The Brandeis local railway on the Elbe-Neratowitz (Czech: Místní dráha Brandýs nad Labem-Neratovice) was a private local railway in the Czech Republic today. The route leads from Brandýs nad Labem along the river Elbe to Neratovice.
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On January 11, 1898, the concession was granted to the construction and operations of a locomotive railroad to be carried out as a regular-track local train from the Brandeis station on the Elbe of the private Austrian-Hungarian state railway company via Elbekosteletz to Neratowitz. The route was opened on 15 July 1899.
The Austro-Hungarian State Railroad (StEG) carried out the operation on behalf of the local railway company Brandeis at the Elbe-Neratowitz. After their nationalization in 1909 the management went to the k.k. Austrian national railways (kkStB). After the First World War, the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways ČSD. Replaced the kkStB.
On January 1, 1925 the local railway Brandeis at the Elbe-Neratowitz was nationalized by law and the route was integrated into the network of ČSD. Edit locomotive source text
On the account of the local railway Brandeis at the Elbe-Neratowitz the StEG procured two locomotives of the genus StEG Vc. They were given the names BRANDYS and KOSTELETZ. The kkStB gave the two locomotives the operating numbers 478.20 and 21 after the nationalization of the StEG.
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In the Pommernfeldzug 1715/1716 he was at the siege of Stralsund. After the reign of Frederick William I, he became Lieutenant-Colonel, on the 28th of June 1717 he became Colonel, and in 1725 took over the Dragoon Regiment, No. 1. In 1728 he was appointed Generalmajor, and on July 12th, 1739, After the Battle of Mollwitz in 1741, his regiment was divided and the then colonel Karl Friedrich von Posadowsky got his own regiment from it.
On 12 May 1743 Frederick II appointed him General of the Cavalry; whether he ever heard of it, is unclear, since he died in Mohrungen on 17 May 1743. Edit FamilyQuelltext
He was married to Hypolita Juliane of Podewils. She was the daughter of the Brandenburg Colonel Mathis Georg von Podewils. The couple had several children: Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext
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