Ferry towers (Trittenheim)
The two ferry towers from Trittenheim form the only remaining pair of ferry towers on the Moselle . As part of the Ponten ferry, which operated between 1829 and 1908/1909, they served as a ferryman's apartment (dwelling of the ferryman or Ferger) and for anchoring the ferry ropes, on which the ferry was driven from bank to bank by the Moselle current (→ Gierseilfähre ).
The Ponten ferry service was discontinued around 1908/09, the year the first Moselle bridge from Trittenheim was completed. In November 1991 the ferry towers were placed under monument protection by the Bernkastel-Wittlich district administration.
Structure and nature
The two ferry towers are two plastered square towers with pointed slate roofs and windows. The tower on the site has four storeys and has access from the top floor to the old bridge house, from where a bridge toll had to be paid to finance the first bridge . There is a second access to the tower from the Moselle promenade. Windows and doors are framed in sandstone.
Renovation in 1994
In May 1994, the local ferry tower was restored in accordance with the monument and inaugurated as the "ferry tower gallery". Historical templates were used in the coloring and design of the windows.
The right ferry tower is only two-story and has an entrance on the slope. This ferry tower was also restored in 2000/01 in accordance with a listed building. The entire roof was also re-covered here.
See also
Web links
- Entry on the former ferry tower in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The Trittenheim ferry towers. Trittenheim parish, accessed on February 6, 2016 .
- ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments in the Trier-Saarburg district . Mainz February 14, 2014, p. 46 ( gdke-rlp.de [PDF; 1,2 MB ; accessed on February 6, 2016]).