„Velký projekt“: Ropovod „Vídeň–Roudnice“ (Wien–Raudnitz) a „Most–Roudnice“ (Brüx–Raudnitz), 1941–1945
“Major Project”: The “Vienna–Roudnice” (Wien–Raudnitz) and “Most–Roudnice” (Brüx–Raudnitz) oil pipelines, 1941–1945

Summary/Abstract: After the German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia, the Protectorate became also part of the operation field of the so-called Economic Research Society Ltd. (Wirtschaftliche Forschungsgesellschaft mbH; WiFo), founded in Germany in 1934 with the task of directing, designing and proliferation of the strategic fuel infrastructure. The largest project of the WiFo in the Protectorate became the building of a storage and reloading terminal in Hněvice (Hniewitz) near Roudnice nad Labem (Raudnitz) and transport capacities. It was where the first oil pipeline (Ölleitung) on the Czech territory should have been brought down from Vienna as well as a product pipeline from the synthetic-fuel production plant under construction in Záluží u Mostu (Maltheuren). The complex in Hněvice was internally referred to as the Reloading Point Roudnice (Umschlaglager Raudnitz). Oil transports from Romania was envisaged to stream down there, having been shipped by tankers (Tankschiffe) on the Danube to the inland port at Vienna-Lobau. The pipelines Most – Roudnice nad Labem and Roudnice nad Labem – Vienna were designed as a whole, consisting of sections (Strecken) marked with capital letters. The project received absolute priority, the work was started in 1941 and the pipework has beenlaid between 1941 and 1944. Until the end of the war, the southern part was not, however, operated.

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