Kelheimer (ship type)
Kelheimer is the name for a larger type of Zille , a typical type of ship and boat in the Danube region . The most famous representative today is the so-called Ulmer Schachtel .
This type of Zille was so named because until the introduction of shipbuilding and regular services from Ulm Kelheim, it was the starting point for larger ships downstream and thus these ships were built there by the Schoppers . They were used as a cargo ship and lead ship. The "Kelheimer" were used as larger barges with lengths of up to 30 meters and 2 tons of payload, and thus as more valuable ships, again with worthwhile cargo such as wine, salt and the like. Ä. withdrawn upstream (cf. Treideln ).
Boats could upstream only over the centuries towing along here Treppelpfade mentioned Leinpfade move forward. The boats were first pulled upstream by humans, and increasingly by draft animals from the 15th century onwards. These later ship trains were strictly organized and comprised up to 60 horses and just as much crew as ships a Kelheimer (called Hohenau) or several (incidentally) and always several barges and flats as functional ships for cordage, horses and supplies.
See also: Danube shipping , Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal