Achensee shipping
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Under Achenseeschifffahrt means the navigation on the Achensee . Passenger ships in regular service have been on this lake since 1887. In 2018 (as of January 2018) the fleet consists of five ships that can carry 40 to 600 people, as well as two work and rescue ships.
history
In the 12th century, Achensee was donated from the property of the Lords of Schlitters in the Zillertal to that of the Benedictine monastery of St. Georgenberg near Schwaz , which later became the St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey . At that time the lake was probably only used by fishermen with row boats. After the first roads were laid at the beginning of the 14th century, goods traffic in the Achensee area also developed: Wine from South Tyrol and salt from Hall in Tyrol were transported to Bavaria ; Bavaria in turn supplied the Tyrol with grain. These goods were transported across the lake on rafts and flats .
From the 15th century, the Tyrolean rulers used the Achental for hunting and fishing. Archduke Ferdinand had two larger ships built in 1567 in order to better reach the hunting grounds. This was followed in the same year by the grand ship Galea in the style of the Venetian ships. Seven other ships followed, including a cellar ship, a kitchen ship and a hunter ship, as well as racing ships. All of these vehicles were adorned with figureheads , coats of arms and driving. Sails, curtains and the uniforms of the rowers and other servants, of whom up to 80 were on duty at last, were green.
After this fleet had rotted away, two new large ships and another small Italian style were purchased in 1658. The era of these magnificent vehicles ended when the monastery canceled the lease on November 10, 1667. From that time on, mainly rafts, flats and small rowing boats used the lake. B. also transported pilgrims. The capacity of the passenger ships should not have exceeded 20 people per vehicle during this time; the three Italian ships were canceled.
The lake was still owned by the Fiecht monastery in the 19th century. Its abbot Albert Wildauer can be regarded as a pioneer of commercial Achensee shipping. The screw steamer St. Joseph or St. Josef was purchased as the first ship. To the north of Buchau - the exact construction date has not yet been determined - a ship's hut was built to accommodate the passenger ships. In Pertisau , the ships were pulled out of the water with rope winches and inspected every six to seven years . The city of Innsbruck was the owner and operator of the fleet from 1919 to 1924 , after which it transferred its rights to Tiroler Wasserkraft for 60 years.
The construction of the power station tunnel at Seespitz led to a restructuring. Because the water level in the lake sank by up to seven meters in the winter months, the ship's hut in Buchau could no longer be used and was demolished.
Until the end of 1935, the passenger ships were occasionally used for towing flats and rafts, after which they were only used as passenger ships, before they were used again for towing services in the post-war period. In 1969, an electric slipway was installed at the workshop, which allowed cross-stacking. Since then, the ships have been placed side by side across the lake in winter.
Shipping (as of January 2018) serves the Seespitz, Pertisau and Scholastika landing sites . In summer, the Buchau, Gaisalm and Seehof landing sites are also served. In the preseason there are three course pairs between Seespitz and Scholastika and one course pair between Pertisau and Scholastika. In the main season there are eight course pairs between Seespitz and Scholastika and one course pair each between Pertisau and Scholastika and between Seespitz and Pertisau. Two of the three large passenger ships are normally used for regular sailing operations, the third is used for event and charter trips.
In 1982, 182,499 passengers were carried on the Achensee. In 2001 there were 215,999 and in 2002 a little more than 225,000.
Ships from 1887
St. Joseph / St. Josef (1887)
After acquiring the shipping license, the Fiecht monastery ordered its first ship from the shipyard of the general Austrian construction company , formerly I. Mayer , in Linz . It was to be a steamship for 120 people. This steamer could only reach the Achensee in a disassembled state. The individual parts were transported by train to the Jenbach train station and then brought to the Achensee in horse-drawn vehicles and assembled there. On May 23, 1887, the screw steamer was launched and was named St. Josef . From June 27th of the same year it was in regular service, and in autumn 1919 it was also used for hauling timber.
In the course of the fleet modernization from 1950, the steamer received a diesel engine and a new outer skin. The superstructures have also been modernized.
St. Benedict (1889)
The rack railway opened in 1889. Shortly afterwards a second steamship was purchased, which had also been built at the Linz shipyard . The St. Benedikt was also transported to Achensee in individual parts, using the new rack railway. The launch of the steamer, which was intended for 200 passengers, took place on April 24, 1889, and from July 21, 1889 the St. Benedikt was also in regular service. The ship began its last voyage in 1958. In 1959 it was canceled. His propeller and anchor were placed at the ship landing site in Pertisau as a souvenir. The St. Benedikt was the last steamship on the Achensee.
St. George (1892)
The operators had little luck with the third ship, the St. Georg . To supplement the ship fleet, the monastery ordered a ship only 11 meters long for 20 people from A. Kroj in Vienna - Brigittenau in 1892 and received it in the same year. However, they quickly found that the petroleum engine with which the ship was delivered was too weak with its six horsepower. The ship received a new engine as early as 1894, this time with ten hp and steam-powered. However, the conversion to a steamship led to further problems: the heavy steam engine impaired the stability of the St. Georg and the competent authority refused to allow it as a passenger ship. Therefore, the Kroj company suggested a renewed conversion to oil firing. If the St. Georg had received this drive, she would have become one of the first oil-fired ships in Europe. But the Fiecht monastery rejected this proposal. The St. Georg was finally approved as a tugboat in 1896 and pulled wood-laden plaques across the lake. In the winter of 1897/98 the ship, which was then lying on the jetty at the Princely House, sank because too much snow had fallen on its cabin roof and placed it on one side. From February 22, 1898 to March 2 of the same year, the St. Georg lay four meters below the surface of the lake, then it was lifted and made operational again. It was still in use until 1917. Then the engine was removed and the ship sunk in the Achensee.
Stella maris / City of Innsbruck (1911)
The next ship was ordered again in Linz. The shipyard there had meanwhile become part of the shipbuilding company “Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino” and delivered the motor ship to the Achensee in a disassembled state. The parts of the Stella maris were put together near Buchau , as the prelate house of the Fiecht monastery had the only power plant on Lake Achen and thus electricity was available. It was supposed to be launched on October 12, 1911, but this was not possible because of a broken brake cable and a derailed slip wagon. On October 19, 1911, the ship was launched, and on July 27, 1912, the ship began service. The Stella maris , approved for 400 people, was probably one of the first functional larger ships with a diesel engine in Europe.
The ship was 37 meters long and 5.30 meters wide. It had a draft of 0.8 meters and was yard number 505. His machine had 180 hp.
In 1919 the city of Innsbruck bought various properties from the Fiecht monastery: the Fürstenhof, the Seehof, the Achensee and the water rights. Therefore the Stella maris was renamed the city of Innsbruck . Because fuel was scarce after the First World War , the city of Innsbruck and the St. Joseph were alternately used in regular service.
On May 20, 1921, a Whitsun Sunday, the city of Innsbruck rammed the Seespitz jetty while mooring and caused it to collapse, with many waiting passengers falling into the lake and eight drowning.
When the fleet was modernized from 1950, the city of Innsbruck got a diesel engine and was up to 15 knots fast.
In 1986 it was overhauled again and partly given a new outer skin. Nevertheless, the ship was decommissioned in 1994 and sold to the owner of the Hotel Almhof in Ried in the Zillertal in 1998. He wanted to use the ship as a floating restaurant off Pertisau, but these plans were never implemented. The ship was therefore pulled ashore and parked on a meadow behind the Motor-Centrum Maurach. After no buyer had been found for the historic watercraft, and numerous parts had already been dismantled by unknown persons, it was demolished in 2003. Its still functional engine and the stern were transferred to the Achensee Museum World in Maurach.
Tyrol (1925)
After the ownership rights on Lake Achensee had been transferred for 60 years to Tiroler Wasserkraft in 1924, the latter bought a motorboat from the Wiener Donauwerft Münch und Fürst in 1925, which was approved for 25 people and was named Tyrol . It provided regular service outside the high season and was otherwise used for business and extra trips as well as for hauling flatbeds. After the Tirol was no longer used as a passenger ship, she was used for a few years as a service vehicle and tugboat under the name E2 . In 1976 the engine was removed and the ship sunk in the Achensee.
Mermaid (1929)
The service and supervisory boat Nixe was bought used in 1938. It came from the Pernitz reservoir in Styria and was built from wood near Ratz in St. Gilgen in 1929. The vehicle could carry eight people. The Nixe was the only Achensee ship that had to be made available to the French occupying forces after the Second World War . In 1968 the mermaid was canceled.
St. Benedict (1959)
The old steamer St. Benedikt was replaced in 1959 by a motor ship built in Linz, which was launched in June and was in regular service from July. This new St. Benedict could carry 300 people. Until the winter of 1969/70 she had a dinghy on the stern; then this was removed and 36 more seats were installed instead.
The St. Benedikt was no longer approved for ship operation in 2017 because it did not comply with the new ship technology ordinance and was not equipped to be barrier-free. It was supposed to be scrapped first, but then it remained on the pier in the Scholastika. The TIWAG then sold the ship for the symbolic price of one euro to the community Buchau. On November 2, 2017, the St. Benedikt drove to Seespitz, where it was lifted out of the water. Then she was taken overland to the Atoll Leisure Center in Buchau. There it will be used as a play ship from May 2, 2018.
E2 (1957?)
Like other ship names, the name E2 was also given several times by Achensee shipping. For business and towing trips and as a replacement for the first E2 (ex Tyrol ), a used boat was purchased that was given this name. It came from the Korneuburg shipyard and was procured as a work boat for the Enns power plants. At the Enns power plant, this boat had no name, only a number.
Apollo (1968?)
In order to replace the mermaid , the Apollo supervisory motorboat was bought in Switzerland . This boat was approved for six people. It came from the Guggis shipyard in Arch . Construction dates and possible previous owners could not yet be determined.
Tyrol (1971)
Two watercraft with the name Tirol are used for the Achensee shipping. The older is a motorboat that was designed by International Ship Design in Haarlem in 1963 , but was apparently only built by Molenaar in 1971 and is considered a typical canal boat . The bulwark was replaced by a railing in 1977 . The Tirol does not run in a regular service, but is used as a sightseeing boat for special and group trips. The boat is 13.4 meters long and 3.2 meters wide and has a draft of 0.98 meters. The 120 hp engine comes from Ford. The Tirol is approved for 40 people. A similar boat has been in use on Lake Silvrettasee since 1967 . The Tirol was relocated to Kufstein from September 1998 to winter 1999/2000 , where it was used for shipping on the Inn, and then returned to the Achensee.
MS Tirol (1995)
The Tyrol , built in 1994 on the ÖSWAG in Linz , was put into service in 1995 and was intended to replace the old city of Innsbruck . She is 46.7 meters long and 9.7 meters wide and has a draft of 1.45 meters. The ship is approved to carry 600 people, 300 of whom can be indoors. Driven by two Scania diesel engines with 400 hp each, the Tirol reaches a speed of around 13 knots.
The ship received new engines in 2012/13 and was renovated in winter and spring 2014/15 or 2015/16. It has on-board catering, panoramic windows and facilities for the disabled. The main staircase to the upper deck was designed by Manfred Hörl . The sculptor and painter Christian Mayr from Mutters also contributed to the design of the ship.
City of Innsbruck (2007)
On August 11, 2007, the new city of Innsbruck was put into service. It also comes from the ÖSWAG shipyard in Linz. Since 2012, the city of Innsbruck has also been used as a so-called “Christmas ship”: Christmas at Lake Achensee with the only floating Christmas market in Austria is celebrated on this ship. It is 45.6 meters long and 9.2 meters wide with a draft of 1.45 meters and is approved for the transport of 470 people. Of these, 220 can stay in closed rooms. Two Scania diesel engines with 402 hp each enable a speed of around 24 km / h. The ship has, among other things, a stair lift .
The ship, which had a defect in the controls just a few days after its maiden voyage, ran aground again in 2010 near Seespitz north of the jetty there, after being unable to maneuver for an unknown reason. Most of the passengers were able to leave the city of Innsbruck via board ladders, some were brought ashore by the fire brigade.
Achensee (2016)
The christening and commissioning of the Achensee took place on July 23, 2016. The ship with a transport capacity of 500 people and facilities for the disabled is mainly used for events. The Achensee was built in 2015/16 at the ÖSWAG shipyard in Linz. She is 46.8 meters long and 10.1 meters wide and has a draft of 1.4 meters. 250 of the 500 permitted passengers are allowed to stay in the closed rooms. Two Scania diesel engines with 400 hp each ensure a speed of around 25 km / h.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Achenseeschiffahrt GesmbH on www.eben.tirol.gv.at
- ↑ [Anonymus AC09614469]: The Achensee in Tyrol with the seaside resort Pertisau and its immediate and distant surroundings . Braumüller, 1868, p. 12 ff.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Benedikt von Hebenstreit (Munich / Zurich): Achensee. History of shipping after 2002. On: www.schiffs-agentur.ch. Edited by Schiffs-Agentur Schweiz November 2017, accessed April 11, 2018.
- ↑ Ship details on www.binnenschifferforum.de
- ↑ Motorboot Tirol on tirolschiffahrt.com
- ↑ MS Tirol on tirolschiffahrt.com
- ↑ MS Stadt Innsbruck on tirolschiffahrt.com
- ↑ Board leader rescued over 120 passengers , July 6, 2010 on www.oe24.at
- ↑ MS Achensee on tirolschiffahrt.com