Bavaria (ship, 1878)
 The Bavaria on a picture postcard
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The Bavaria was the third passenger ship that was used on the Würmsee in regular service . The saloon steamer was furnished in the Renaissance style.
history
After the first passenger ship on the Würmsee, the Maximilian , had provided the liner service alone for over twenty years, the stock corporation, which held the concession at the time, acquired several new steamers within a few years: The paddle steamer Ludwig started operating in 1872 The Bavaria followed in 1878, the Wittelsbach in 1886 and the last steamer, Luitpold , in 1890.
The Bavaria as the Ludwig at Escher Wyss in Zurich and on the Starnberg shipyard built. With a capacity of 1000 passengers, it was significantly larger than the Ludwig and, with its elaborate equipment, was considered the most beautiful ship that sailed on a German lake. What was particularly striking was the large lantern that the Bavaria carried on the bow and which, according to Ferdinand von Miller, sometimes wobbled alarmingly. A sloping double expansion compound machine with 300 psi provided the drive .
The Bavaria was launched on April 13, 1878 . “The christening act of the majestic ship [...] was carried out in a very solemn manner by the Princess Ludwig , who came with her high husband from her nearby Leutstetten castle and attended this interesting spectacle in the most amiable manner [...] The new The ship handed over to its element, which was built by the renowned shipbuilding factory Escher-Wyß in Zurich, will soon be included in the daily transport service that begins today, after the handicrafts of the HH are in the process of being completed. Rathgeber, v. Miller, cycling player, and the Renaissance lanterns made by the second board member of the Kunstgewerbeverein, Mr. Hengel, based on a drawing by Mr. Gedon , ” read the Schwabmünchner Tages-Anzeiger on April 17, 1878. In May there was a test run from Starnberg to Seeshaupt , which proved that the Bavaria reached a speed of 23 km / h, and the shipping season began on May 15, 1878.
The Bavarian Courier looked back on an extremely lively Whitsun festival in 1878: “Yesterday, Whit Monday, there was so much traffic on the beautiful shores of Lake Starnberg that it took the greatest effort [...] to cope with it completely and without any accident . The new steamship “Bavaria” carried more than five thousand people that day, and met with general approval both for its splendid furnishings and comfortable furnishings (with very good ship restoration) and for its excellent, safe and fast pace. This splendid salon steamer now usually makes the scheduled trips every day of the season at the same fare as the other steamers and will not fail to exert a significant pulling force. ”In December 1878, the Würmsee steamship Society can indeed look back on a very successful season. Almost 145,000 people were transported on the 180 days of travel. This corresponds to an increase of more than 30,000 passengers compared to the previous year. 20 marks per coupon could be distributed to the shareholders. The "excellent condition of the new salon steamer" Bavaria "with its excellent ship restoration contributes significantly to the comfort of the stay there", it was stated and hoped for further increases from the continuation of the railway line to Murnau and the large art exhibition in Munich in 1879 of profits.
In 1915 the license for the stock corporation ended. The Bavarian State took over shipping on the Würmsee, and operations were continued by the Bavarian State Railroad and later by the Deutsche Reichsbahn . The Bavaria was the only passenger ship on the Würmsee whose name was not changed after the First World War . In 1940 the Bavaria was canceled as a raw material donor for the war . Its successor, Bayern , only started operations in the post-war period.
Part of the interior of the Bavaria has been preserved and is in the fund of the Bavarian State Opera . Your rear figure, the Bavarian lion, was erected in 1919 or later at the southern end of the Starnberg lake promenade. Like the lanterns on the ship, this work was created by Lorenz Gedon.
Web links
- Bavaria - PSRD / built in 1878 (Starnberger See) on www.binnenschifferforum.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Der Bayerische Landbote , July 14, 1878, p. 1 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
- ↑ Schwabmünchner Tages-Anzeiger , April 17, 1878, o. S. ( limited preview in Google book search)
- ↑ Pfälzer Zeitung , May 17, 1878, o. S. ( limited preview in the Google book search)
- ↑ Bayerischer Kurier , June 11th and 12th, 1878, p. 3 ( limited preview in Google book search)
- ↑ Steam navigation on the Würmsee , in: Allgemeine Zeitung , December 28, 1878, p. 1174 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
- ↑ Benedikt von Hebenstreit , History of Shipping , 2005 on schiffs-agentur.ch (PDF; 118 kB)
- ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, Starnberg. Architectural monuments , p. 14 ( digitized version )