Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg

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1 Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg Deliverable D4.2 Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH Klaus Rüdiger Malter Ulf Schiefer (with the assistence of ISUP Ingenieurbüro für Systemberatung und Planung GmbH, Dresden Peter Franz Ernst Winkler) November 2014 Contract N : IEE/12/970/S

2 Table of contents 1 Spatial Analysis Short overview of the area characteristics Settlement structure in the region Wittenberg 4 2 Socioeconomic and demographic structure Population`s development in the district Wittenberg Summary and conclusions for public transport according to the demographic development in the region 9 3 Regional public transport systems General information Public rail transport Public transport (road) Area in district Wittenberg, which is provided for the AMC campaign 17 4 References 19 D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 2

3 1 Spatial Analysis 1.1 Short overview of the area characteristics The Wittenberg district is located in the east of the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. The district is crossed by the rivers Elbe and Schwarze Elster. The district covers an area of nearly 1,930 km 2. Picture 1.1: The location of district Wittenberg (red coloured field) in Germany The district is bordered on the north to the district Potsdam-Mittelmark in the German federal state of Brandenburg. In the east, the district of Wittenberg is bounded by the counties Teltow-Flaming and Elbe-Elster (also situated in the German federal state Brandenburg). South there is the district Nordsachsen (German federal state Saxony). Western of district Wittenberg are located the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld and the independent city of Dessau. Currently are living in the entire county ) inhabitants (31. Dez. 2013/ 1 / D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 3

4 Picture 1.2: The administrative areas in the district Wittenberg Due to the small population and the area of the district Wittenberg belongs to the sparsely populated regions in Germany. Table 1.1: Population and area statistics (2013) Federal Republic Germany Federal state Saxon-Anhalt District Wittenberg /1/ Area in km² 357, ,31 1,930 Population 80,767,000 2,245, ,438 Inhabitants/km² Settlement structure in the region Wittenberg Picture 1.2: The administrative areas in the district Wittenberg The Elbe River passes through the district on a length of 52 km in a large semi-natural wetland landscape section. In the north are, extending from east to west, the wooded hills D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 4

5 of the Fläming and its offshoots. In the south is located the largest contiguous forest in Central Germany, the Dubin Heath (Dübener Heide). The industries chemical industry, machinery, packaging industry and the food and beverage production are structure determining. Approximately 50% of the area of the district is agricultural land. The Wittenberg district comprises the territories of 9 compound areas all are named as city (not as village) with the following numbers of inhabitants (Stand of knowledge 2013) / 4 /. 1. Annaburg (7,094) 2. Bad Schmiedeberg (8,655) 3. Coswig (Anhalt) (12,251) 4. Gräfenhainichen (12,198) 5. Jessen (Elster) (14.268) 6. Kemberg (10,180) 7. Lutherstadt Wittenberg (46,729) 8. Oranienbaum-Wörlitz (8,648) 9. Zahna-Elster (9,415) The county seat "Lutherstadt Wittenberg" has a special cultural and economic importance. The city is one of Germany's centers of political, cultural-historical and artistic importance, which dates back to the 16th century. The world famous reformation places in the old town and in different epochs formed buildings are important centers of German history. In the city worked Martin Luther, Philipp Melanchthon and Lucas Cranach the Elder, so many tourists visit the Lutherstadt. He city is also an considerable industrial center in the region. International operating companies (including SIG Combibloc and the margarine factory Pratau of Unilever Bestfoods) as well as a wide number of municipal and medium-sized enterprises determine the current economic structure. Of specific mention is the nitrogen production plant with approximately 830 employees / 3 /. Lutherstadt Wittenberg is an important railway junction, has access to the Federal Elbe waterway and good road connections. So in future the city is an attractive location for industrial companies. D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 5

6 2 Socioeconomic and demographic structure 2.1 Population`s development in the district Wittenberg The numbers of inhabitants for the nine administrative regions are named in bullet 1. Population trend: In recent decades, in the district the number of inhabitants has steadily decreased. This development responds to the trend in the entire state of Saxony-Anhalt. The population forecast by the State Statistical Office from 2010 assumes that the negative trend will continue. While in 2009 still lived almost 140,000 inhabitants in the district, the population (see Figure. 2.1) will go back up to 2025 by 22% to 107,976 inhabitants. Figure 2.1: Development of the number of inhabitants in the district Wittenberg between 2009 and 2025 It is especially serious: The population decline in the groups of 0- to 5-, 19- to 24- and 25- to 44-year residents (see. Figure 2.2). By 2025, the number of 0- to 5-year-old inhabitants will decline by 2,842 to 48.8% as the newborn population decreases greatly. The group of 19- to 24-year-old people will be reduced by 2016 by 75% to 2,568 persons. Young adults are missing after the training or after graduating from high school the jobs or the perspective for the employment, so that they leave the district Wittenberg. By 2025, this group will again recover easily and remain at about 4,200 people (43% of 2009) / 2 /. D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 6

7 Figure 2.2: Changing in % of the age structure in the district (groups of living age in years) /2/ D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 7

8 For the development of public transport is the population density of interest. The highest population density in the district of Wittenberg focuses on parts of the Lutherstadt Wittenberg. 36% of the county population living in Lutherstadt Wittenberg (Figure 2.3). Figure 2.3: population density in district Wittenberg (inhabitants per sq.km) D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 8

9 A large role for the effective implementation of public transport is the school transport. For this reason, the rate of the students is important (Figure 2.4). Figure 2.4: Trends in student s numbers Primary school Secondary school High school All schools 2.2 Summary and conclusions for public transport according to the demographic development in the region For the region Wittenberg the following determinations can be made The region Wittenberg belongs with its low population density to the especially sparsely populated regions in Germany (exception: county seat Lutherstdt Wittenberg ) The population numbers decrease steadily In the same time the population density decreases The average living age of the population rises steadily The number of students is decreasing As result of this development, new ways must be found to obtain the public transport upright and to meet the demand for mobility for the population! The conclusions from the demographic development in sparsely populated regions are: D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 9

10 The demographic changes (age structure, travel reasons) and the low population density in the sparsely populated regions create new travel demand and travel needs, and the "general interest" in the form of Public Transport is given a higher priority This will make it difficult in sparsely populated regions offering traditional regional scheduled services on a fixed schedule The goal must be to ensure a very high mobility for the population by economic working Public Transport services Basics: - Accurate economic calculation and comparison of variants - Planning of transport services in variants in accordance with demographic demand and regional conditions (sources and targets of Transport demand) Problems: - communicate new system of Public Transport facilities to the population - Achieving a positive attitude for these flexible programs - Use of modern communications technology to order the drives and Information on the vehicle arrivals (in real times) The planning of public transport forms in a region should be based on the following principle: - Identify the main axes (railways or standard buses) - Organize shuttle and area distribution of traffic by Public Transport with different service types - Special use of alternative forms of public transport (road), i.e. call buses, call taxis, not timetable-bound traffic etc. - The organization of public transport in the region and the connection to the central and regional centers must have a uniform and efficient public transport system The principles are the following: - Local transport plans form the basis - Funding must be secured - Achieve clear legal regulations - Citizens' buses and possible private forms (carpooling, etc.) should have a "special function (complementary function ore outside the rush hour etc.). D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 10

11 3 Regional public transport systems 3.1 General information The Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH (NASA) acts as the comprehensive public transport coordinator in the German Federal state Sachsen-Anhalt (and with this also in the district Wittenberg). The federal state Saxony-Anhalt is the PTA for the public railway transport and the PTA but NASA is responsible on behalf of the State for the performance of many tasks, including planning, ordering and financing of the railway passenger transport (i.e. the classical activities of a regional responsible authority for rail transport). NASA supports the transport authorities (administrative district offices) of public road passenger transport in the planning and funding of bus services in the national network In addition, NASA has a variety of tasks in the organization and promotion of public transport in Saxony-Anhalt (developing competition in the rail transportation, developing the integral clock schedule system, supporting the transport companies in installing of alternative transport forms, promotion the development of passenger interface buildings and equipment, operation jointly with the transport companies the national transport information system INSA etc.) / 5 /. D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 11

12 3.2 Public rail transport An important backbone of public transport in the region Wittenberg is the public rail transport. The figure 3.1. shows the railway net. Figure 3.1: Railway net in district Wittenberg At the time-table-lines (KBS) in the network Wittenberg railway passenger services in public transport (rail) (Table 3.1) are provided. These services correspond with the definitions of PTA (rail) and NASA. D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 12

13 Table 3.1: Railway service in district Wittenberg / 2 / Timetable route Train number Stations Vehicle following time (minutes) Monday - Friday Saturday, Sunday, Holiday 205 RE 5 Lutherstadt Wittenberg - Zörnigall - Bülzig - Zahna - Klebitz (- Jüterbog - Berlin Rostock) 205 RE 5 (Stralsund - Berlin - Jüterbog -) Linda/Elster Holzdorf/Elster (- Herzberg Falkenberg) 207 RE 7 (Wünsdorf-Waldstadt - Berlin - Bad Belzig) - Jeber- Bergfrieden (- Dessau) RE 15 (Magdeburg Dessau -) Klieken - Coswig - Griebo - Lutherstadt Wittenberg (some stops) Exclusive individual trips RB 51 (Halle/Leipzig - Dessau -) Klieken - Coswig - Griebo - Lutherstadt Wittenberg (some stops) - Elster - Jessen - Annaburg (- Falkenberg) 250 RB 57* Lutherstadt Wittenberg Pratau - Bergwitz - Radis - Gräfenhainichen (- Bitterfeld Leipzig) 250 RB 80* Lutherstadt Wittenberg Pratau - Bergwitz - Radis - Gräfenhainichen (- Bitterfeld Halle) 60 (120 + V ab Lu. Wittenberg) 60 (120 ab Lu. Wittenberg) 120 * + V * + V 120 * Trains RB 57 and RB 80 operate between Lutherstadt Wittenberg and Bitterfeld in phase of 1 hour. Monday - Friday partly in 30 min-phase. D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 13

14 3.3 Public transport (road) Line bundles and Transport companies The public road transport in the district of Wittenberg is carried out in 5 line bundles by following transport companies: Public transport cooperation Neuer Wittenberger Busverkehr (4 permit holder, 10 subcontractors) in the line bundles 1-3 with 18 regional bus lines and 5 city bus lines Otto Müller Omnibusbetrieb GmbH & Co KG in the line bundle 4 with 5 regional bus lines Vetter GmbH in the line bundle 5 with 4 regional bus lines Figure 3.2 C shows the current lines and the line bundling network in the region. Figure 3.2: Bus lines and line bundling in the region Wittenberg 2012 / 2 / D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 14

15 Development of the schedule offer Figure 3.3: Development of the schedule offer in the region (1.000 time table-km) / 2 / The Figure 3.3. shows in the average approximately 4.4 million time-table km per year from 2009 to The percentage of timetable kilometers in the flexible operating form has been increased in the past years to a level of about 35% from the whole public transport (road). Development of the demand Figure 3.4: Development of the demand in public regional transport (1.000 trips per year) / 2 / D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 15

16 Quality of service in public transport (road) The operating time for the public road transport as total supply in the district of Wittenberg names daily the period of at least o`clock. This concerns both the solid fixed timetable in scheduled services as well as the flexible forms of transport with call buses and call taxis. The lines on the specially defined connection - axes of priority should provide a largely clock face driving range and possible have to special school trips no difference in operation between school days and school holidays. The importance of these axes justifies usually create a unified offering without significant defaults in the school holidays. Figure 3.5: Public transport axes in district Wittenberg as goal in / 2 / D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 16

17 For the regional bus transportation should be achieved: Table 3.2: Operating period in public regional transport bus in district Wittenberg as goal in / 2 / Minimum operating period Minimum takt Monday until Friday bis o` clock 60-min-phase Saturday bis `clock 120-min-phase Sunday, Holyday Flexible offer In the city public transport in Lutherstadt Wittenberg should be organized a 30-min-takt at specific traffic axes: Table 3.3: Operating period in public city transport bus in Lutherstadt Wittenberg as goal in / 2 / Minimum operating period Minimum takt Monday until Friday bis o`clock 60-Minuten-phase Saturday bis o`clock 60-Minuten-phase Sunday, Holyday bis o`clock 120-Minuten-phase 3.4 Area in district Wittenberg, which is provided for the AMC campaign According to the current state of knowledge, is provided to carry out the AMC campaign (in the project Smart Move) to achieve a better utilization the call buses and call taxis in the area Jessen, Annaburg and Prettin. This is an area in southeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 17

18 Figure 3.6: area with the planned AMC Campaign in district Wittenberg The area is located in the district`s territory as following of figure 3.7 D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 18

19 Figure 3.7: location of the AMC-Campaign-area in the district 4 References 1. Statistical Office of Saxony-Anhalt Master plan Public Transportation district Wittenberg (8. July 2013) 3. Urban development concept "Wittenberg" 3. Update Statistical Office of Saxony-Anhalt, the population of the municipalities - state: (updated based on the Census 2011) 5. NASA Website D4.2: Regional fact sheets District Wittenberg 19