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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| Baden-Baden

| 26 June 1949

| 31 July 1971

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| Esslingen am Neckar

| 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

| Ludwigsburg

| 21 December 1910

| 1 May 1923

| See also Ludwigsburger Oberleitungs-Bahnen {{in lang|de}}

 

| Mannheim

| 1930

| 1931

|  

 

| Pforzheim

| 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

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| Landshut

| 27 November 1948

| 22 May 1966

|  

 

| München /Munich

| 28 April 1948

| 28 April 1966

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| Nürnberg /Nuremberg

| 15 November 1948

| 12 December 1962

| Also a line at the MAN factory, 25 January 1931 – 1935.

 

| Regensburg

| 18 March 1953

| 17 May 1963

|  

[[Berlin]] and [[Brandenburg]]

Image:Eberswalde-obus-skoda.jpg 9Tr in Eberswalde]]

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| Berlin

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|  

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Electromote

| ♦ Halensee, Charlottenburg – Spandau Bock

| 29 April 1882

| 13 June 1882

| Electromote, world's first trolleybus operation.

Gleislose Bahn Niederschöneweide–Johannisthal

| ♦ SchöneweideJohannisthal

| 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

|  

 

| ♦ MitteLichtenberg, East Berlin

| 1 August 1951

| 1 February 1973

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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

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| 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

 

| Bremerhaven

| 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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| Darmstadt

| 1 March 1944

| 16 April 1963

|  

 

| Frankfurt am Main

| 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

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1 October 1947

| 27 May 1962

 

| Marburg

| 19 May 1951

| 5 October 1968

|  

 

| Offenbach am Main

| 14 July 1951

| 26 September 1972

|  

 

| Wiesbaden

| 23 December 1948

| 17 November 1961

|  

[[Lower Saxony]]

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| Hannover

| 6 June 1937

| 10 May 1958

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| Hildesheim

| 7 August 1943

| 30 May 1969

|  

 

| Oldenburg

| 26 September 1936

| 26 October 1957

|  

 

| Osnabrück

| 2 December 1949

| 10 June 1968

|  

 

| Wilhelmshaven

| 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

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1 August 1948

| 3 February 1974

 

| Bielefeld

| 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.

 

| Gummersbach

| 25 November 1948

| 30 September 1962

|  

 

| Köln /Cologne

| 6 November 1950

| 16 March 1959

|  

 

| Krefeld

| 3 December 1949

| 29 May 1964

|  

 

| LangenfeldMonheim

| 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

| Monheim am Rhein

| 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.

 

| Wuppertal

| 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

| Bad NeuenahrAhrweiler

| 23 May 1906

| 1919

| See also Elektrische gleislose Bahn Ahrweiler {{in lang|de}}

 

| Idar-Oberstein

| 22 February 1932

| 11 May 1969

|  

 

| Kaiserslautern

| 29 October 1949

| 30 November 1985

|  

 

| Koblenz

| 17 July 1941

| 30 October 1970

|  

 

| Mainz

| 19 May 1946

| 12 February 1967

|  

 

| Pirmasens

| 25 November 1941

| 12 October 1967

|  

 

| Trier

| 20 January 1940{{cite book|last=Zenz|first=Emil|title=75 Jahre Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe, 1905–1980|trans-title=75 Years of City Transit Service|year=1980|publisher=Stadtwerke Trier|pages=60, 98–99|language=German}}

| 27 May 1970

|  

[[Saarland]]

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| Neunkirchen

| 1 August 1953

| 31 March 1964

|  

 

| Saarbrücken

| 12 November 1948

| 11 May 1964

|  

 

| Völklingen

| 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

 

| Hoyerswerda

| 6 October 1989

| 30 December 1994

|  

Gleislose Bielathal-Motorbahn mit elektrischer Oberleitung

| KönigsteinKönigsbrunn

| 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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| Bitterfeld

| Oct 1984

| Oct 1988

| Non-passenger (coal mine).

 

| Elbingerode (Harz)

| Mar 1988

| Feb 1989

| Non-passenger (limestone works).

 

| Magdeburg

| 1 July 1951

| 31 October 1970

|  

[[Schleswig-Holstein]]

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| Flensburg

| 9 October 1943

| 15 September 1959

|  

 

| Kiel

| 28 May 1944

| 15 April 1964

|  

[[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

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.