Aqueducts of the Romincka Forest, Stańczyki, Poland (part 3 of 3)

According to the 1938 timetable, three pairs of passenger trains ran daily on the Gołdap–Żytkiejmy–Gąbin line. An additional pair operated on Saturdays and Sundays. Passenger traffic between 1927 and 1933 was not large in an area with one of the lowest population densities. After 1933 it decreased further when, by order of the Reichsjägermeister Hermann Göring, the entire Romincka Forest was enclosed with a fence, becoming a restricted area for private meetings of German leaders.

In 1945 the withdrawing Red Army dismantled the tracks, and they have remained so to this day.

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Aqueducts of the Romincka Forest, Stańczyki, Poland (part 2 of 3)

The first, southern bridge was built between 1912 and 1917 as part of a transport corridor of great strategic and economic importance connecting Chojnice with Olita (now in Lithuania). Its construction was interrupted by World War I, but the building was ultimately completed. After the war, between 1923 and 1926, the second, northern bridge was constructed.

The Gołdap - Żytkiejmy - Gąbin railway line was opened in the autumn of 1927.

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Aqueducts of the Romincka Forest, Stańczyki, Poland (part 1 of 3)

The northern ends of Masuria belong to the least visited corners of the country. It is here, among charming hills and meadows, behind the village of Stańczyki, that the massive bridges of the disused Gołdap–Żytkiejmy railway line are located. These bridges are the highest on the line and among the tallest in Poland.

The bridges are 200 meters long and 36 meters high. The structure is reinforced concrete, with five spans, each with equal 15-meter arches. The pillars are decorated with elements modeled after Roman aqueducts, hence the name: “Aqueducts of the Romincka Forest.”

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