Neuhaus Office (ship)
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The Amt Neuhaus ferry (formerly God med ons IV , formerly Rheinhilde ) runs on the Elbe in Lower Saxony between Bleckede and Neu Bleckede in the Lüneburg district .
history
The ferry was built in 1939 at the Bausch shipyard in Cologne-Deutz as Rheinhilde for the Bad Honnef - Rolandseck ferry service , but was not used there during the war years and was plundered and sunk in 1945. However, it was soon lifted and made ready for use again, initially only as a yaw ferry . In 1948 or 1950, the motorization and use as a free-moving ferry followed.
In 1969 the ship was decommissioned and laid up at the Bad Honnef ferry terminal for a year, after which it was sold to the shipping company Frans Paas in Cuijk in the Netherlands for the ferry service between Mook and Katwijk across the Maas . Here the ferry was named God med ons IV ( God with us IV ). After 20 years of use, this ferry station was closed after the completion of a nearby bridge over the Maas, and the ship was again for sale.
After the Bleckede − Neu Bleckede ferry connection was initially restarted after German reunification in 1989, the God med ons IV from Cuijk was bought in 1990 . The towed ferry sank in a storm in the North Sea on the transfer trip, but was immediately recovered from a depth of 23 m. The Voith Schneider propeller was damaged during a stopover in Zollenspieker on this trip and was replaced at the Hitzler shipyard in Lauenburg. The ferry has been in service under the name Amt Neuhaus in Bleckede since 1990 , and in 1992 it received a new drive system.
Technical specifications
Amt Neuhaus is a free-moving double-ended ferry with ramps at both ends. The wheelhouse is on the side of the roadway. The ferry has a total length of 32.6 m over the loading ramps, the hull is 22.4 m long and 7.66 m wide. Nine cars can be transported on each trip.
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ Rheinhilde - Bad Honnef-Rolandseck ferry. In: binnenschifferforum.de. Retrieved April 30, 2017 .
- ^ W. Langes: Inland ferries in Europe - Neuhaus office. Archived from the original on May 13, 2007 ; accessed on April 30, 2017 .
- ^ Voith-Schneider Propeller. Lauenburg Elbe Shipping Museum, archived from the original on October 29, 2007 ; accessed on October 27, 2015 .