What the records say
- When
- 22 Dec 1939
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 47.70° N, 9.40° E
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 101
- Injured
- 47
Markdorf rail disaster
1939 disaster in Markdorf, Nazi Germany
The Markdorf rail disaster near Markdorf in Nazi Germany resulted in 101 deaths and 47 injured persons. It occurred on 22 December 1939 near Lipbach, today part of Friedrichshafen on the Stahringen–Friedrichshafen line, part of the Lake Constance Belt Railway when two trains collided head-on with each other.
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