HUGSTETTEN RAIL DISASTER: Eisenbahnkatastrophe zwischen Freiburg u. Hugstetten 3. Sptbr. 1882 [Rail Disaster between Freiburg and Hugstetten on September 3rd, 1882].

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HUGSTETTEN RAIL DISASTER: Eisenbahnkatastrophe zwischen Freiburg u. Hugstetten 3. Sptbr. 1882 [Rail Disaster between Freiburg and Hugstetten on September 3rd, 1882].

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A rare, seemingly unrecorded lithographed broadside, made in Freiburg, Germany, showcases the biggest German rail disaster of the late 19th century.

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A rare large broadside shows a Hugstetten rail disaster, the deadliest train accident in German history until 1939. The broadside shows the derailed locomotive, standing in a swamp parallel to the demolished carriages.

The accident occurred on the railway line between Freiburg im Breisgau and Breisach am Rhein on 3 September 1882, on Sunday, when more than 2000 people visited Freiburg for a holiday Day of Sedan. 64 people were killed and some 230 seriously injured.

The lithographer Michael Wachter (1841 – 1907) was a German lithographer and calligrapher, active in Freiburg im Breisgau between 1869 and 1900. He was mostly known after his lithographed postcards, as such large elaborate lithographs by Wachter are extremely rare.

We could not trace any other examples of this lithography in institutions worldwide.

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