Heinrich Heine (ship, 1969)

Heinrich Heine

The Heinrich Heine on the Rhine near Düsseldorf

Ship data flag  Malta other ship names Treis card (until 2003) Domspatz (until 2001) Schouwen-Duiveland (until 1981) Ship type Excursion boat home port Valletta , Malta  Owner KD Europe S.à rl Shipyard Peters, Dedemsvaart, The Netherlands Launch 1969 takeover 1969

Ship dimensions and crew length 36.22 m ( Lüa ) width 6.54 m Draft Max. 1.67 m

Machine system machine 2 × Deutz diesel engines, each 169 kW Machine performance 338 kW (460 hp)

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers Max. 250

Others Registration numbers ENI 04027810

The Heinrich Heine was an excursion ship that was used on behalf of the Cologne-Düsseldorf Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG in the main season for round trips on the Lower Rhine near Düsseldorf . The smallest ship of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer has already been renamed several times by the shipping company in relation to the respective current area of ​​operation. In addition to the scheduled missions, the Heinrich Heine was offered for rent as a party ship. Due to its age, the ship was decommissioned in 2019 and replaced by the MS Rheinkrone .

history

On the move in Düsseldorf

The ship was built in 1969 on behalf of the NV. Rotterdamsche Tramweg Mij in Rotterdam at the Peters shipyard in Dedemsvaart (NL) and baptized in the name of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland . In 1981 it was sold to the Cologne-Düsseldorfer and renamed the Domspatz . The new owner used the ship until 2001 in round trips on the Rhine near Cologne . From 2001 to 2003 the shipping company used the ship as a Treis card in excursion traffic on the Moselle . Since 2003 it has been used in tour traffic in Düsseldorf under the name of the Düsseldorf-born poet and writer Heinrich Heine . In December 2008, the ship was sold to the wholly owned subsidiary KD Europe S.à rl in Luxembourg and then registered in Valletta , Malta in January 2009 . Since the ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer cannot reach their home port due to lack of seaworthiness, they are serviced in the Niehler Hafen in Cologne.

Equipment and technology

The Heinrich Heine is a two-deck passenger ship with two salons in the closed areas. The usable area of the ship is around 220 m², the ceiling height is 2.20 m. With normal seating, there is space for 92 passengers in the rear main deck and 52 passengers in the front upper deck. The sundeck located aft on the upper deck is designed for up to 50 people. In addition, a small bar area with twelve seats was set up on the front main deck. The ship is powered by two Deutz 169 kW diesel engines.

literature

• Georg Fischbach: The ships of the Cologne-Düsseldorfer 1826-2004. Self-published, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-00-016046-9 .
• Stephan Nuding: 175 years of Cologne-Düsseldorf Rhine Shipping Company. A historical representation in pictures and text. Schardt, Oldenburg 2001, ISBN 3-89841-035-8 .

Web links

The ship as Domspatz during the Rhine flood in 1983 next to the paddle steamer Rüdesheim

Commons : Heinrich Heine (1969)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Page about Heinrich Heine on www.debinnenvaart.nl , accessed on October 29, 2010 (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kölner Stadtanzeiger: Two new ships on the Rhine at the start of the season at Köln-Düsseldorfer (April 21, 2019)
2. ↑ Annual report 2009 according to IFRS of Köln-Düsseldorfer, p. 8 , accessed on January 22, 2016
3. ↑ KD with Maltese flag , Kölnische Rundschau of April 8, 2009 , accessed on April 24, 2017
4. ↑ Heinrich Heine's seating plan on the Köln-Düsseldorfer website (pdf) ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 22, 2016