Danube Shipping Museum Regensburg

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Ruthof / Érsekcsanád (front) and Freudenau (behind)

Founded in 1979 by a sponsoring organization Regensburg Museum of Danube Shipping shows the development of the Danube navigation and other rivers, the related art and the everyday work of the boatmen . It is part of the North Bavarian Industriestrasse .

The two tugs Ruthof / Érsekcsanád (a paddle steamer ) and Freudenau (with a diesel drive ) are both accommodating and at the same time the most important exhibits .

history

Although in Regensburg earlier approaches to the creation of a nautical museum had given, which was club Working Group-Museum Regensburg e. V. founded on January 19, 1979. The specific reason was the impending scrapping of the Hungarian paddle steamer Érsekcsanád , which was built in 1923 under the name Ruthof in Regensburg. On August 21, 1979, after overcoming numerous difficulties, the purchase contract was signed with the Hungarian shipping company Mahart (the purchase price was 50,000 DM). In October the ship was brought to Deggendorf and initially preserved there before arriving in Regensburg on November 4, 1980. After the interior of the ship had also been prepared accordingly, the museum was officially opened on May 10, 1983. The interior work was not completed until 1984.

In the bow space of the Ruthof / Érsekcsanád , the development of Danube shipping from the dugout canoe to the present day is explained using panels and numerous ship models . The most important exhibit, however, is certainly the ship itself. The oil bunker , boiler room and engine room can be viewed as well as the technical equipment on deck, the bridge , the ship's kitchen and the crew quarters. So you get a comprehensive insight into everyday work and living conditions on such a ship.

In 1987 the association was entrusted with the care of the former ship passage at the stone bridge .

In 1995 the association acquired the former motor towing ship Freudenau from the Austrian DDSG . This tractor, built in Linz in 1941 , was already equipped with a diesel drive. In contrast to the Ruthof / Érsekcsanád , where some structural changes had to be made due to the accommodation of museum rooms, the Freudenau is still practically in its original condition when it was decommissioned in 1993.

The museum was originally located on Werftstrasse on Unteren Wöhrd . In 2004 the museum was relocated to a central location in the old town. The berth of Ruthof / Érsekcsanád and Freudenau has been located on the southern (right) bank of the river between the Iron Bridge and the Stone Bridge on the Marc-Aurel-Ufer (Thundorferstraße).

History of the Ruthof / Érsekcsanád

The Ruthof / Érsekcsanád
Technical data Ruthof / Érsekcsanád
Parameter Data
Launch January 25, 1923
Manufacturer Ruthof shipyard in Regensburg
length 61.55 m
Broad trunk 7.90 m
Max. width 16.60 m (over the wheel arches)
Draft 1.0 m with 20 t fuel supply
Height (fixed point) 6.20 m
Height chimneys 8.00 m
power 800 hp
High pressure cylinder Ø = 700 mm, 12 bar
Low pressure cylinder Ø = 1300 mm, 1.5 bar
Steam boiler heating surface 815 m²
Heating surface superheater 80 m²
Superheated steam 300 ° C, 12 bar
1923-1931 and 1942-1944 Coal firing
consumption: 1000 kg / h at full power
1932–1942 and from 1958 Oil firing
consumption: 540 kg / h at full power
Paddle wheels 2 with 7 blades each and eccentric control
Revolutions 30–40 min −1
crew 25 men
Shipping companies Bayerischer Lloyd (1923–1944)
Mahart (Hungary) (1958–1975)
Decommissioning 1975

The Ruthof was part of the reconstruction program after the First World War . It was built in 1922/1923 at the Regensburg Ruthof shipyard , after which it was named. The Ruthof was equipped with an inclined two-cylinder compound steam engine with injection condensation . The 7 blades of each of the two paddle wheels were linked via an eccentric control so that they always plunged vertically into the water. The two chimneys could be folded in for passage under low bridges.

After the ship was christened on February 21, 1923 and delivered to Bayerischer Lloyd , the Ruthof operated mainly on the lower and middle Danube .

In 1932 the original firing was changed from coal to heavy fuel oil ( Pacura ). Due to the lack of oil in World War II , the ship was converted back to coal-firing in 1942.

Around noon on June 20, 1944, the Ruthof ran into a mine near the town of Érsekcsanád in southern Hungary and sank. Five crew members were killed.

In 1956 the wreck was lifted. The Hungarian shipping company Mahart had the ship reconstructed. The boiler, machinery and auxiliary equipment were still fully functional despite the 12 years under water. The deck superstructures were added and the furnace switched to oil again. In 1958 the tow ship was put back into service under the name Érsekcsanád and from then on sailed under the Hungarian flag . In the following years the steam tug kept coming back to Regensburg, the place where it was built. The Érsekcsanád had one of its last missions as the “ Volga steamer ” on the multi-part television program Michael Strogoff . After that, the ship was decommissioned and should be scrapped. In 1979 it was acquired by the Schiffahrtsmuseum Regensburg working group and converted into a museum ship. In 1992 an overhaul took place at the Hitzler shipyard in Regensburg.

literature

  • Armin A. Hummel: '' Die Ruthof-Werft Mainz-Kastel and Regensburg, 1871 - 1975 '', Edition Winterwork Borsdorf 2018, ISBN 978-3-96014-456-4 , pp. 43–45.

History of Freudenau

The Freudenau
Technical data Freudenau
Parameter Data
Commissioning May 30, 1942
Manufacturer Schiffswerft Linz AG
length 48.30 m
width 7.20 m
Draft 1.5 m with 40 t fuel supply
drive 2 four-wing screws, Ø = 1.5 m
Engines 2 six-cylinder marine diesel engines
1942-1966 Manufacturer: MWM
per 410 hp at 310 min -1
from 1966 Manufacturer: Deutz
550 HP each
crew 17 men
Shipping company DDSG
Decommissioning 1993

The Freudenau was built in Linz in 1941 and put into service with the DDSG on May 30, 1942 . In contrast to the Ruthof / Érsekcsanád , it already had a diesel drive. The original machines were replaced by more powerful engines in 1966. In 1993 the Freudenau was decommissioned and two years later it was sold to the Danube Shipping Museum in Regensburg .

The Freudenau is still fully roadworthy today and is occasionally used for smaller tours.

History of the ship's passage

City view of Regensburg. Left the stone bridge; on the wall of the small yellow building on the far right you can see the flap of the ship passage.
Technical data of the ship's passage
Parameter Data
Installation July 15, 1914
Manufacturer MAN
traction 5000 kg (50,000 N)
Train speed 15 m / min
Max. Train length 270 m
Rope diameter 22 mm
Rope drum diameter 650 mm
Drive motor Manufacturer: Siemens-Schuckert
SSW 590 428 N type GH 250
50 HP at 850 min -1
tension 500 V DC voltage
transmission Worm gear with spur gear ratio 1: 100
Setting control mode 17th January 1964
Reopening as a
technical monument
July 21, 2012

To the west of the stone bridge, a little upstream, you can see an inconspicuous, elongated green wooden flap on a house wall on the south bank. In the house behind the flap, another exhibition object of the museum is the electrically operated former ship passage , with the help of which ships could be pulled under the bridge. Due to the sharp narrowing between the pillars of the stone bridge, there is a particularly strong current between the pillars , because the height difference between the upper and lower water can be more than half a meter due to the damming. As long as river boats were still being pulled upstream by horses ( graining ), overcoming the damming was a major problem. Even when most ships already had weak engines, the stone bridge and its damming were still a major traffic obstacle for shipping.

Therefore, at the beginning of the 20th century, the city of Regensburg decided to build an electrically operated strong winch , with the help of which heavy ships could better overcome the damming. In 1913, the MAN company received the order to build the cable winch; Construction began in February 1914. As drive served a 550- volt - DC motor of Siemens-Schuckert with an output of 50  hp . The electricity was taken from the Regensburg tram network .

When the tram service was stopped on July 31, 1964 and the original electricity supplier was no longer available, the conversion of the ship's passage to three-phase current was considered. However, since most of the ships were already equipped with powerful engines at that time, the passage was shut down on January 17, 1964.

On July 21, 2012, the facility was reopened in a festive setting.

Other exhibits

Historic harbor crane in Regensburg

In addition to the two ships mentioned and the passage through the ship, the museum also has other exhibits that can be seen on both sides of the Danube between the Iron Bridge and the Nibelungen Bridge .

On the right (southern) bank, the Donaulände, there is another smaller ship, the Helga , the steam boiler of the Elbe steamer Sachsenwald (ex Ida-Erna) from 1914, remains of a concrete ship and a hand-operated harbor crane. On the basis of display boards, not only the history of the individual exhibits is shown, but also the once important role of the Danube area as a transshipment point between inland shipping and the Bavarian Eastern Railway .

On the left (northern) bank of the Danube, the Untere Wöhrd , a damaged propeller and an anchor can be viewed near the old museum berth.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Regensburg: Reopening of the passage of ships .

Web links

Commons : Donau-Schiffahrt-Museum Regensburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 1 '15.3 "  N , 12 ° 6' 2.2"  E