bus) operation. |
| 25 November 1948 | 30 September 1962 | |
| Köln /Cologne | 6 November 1950 | 16 March 1959 | |
| Krefeld | 3 December 1949 | 29 May 1964 | |
| Langenfeld – Monheim | 31 May 1904 | 5 November 1908 | |
Veischedetalbahn
| Grevenbrück (today: Lennestadt) | 6 February 1903 | 6 June 1916 | See also Veischedetalbahn {{in lang|de}} |
| Mettmann | 26 August 1930 | 31 December 1954 | |
| Minden | 19 December 1953 | 20 July 1965 | |
| Moers | 27 October 1950 | 19 September 1968 | |
Gleislose Bahn Monheim–Langenfeld
| 31 May 1904 | 5 November 1908 | See also Gleislose Bahn Monheim–Langenfeld {{in lang|de}} |
| Münster | 1 October 1949 | 26 May 1968 | |
| Neuss | 28 August 1948 | 31 December 1959 | |
| Neuwied | 1 October 1949 | 28 February 1963 | |
| Rheydt | 18 May 1952 | 16 June 1973 | Rheydt was merged into Mönchengladbach from 1975. |
| Siegen | 16 October 1941 | 5 January 1969 | |
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| | Solingen | 19 June 1952 | | See also Trolleybuses in Solingen. |
| 1 October 1949 | 27 May 1972 | One trolleybus line from Solingen terminates in Wuppertal-Vohwinkel |
[[Rhineland-Palatinate]]
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Elektrische gleislose Bahn Ahrweiler
| 23 May 1906 | 1919 | See also Elektrische gleislose Bahn Ahrweiler {{in lang|de}} |
| 22 February 1932 | 11 May 1969 | |
| 29 October 1949 | 30 November 1985 | |
| Koblenz | 17 July 1941 | 30 October 1970 | |
| Mainz | 19 May 1946 | 12 February 1967 | |
| 25 November 1941 | 12 October 1967 | |
| Trier | |
[[Saarland]]
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| 1 August 1953 | 31 March 1964 | |
| 12 November 1948 | 11 May 1964 | |
| 12 November 1950 | 4 June 1967 | |
[[Saxony]]
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Mühlenbahn Großbauchlitz
| Döbeln | 1 May 1905 | 1914 | See also Mühlenbahn Großbauchlitz {{in lang|de}}, a non-passenger operation only, cargo line |
rowspan="2" | Dresdner Haide-Bahn for the first system
| rowspan="2" | Dresden | 24 March 1903 | 19 March 1904 | rowspan=2 |See also Dresdner Haide-Bahn {{in lang|de}} for the first system |
5 November 1947
| 28 November 1975 |
| 6 October 1989 | 30 December 1994 | |
Gleislose Bielathal-Motorbahn mit elektrischer Oberleitung
| 10 July 1901 | Sep 1904 | See also Gleislose Bielathal-Motorbahn mit elektrischer Oberleitung {{in lang|de}} |
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| rowspan="2" | Leipzig | 1912 | 1912 | rowspan=2 | |
29 July 1938
| 31 May 1975 |
| Wurzen | 7 April 1905 | 1929 | Non-passenger operation only. |
| Zwickau | 1 December 1938 | 30 August 1977 | |
[[Saxony-Anhalt]]
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| Oct 1984 | Oct 1988 | Non-passenger (coal mine). |
| Mar 1988 | Feb 1989 | Non-passenger (limestone works). |
| 1 July 1951 | 31 October 1970 | |
[[Schleswig-Holstein]]
[[Thuringia]]
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| Erfurt | 26 February 1948 | 7 November 1975 | |
| Gera | 2 November 1939 | 14 September 1977 | |
| Greiz | 21 September 1945 | 11 July 1969 | |
| Weimar | 2 February 1948 | 2 April 1993 | |
Towns in historic East Prussia, West Prussia, Lower Silesia and Brandenburg that are no longer part of Germany:
See also
- List of trolleybus systems, for all other countries
- Trolleybus
- {{in lang|de}} Oberleitungsbus
- Trolleybus usage by country
- List of town tramway systems in Germany
- List of light-rail transit systems
- List of rapid transit systems
Sources
=References=
{{Reflist}}
=Books and periodicals=
- {{cite book| author = Alan G. Murray| title = World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia| year = 2000| isbn = 978-0-904235-18-0 }}
- {{cite book| author = Werner Stock| title = Obus-Anlagen in Deutschland: die Entwicklung der Oberleitungs-Omnibus-Betriebe im Deutschen Reich, in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und in der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik seit 1930| year = 1987| isbn = 978-3-926882-00-4 }}
- {{cite book| author = Robert Peschkes| title = World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus, and Rapid Transit Systems, Part 3: Europe| year = 1993| isbn = 978-0-948619-01-4 }}
- Trolleybus Magazine (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly.
- Blickpunkt Strassenbahn. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Strassenbahn e.V. (Germany). Bimonthly.
External links
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