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Suspension Monorail 01 vohwinkel 08 pestalozzistrasse 10 ohligsmühle/stadthalle left A suspension monorail train passes the Baum’sche Fabrik in the Hofaue, once a centre for textile trade in With its depot and workshop shed, the termi- Arrenberg, once a working-class district, has The high-rise savings bank (Sparkasse) tow- Germany. nus of the suspension monorail in Vohwinkel for a number of years been developing into ers above the station Ohligsmühle, a modern above middle An imposing flight of steps leads up to is considerably larger than the other stations. a popular and fashionable area. Its core is the construction built in 1982. Higher up on the Jo- Wuppertal’s town hall in the centre of Barmen. Photographers often come here for the view former hospital (Sauerbruch-Klinik), part of hannisberg stands the Historische Stadthalle, below middle Huge pylons take the monorail over the HELIOS Klinikum Wuppertal from the platform of the narrow Kaiserstraße, which has been turned into residential accom- a magnificent concert hall much-praised large junction of the main road B7 and into the station into which the supports and rail have been modation known as the Arrenberg’sche Höfe for its acoustics and dating from 1900 (GPS Alter Markt. Blue effect lighting gives the construction Klinikum der Universität Witten/Herdecke squeezed. (GPS 51.249439, 7.131886). The factory build- 51.252281, 7.143023). The adjacent public in- a mythical flair. Standort Barmen: Equally eye-catching is the nearby imposing ings in Moritzstraße, where once the German door swimming pool reflects the architectural right A view past the façade of the Landgericht Heusnerstr. 40 · 42283 Wuppertal neo-Gothic town hall of Vohwinkel (1897–99; company Elba produced ring binders, have style of the 50s and is known as the Schwim- towards the monorail system, which is a good 50 years Telefon: (0202) 896-0 younger Rubensstr. 43, GPS 51.229496, 7.067918). The now also been turned into luxury apartments moper (swimming opera). This name stems Standort Elberfeld, Herzzentrum: trolleybus service to Solingen, like the sus- (GPS 51.251105, 7.131414). from the fact that the people of Elberfeld Arrenberger Str. 20 · 42115 Wuppertal pension railway an unusual means of public above left The bridge Kothener Brücke near the sta- wanted their own highlight when the opera Telefon: (0202) 896-9 tion Zoo/Stadion transport, stops in front of the entrance to the house in Barmen, which had been destroyed E-mail: [email protected] town hall. below left Graffiti: Pretty but ephemeral. Temporary in the war, was rebuilt. www.helios-kliniken.de/wuppertal impressum works of art like this decorate buildings in Wuppertal produced by Wuppertal Marketing GmbH, Friedrich- such as the walls of the former Elba factory in Ar- Engels-Allee 83, 42285 Wuppertal, Telephone +49 above right Suspension monorail trains in the depot renberg. (0)202 563-4097, E-Mail info@wuppertal-marketing. at the Vohwinkel terminus below The glass and steel construction of the sta- de photographs Manfred Görgens, title page WSW below right At the main church in Sonnborn the sup- tion Westende stands next to the Bayer plant like a design Illigen Wolf Partner. Pocket Card is a protected ports and rail make a turn towards the Wupper. diamond solitaire. product (www.pocketcard.de) Schwebeanzeige_68x98_U4.indd 1 12.04.13 14:44 the emperor rides the monorail guide & listen: On October 24th 1900, Kaiser Wilhelm II 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 audioguide to the monorail and his consortvohwinkel Auguste went for a test 39 informative chapters accompany the vohwinkel bruch hammerstein sonnborner zoo/stadion varresbecker westende pestalozzi- robert-daum- ohligsmühle/ wuppertal hbf/ kluse/schau- landgericht völklinger loher brücke/ adlerbrücke/ alter markt werther wupperfeld oberbarmen/ ride in the suspension monorail, which at listener on the journey by suspension strasse strasse strasse platz stadthalle döppersberg spielhaus strasse junior uni opernhaus brücke berliner platz that time only operated on the western monorail from Vohwinkel to Oberbarmen section. The monorail service for ordi- and back again. Amusing and entertain- nary passengers began on March 1st 1901. ing stories about the town, the monorail, important people, and sights to be seen tuffi jumps out of the monorail 02 bruch 03 hammerstein 06 varresbecker strasse 12 kluse/schauspielhaus 14 völklinger strasse 15 loher brücke/junior uni 17 alter markt 18 werther brücke You could almost serve coffee and cake, so The Kaiserstraße and the Sonnborner Straße In 1863 Friedrich Bayer senior founded his The trains run close to a former factory, the As in the case of Landgericht, this is a recon- The station Loher Brücke offers the quick- The Alter Markt is the gateway to the pedes- Here too, the striking art nouveau station has on the journey provide information about Tuffi was an elephant that jumped out of close does the monorail run to the houses once merged imperceptibly, but in the 70s the paint factory in Wuppertal Heckinghausen. Baum’sche Fabrik, a reminder of the times struction of the original station design. est access to the Junior Uni, an educational trianized area in Barmen, where Wuppertal’s been replaced by one modelled on the original Wuppertal. The data in mp3 format can a monorail train and into the Wupper near in the Kaiserstraße. The suspension railway Sonnborn autobahn intersection cut through Three years later he moved the headquarters when Germany’s biggest trading centre for institution for children and young people town hall (1908-21) is situated (Johannes-Rau- building. This station provides the quickest ac- be downloaded free of charge from www. the station Adlerbrücke on July 21st 1950. wuppertalshop.de or from this QR code: started running in 1901, but many of the build- this part of the city. A 485-metre section of to Elberfeld. This plant, which covers a large textiles was here on the Hofaue. At that time, the suspension monorail that is unique in Germany (Am Brögel, GPS Platz, GPS 51.272045, 7.199918). The former cess to the former hall of fame (Ruhmeshalle, The plan was to have the elephant ride the ings on the street are from a later date. Their the monorail had to be raised by 2.2 metres in area below the suspension monorail, is where postcards that were simply addressed “Hof- 51.266624, 7.183068). public indoor swimming pool (1881/82) behind 1900), now known as the Haus der Jugend monorail as an advertising gimmick, but length of the route 13.3 kilometres, it became scared, kicked open the door, inhabitants have found a way of getting along order to pass over the intersection. The view the worldwide company Bayer originated. aue” could be relied on to reached their ad- including 10 kilometres above the Wupper the town hall is now a restaurant and brewery (Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 4–6, GPS 51.271642, and plunged into the Wupper. Fortunately, with Wuppertal’s poltergeist. from the trains of the tangle of motorway dressee. The next station is Kluse, a modern journey time about 30 minutes, includ- 16 adlerbrücke (Wuppertaler Brauhaus) and one of the most 7.20289). This building houses a concert ven- Tuffi was not injured apart from a bruise. arms is impressive. 07 westende steel and glass construction built in 1999. ing stops at the 20 stations top speed 60 The opera house, built in 1905, was destroyed important tourist attractions in Barmen (GPS ue and the Kunsthalle, a branch of the Von der Souvenirs of Tuffi and the suspension Westende is one of a number of stations kph length of the carriages 24 metres in the war and rebuilt between 1954 and 1965. 51.272568, 7.201318). Heydt Museum. 04 sonnborner strasse whose original structure was pulled down to 13 landgericht weight 35.5 tons. 49 seats and room for It is the main venue for performances by the monorail are available from www.wupper- www.wuppertalshop. talshop.de. At the main church (Hauptkirche) in Sonnborn be replaced by a modern steel and glass con- The station Landgericht is modelled on the 156 standing passengers number of pas- theatre company (Wuppertaler Bühnen), 19 wupperfeld de/downlads (1922–26; GPS 51.238868, 7.102908), the sup- struction designed by the architects Jaspert local (i.e. “bergisch”) style of half-timbered sengers an average of 85,000 on working to which the world-famous Dance Theatre The architectural landmark here is the onion Completely unhindered by road traffic, the monorail days, 24.8 million a year. train squeezes its way through a sea of buildings ports and rail make a turn over the wide road + Seffens in Cologne. This station is primarily buildings. In order to meet modern require- (Tanz theater Wuppertal Pina Bausch) belongs dome of the old church in Wupperfeld (Alte Brochure Impression J01 11/2013 above the Kaiserstraße in Vohwinkel. junction and take the suspension railway to the stop for the Bayer plant. Nearby is Elber- ments (including elevators), the old art nou- (Kurt-Drees-Straße 4, GPS 51.267393, 7.192955). Kirche Wupperfeld, 1779–85; Bredde 69, GPS the banks of the Wupper. feld’s thermal power station, whose 198-me- veau structure was replaced by a new one The Historical Centre (Historisches Zentrum) 51.275178, 7.21261). Not far away is the Imma- tre chimney is Wuppertal’s tallest structure. that preserved the original design. Its visual next door incorporates a residence owned nuelskirche (1867–69), which has excellent 05 zoo/stadion 09 robert-daum-platz 11 wuppertal hbf/döppersberg effect is enhanced by the imposing façade of by the family of Friedrich Engels and the Mu- acoustics and is highly regarded as a concert Wuppertal suspension monorail Wuppertal’s zoo dates from 1881, nestles Wuppertal has one of Germany’s largest ar- Further to the east, the train passes through the Landgericht, one of the oldest law court seum of Early Industrialization (Engelsstr.
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