Lanová dráha Bohosudov - Komáří vížka Other

Seat cableway ride Bohosudov - Komáří vížka is the oldest operated personal suspension cableway track in the Czech Republic and at the same time the longest personal lift in the country. It connects the North Bohemian town of Krupka, namely its part of Bohosudov, with the peak of Komáří vížka in the Krušné Mountains. Since 2013 this technical monument has been protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.

The first proposals for a lift leading to Komáří vížka were submitted in 1838 hrabě Westfalen to facilitate access to the foothills of the mountain municipalities. The preparations for the construction were launched in 1903, but the First World War stopped their implementation. Another project from 1932 planned the construction of a land cable car capable of pulling trucks and other heavy loads overnight, but this plan was also destroyed by war. The current cableway was built in the early 1950s and its operation started on 25 May 1952. Since 1 July 1953 the Czechoslovak State Railways took over its operation.

This passenger-mounted one-rope orbit of the orbital system uses a detachable two-seater seat. The total vertical length of the route is 2348 metres, the horizontal length is 2336 metres and the height is 480 metres. The lower station in Bohosudov is located at an altitude of 326 metres, while the upper station in Komáří vížka lies at 806 meters above sea level. The technical equipment was manufactured by the National Company Transporta Chrudim according to the license of the Swiss company Von Roll. The runway is supported by 29 supports, four of which are pressurised and the rest are supporting. Traffic speed is 2.5 meters per second, which means the journey takes 15.5 minutes. In one hour, the runway can transport 226 passengers using 60 two-seater seats.

In the 1980s there was a partial reconstruction involving the modernisation of the machinery room in 1982 and 1983 and the exchange of pulley batteries between 1986 and 1988. The runway was privatized in 1996. It was owned from 1 May 1996 until 1 July 2009 by Dragon Trade, s. r. o., which subsequently sold it to the city of Krupec. The company Sport Krupka, s. r. o.

In addition to the status of the cultural monument, the cable car was first in the Czech Republic in May 2022 to obtain the status of the historic cableway from the Dresden office. Its construction is typical of the period of post-war industrialization and development of infrastructure within the socialist Czechoslovakia, when foreign licences for modernization of transport were often used.

The cableway operation shall be provided year-round, except for periods of regular repairs and revisions. From 1 April to 30 September, the runway runs from 8.30 to 18.30 hours, while from 1 October to 31 March it ends at 16.30 hours. Departures are always made at 30 minutes each hour. Passengers can also carry bicycles on cable cars. The annual mobility capacity of persons is between 40 000 and 50 000 passengers and 10 000 bicycles.

This technical monument represents an important element of the industrial heritage of the region. Her visit offers not only a trip to the mountain landscape, but also an opportunity to see a unique technical object with a long history.