page_title: Heidenau–Kurort Altenberg railway
section_title: Stations
hierarchical_section_title: Heidenau–Kurort Altenberg railway / Route description / Stations
caption_attribution_description: English: station Weesenstein, Heidenau–Kurort Altenberg railway, Saxony, Germany Deutsch: Haltepunkt Weesenstein, Müglitztalbahn
context_page_description: The Heidenau–Kurort Altenberg railway, also known in German as the Müglitztalbahn is a German railway in Saxony. Branching off the Elbe Valley Railway, it connects the town of Heidenau near Dresden with the towns of Glashütte and Altenberg in Erzgebirge, where it terminates. The total length is 38 km, with a total incline of 634 meters. The scenic track follows primarily the Müglitz river, passing the towns of Dohna, Glashütte and Geising.
  The railway was initially a narrow gauge railway, which was opened on November 17, 1890. Between 1935 and 1938, the tracks were graded and converted to standard gauge.
  Passenger transport services are operated on behalf of Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe by Städtebahn Sachsen since 12 December 2010 following a retendering of the transport services. The rail infrastructure is operated by DB Netz, the stations are run by DB Station&Service.
context_section_description: Heidenau (50°58′52″N 13°51′29″E)
  The Müglitz Valley Railway begins in Heidenau station on the  Děčín–Dresden-Neustadt railway. There is a connection to the Dresden S-Bahn line S1 (Meissen-Triebischtal – Schöna) and S2 (Dresden Flughafen – Pirna).
  Dohna (Sachs) (50°57′40″N 13°51′20″E) 
  Dohna (Sachs) station still has the entrance building from the narrow gauge period. Because of its great importance for passenger traffic, Dohna was integrated into the Dresden S-Bahn fare zone before German reunification. At times, the station, which is located in the Dohna lower town, was also planned as the terminus of an S-Bahn service, but this was not implemented.
  Dohna Fluorchemie siding (50°56′48″N 13°51′26″E)
  The Dohna Fluorchemie siding is located beyond Dohna station just before Köttewitz station. The siding leading to a chemical plant in Dohna is the only one on the line still used for freight traffic.
  Köttewitz (50.944977°N 13.860336°E)
  Köttewitz halt (German: Haltepunkt, that is a station without any points)  is located just outside the town. Köttewitz is only a request stop because of the extremely low volume of passengers. From 10 December 2011 to 14 December 2013, Köttewitz was not served to save time in order to improve connections in Heidenau to the trains on line S1. Instead, a special bus served this halt from Heidenau or Mühlbach. The halt is beyond the approach signal to Dohna station and is thus operationally part of Dohna station.
  Weesenstein (50°56′10″N 13°51′46″E) 
  Weesenstein halt is now only a demand stop. The small service building is owned by Deutsche Bahn AG. The entrance building dates back to 1938.
  Burkhardswalde-Maxen (50°55′31″N 13°50′19″E) 
  Burkhardswalde-Maxen halt is located just outside the villages of Burkhardswalde and Maxen. Today it has little traffic. Directly on the slope above the station are the formerly well-known Margon mineral water (Margonwasser) springs and the attached Schloss Gesundbrunnen ("healthy spring palace"). In the course of the restoration the line in 1998/99, the former station was restored as a halt.
  The station building, which is heritage listed, is mainly known for its sgraffito decorations on its gable. These have their background in some events of the Seven Years' War that took place nearby. After the Battle of Maxen on 20 November 1759, the Prussian General von Finck surrendered and was captured by the Austrians, who were allied with Saxony, together with 14,000 men. Pictured are a Saxon grenadier and a Prussian Freikorps knight and above is the inscription "Anno 1759". In 2002, the flood waters of the Müglitz destroyed the station building’s rear wooden freight platform. The structure was then demolished and not rebuilt.
  Deutsche Bahn has offered the station building for sale for a few years, but so far without success. The building is empty and decaying.
  Mühlbach (b Pirna) (50°54′51″N 13°49′08″E) 
  The current Mühlbach (b Pirna) halt is in an almost identical position to the station on the narrow gauge line. It was originally called Häselich after the neighbouring small village and was later called Häselich-Mühlbach. Since 15 May 1938, it has borne the present name.
  The layout originally consisted of a continuous railway track with a platform and a loading track, which was connected at both ends, which was not included in the standardisation. The originally wooden waiting room was replaced in 1938 by a more formal, significantly enlarged building in the Heimatstil (“homeland style”, a German revivalist style), which is now used for residential purposes. During 1998/99, the separate passenger tracks were moved a few metres towards Heidenau and are no longer connected to the line.
  Niederschlottwitz (50°53′23″N 13°48′40″E) 
  The former Niederschlottwitz station, now classified as a halt was built in 1938 on the site of the narrow-gauge station. The entrance building is almost the same as in Burkhardswalde and Bärenstein. The sgraffito on the gable represents a peasant couple that was typical for the area. The signal box was built in a contemporary style.
  Niederschlottwitz w
caption: Weesenstein station (2008)
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