Rhine ferry Langst – Kaiserswerth

MICHAELA II

Ferry ship MICHAELA II at the ferry terminal in Langst

Ship data flag  Germany Ship type car ferry home port Meerbusch Owner Rheinfährbetrieb Schäfer GmbH Shipyard Scheepswerf Made BV, Netherlands Launch 1993 Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 44 m ( Lüa ) width 11 m Draft Max. 1.28 m   crew > 2

Machine system machine 2 × main engines (MAN diesel engine, 6 cyl.) + 1 × reserve Machine performance 516 hp (380 kW) Top speed 8 kn (15 km / h)

Transport capacities Load capacity 72 dw Permitted number of passengers 250 Vehicle capacity 27 cars

Others Registration numbers ENI : 04809870

Ferry connection route Meerbusch-Langst ↔ Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth

The Rhine ferry Langst – Kaiserswerth is a car ferry connection across the Rhine at Rhine kilometer 755, north of Düsseldorf . The ferry runs between the left bank location Langst-Kierst (to Meerbusch ) and the right bank Kaiserswerth (Dusseldorf to).

history

A regular ferry across the Rhine near Kaiserswerth has probably existed since the Middle Ages, when Kaiserswerth was still a royal or imperial seat and one of the most important cities along the Lower Rhine. The city had checkpoints on both banks to monitor shipping traffic on the Rhine and to collect customs.

Originally, the ferries were simple shells , small oar barges . These transported people and various goods, e.g. B. Lime from the Bergisches Land as an important building material or, in the opposite direction, fruit and vegetables from the Lower Rhine. Also towing horses that pulled the ships from the bank up the Rhine were transferred here.

From 1825 gierponte were used. But since it happened again and again that ships got stuck on the yaw rope and this disrupted the journey, the company finally switched to free-moving motor ships with diesel engines in the 1950s .

In the late 1960s, the ferry service was taken over by the Schäfer family business, which is now in its second generation.

The construction of the airport bridge, which is only 3 km upstream, in 2001/2002 represented a significant turning point for the Langst – Kaiserswerth ferry . Before that, the ferry was an important shortcut for many commuters; with the opening of the bridge, the volume of traffic decreased significantly. Today, significantly fewer employees and students from Kaiserswerth grammar schools regularly use the ferry on weekdays. The majority of the passengers make up tourists and day trippers; accordingly, the ferry is very busy, especially on Sundays and public holidays when the weather is nice.

Operating times

The ferry runs - except during the breaks (see below) - on working days from 7 a.m., on Sundays and public holidays from 9 a.m. until 7 or 8 p.m. The ferry shuttles as needed.

Every year in July, during the Düsseldorf Rheinkirmes , the Michaela II ferry, together with the Maria-Franziska passenger ferry, is used for a week as a “fairground ferry” between Düsseldorf's old town and the fairground in the Oberkassel district on the left bank of the Rhine . The ferry service between Langst and Kaiserswerth will be paused during this time.

In winter, from just before Christmas to the beginning of February, the ferry stops operating. Floods or ice also occasionally disrupt operations in the winter months.

Ferry

See also the info box on the right

The ferry currently in use is the Michaela II , in operation since 1993. It is a typical river car ferry with a shallow draft, designed as an open double-ended ferry . There is space for up to 17 cars on the open deck and up to 250 people. The ship has two main engines and a reserve engine with a total output of 516 hp.

In winter 2012/2013 the engines of the ferry were overhauled and upgraded.

See also

• List of Rhine ferries

Web links

Commons : Rhine ferry Langst-Kaiserswerth  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the ferry operator Schäfer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Innovation: Low emissions to the other bank of the Rhine. (No longer available online.) NRW.Bank , archived from the original on May 7, 2016 ; accessed on October 27, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
2. ↑ ^{a b} Strom-KM 755: Car ferry Kaiserswerth - Langst. RadRegionRheinland, accessed on October 27, 2014 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} 1 - Rhine ferry between Langst and Kaiserswerth. (No longer available online.) City of Meerbusch, archived from the original on October 27, 2014 ; accessed on October 27, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Langst - Kaiserswerth: travel times. Schäfer Rhine ferry service, accessed on October 27, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Birgit Poppe, Klaus Silla: Op Jück am Niederrhein: Much more than flat land (=  favorite places ). Gmeiner-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 3-8392-4036-0 , chap. 64 «Ferryman, get over!» ( limited preview in Google Book search).
6. ↑ Lank-Latum ferry - Kaiserswerth. (No longer available online.) Inland vessels Rheinruhr, formerly in the original ; accessed on October 27, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
7. ↑ More powerful engines for the Michaela II Rhine ferry . In: Rheinische Post . January 7, 2013 ( rp-online.de ).

Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 52 "  N , 6 ° 43 ′ 35.8"  E