Cologne-Minden Railway Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cologne-Minden_Railway_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
defunct company
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:CME
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Prussian_state_railways
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:dissolved 1881
gptkbp:founded 1843
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Cologne
gptkbp:historicalSignificance facilitated industrialization in Germany
helped connect Rhineland and Westphalia
major role in German railway expansion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cologne-Minden Railway Company
gptkbp:industry gptkb:rail_transport
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:David_Hansemann
gptkb:Gustav_Mevissen
gptkb:Moritz_von_Bethmann
gptkb:August_von_der_Heydt
gptkbp:mainLine gptkb:Cologne–Minden_railway
gptkb:Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg_railway
gptkb:Hamm–Minden_railway
gptkb:Duisburg–Dortmund_railway
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Cöln-Mindener_Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Cologne–Minden_trunk_line
gptkb:Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg_railway
gptkb:Hamm–Minden_railway
gptkb:Duisburg–Dortmund_railway
gptkbp:operates freight trains
passenger trains
gptkbp:regionServed gptkb:Hamburg
gptkb:Lower_Saxony
gptkb:Prussia
gptkb:North_Rhine-Westphalia
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Prussian_state_railways
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cologne–Siegen_railway
gptkb:Dortmund–Hamm_railway
gptkb:Cologne–Duisburg_railway
gptkb:Duisburg–Dortmund_railway
gptkb:Oberhausen–Essen_railway
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7