What the records say
- When
- 3 Sep 1882
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 48.03° N, 7.80° E
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 64
Hugstetten rail disaster
1882 rail disaster in Germany
The Hugstetten rail disaster occurred on the railway line between Freiburg im Breisgau and Breisach am Rhein on 3 September 1882. With 64 people killed and some 230 seriously injured, it was the deadliest train accident in German history until the collision of two D-Trains in the Genthin rail disaster on 21 December 1939, which claimed 278 casualties.
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