This is a list of trolleybus systems in Germany by federal states (Bundesländer). It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present. A city name in bold indicates a presently existing system.
Baden-Württemberg Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Baden-Baden 26 June 1949 31 July 1971 Esslingen am Neckar 1 April 1944 See also Trolleybuses in Esslingen am Neckar. Gleislose Bahn Heilbronn–BöckingenHeilbronn am Neckar 16 January 1911 1916 See also Gleislose Bahn Heilbronn–Böckingen 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 Mannheim 1930 1931 Pforzheim 29 September 1951 1 October 1969 Ulm 14 May 1947 23 October 1963
Bavaria Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Augsburg 28 October 1943 17 March 1957 Landshut 27 November 1948 22 May 1966 München /Munich 28 April 1948 28 April 1966 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
Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Berlin Electromote ♦ Halensee, Charlottenburg – Spandau Bock 29 April 1882 13 June 1882 Electromote, world's first trolleybus operation. Gleislose Bahn Niederschöneweide–Johannisthal ♦ Schöneweide – Johannisthal 5 December 1904 4 January 1905 See also Gleislose Bahn Niederschöneweide–Johannisthal . Oberleitungsbus Steglitz ♦ Steglitz 20 April 1912 31 July 1914 See also Oberleitungsbus Steglitz ♦ Spandau, West Berlin 24 December 1933 17 December 1952 ♦ Steglitz, West Berlin 2 May 1935 22 March 1965 ♦ Mitte – Lichtenberg, East Berlin 1 August 1951 1 February 1973 Gleislose Bahn Eberswalde Eberswalde 22 March 1901 June 1901 See also Trolleybuses in Eberswalde, see also Gleislose Bahn Eberswalde for the old system3 November 1940 Potsdam 1 October 1949 2 February 1995
Bremen Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Bremen-Arster Gleislose Bahn for the old system Bremen 7 August 1910 19 June 1916 See also Bremen-Arster Gleislose Bahn , for the old system 1 November 1949 5 November 1961 Bremerhaven 20 November 1947 30 June 1958
Hamburg Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Gleislose Bahn Blankenese–Marienhöhe Hamburg 2 January 1911 1 August 1914 See also Gleislose Bahn Blankenese–Marienhöhe ♦ Harburg 12 July 1949 18 January 1958
Hesse Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Darmstadt 1 March 1944 16 April 1963 Frankfurt am Main 6 January 1944 17 October 1959 Gießen 18 June 1941 23 December 1968 Kassel 12 July 1944 Feb 1945 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 Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Hannover 6 June 1937 10 May 1958 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
Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Aachen 2 January 1944 13 September 1944 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 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 Langenfeld – Monheim 31 May 1904 5 November 1908 Veischedetalbahn Grevenbrück (today: Lennestadt) 6 February 1903 6 June 1916 See also Veischedetalbahn 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 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 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 Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Elektrische gleislose Bahn Ahrweiler Bad Neuenahr – Ahrweiler 23 May 1906 1919 See also Elektrische gleislose Bahn Ahrweiler 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 27 May 1970
Saarland Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Neunkirchen 1 August 1953 31 March 1964 Saarbrücken 12 November 1948 11 May 1964 Völklingen 12 November 1950 4 June 1967
Saxony Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Mühlenbahn Großbauchlitz Döbeln 1 May 1905 1914 See also Mühlenbahn Großbauchlitz , a non-passenger operation only, cargo line Dresdner Haide-Bahn for the first system Dresden 24 March 1903 19 March 1904See also Dresdner Haide-Bahn for the first system 5 November 1947 28 November 1975 Hoyerswerda 6 October 1989 30 December 1994 Gleislose Bielathal-Motorbahn mit elektrischer Oberleitung Königstein – Königsbrunn 10 July 1901 Sep 1904 See also Gleislose Bielathal-Motorbahn mit elektrischer Oberleitung Leipzig 1912 1912 29 July 1938 31 May 1975 Wurzen 7 April 1905 1929 Non-passenger operation only. Zwickau 1 December 1938 30 August 1977
Saxony-Anhalt Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes 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 Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes Flensburg 9 October 1943 15 September 1959 Kiel 28 May 1944 15 April 1964
Thuringia Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes 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: Allenstein: see Olsztyn, Poland Breslau: see Wrocław, Poland Danzig: see Gdańsk, Poland Insterburg: see Chernyakhovsk, Russia Landsberg an der Warthe: see Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland Liegnitz: see Legnica, Poland Waldenburg: see Wałbrzych, Poland
See also List of trolleybus systems, for all other countries Trolleybus Oberleitungsbus Trolleybus usage by country List of town tramway systems in Germany List of light-rail transit systems List of rapid transit systems
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References
Books and periodicals
Trolleybus Magazine (ISSN 0266-7452). National Trolleybus Association (UK). Bimonthly. Blickpunkt Strassenbahn. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Strassenbahn e.V. (Germany). Bimonthly.
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