Essen-Hügel station

Essen-Hügel station is on the northern shore of the Baldeneysee in the Essen district of Bredeney in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia. In 1890, it was opened directly next to Hügel Park, the estate of the industrialist Friedrich Alfred Krupp and the location of the Villa Hügel, which had been built twenty years earlier. The station is located on the Essen-Werden–Essen railway, which connects the Ruhr Valley Railway to Essen Hauptbahnhof.HistoryThe station opened in 1890 so that guests of the Krupp family no longer had to travel from the existing stations of Werden or Rellinghausen-West (now Essen Stadtwald). However, it would also serve visotors to the scenic Ruhr valley, which was a place of recreation. In May 1889, Krupp requested the königlichen Eisenbahn-Direktion (Royal Railway Division) of Essen to establish Haltestelle Bredeney (Bredeney halt), which would be located between Werden and Rellinghausen stations at the 2.7 km mark (from Essen) on the Essen-Werden–Essen railway. The railway line was built in 1877 by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company, originally as a single-track line. The construction costs of Hügel station were met by Friedrich Krupp AG, with maintenance covered by the state. From 1896 a post office was housed in the station’s ticket office for which the station master was responsible. However, this post office was only accessible by members of the Krupp family and employees of Hügel Park. It was listed until 1924 as an independent post office under the name of Krupp-Postamt (Krupp post office).