Towpath
As towpath or Treidel path , Bomätscher path ( Saxony ), Treppelweg ( Austria ) or Reckweg ( Switzerland ) is right on the bank of a way rivers or canals called, which was created to help people and draft animals cargo ships were able to draw up the river. The process was called treideln . The towers and towing horses on the towpaths were connected to the ships by a rope .
A special feature was the situation at the Iron Gate , the breakthrough of the Danube through the southern Carpathians on the border between Serbia and Romania . For decades, the ships traveling uphill were hauled there with the help of railway locomotives that ran on the right (Serbian) bank of the river (see towing rail at the Iron Gate ).
history
Towing came to an end with the advent of machine-driven ships and tugs . Until the 1980s, entering the former towpaths was only permitted at your own risk. They are still subject to the administration of the Waterways and Shipping Offices (WSA). Most of the towpaths have meanwhile become waterfront promenades, cycling and hiking trails or service routes for the water and shipping administration.
Preserved towpaths
Along the Danube , the Treppelweg has been preserved on both banks over long stretches from Bavaria to Romania and expanded as the Danube Cycle Path to Budapest .
Germany, Austria
- The towpath on the Rhine from Basel to the Netherlands is almost completely preserved. It is used as a leisure path by pedestrians and cyclists.
- Almost all of the towpath is available on the Ruhr between Duisburg and Witten . From 1780 until the middle of the 19th century, Ruhraaken were harvested on the Ruhr . The towpath forms a section of the Kaiser Route and the Ruhr Valley Cycle Path for around 75 km . The towpath below the Isenberg , the Lippe-Treidlerdorf Krudenburg and other parts are part of the route of industrial culture .
- The Treppelweg on the Wiener Neustädter Canal in Lower Austria has been developed as a cycle path.
- Along the Salzach , Inn and Traun there are towpaths that go back to the great times of the flourishing salt trade from Hall in Tirol , Bad Reichenhall , Hallein and the Salzkammergut .
- There is a historic towpath at a bend in the Weser near Dölme (Bevern) .
- In Hamburg - Winterhude , the street Leinpfad , today a fine address, is named after a towpath on the Alster .
- In Brandenburg , the towpath along the Finow Canal has been developed as a cycle path .
- In Saarland , the towpath along the Saar has been redesigned into a cycle path. This leads from Saargemünd in France on the left bank of the Saar through Saarbrücken to Völklingen . In large sections, for example in large parts of Saarbrücken and Völklingen, the towpath has also been preserved on the right bank.
- In Hesse , parts of the towpath have been preserved in the Rheingau between Rüdesheim am Rhein and Walluf , which are used as a footpath and cycle path. Where between Frankfurt and Offenbach am Main nearby Mainbogen leading Fechenheimer towpath several kilometers along the right river Main.
Towing ship in front of Bonn and Siebengebirge , copper engraving by Peter Schenk, 1852
Towpath in front of the silhouette of Düsseldorf , painting by Wilhelm Schreuer , around 1900
The towpath above Hatzenport on the Moselle, which has been preserved in the state of the 19th century
Towpath at the level of the electoral castle of Eltville am Rhein
Towpath in Mülheim an der Ruhr
Treppelweg in Hainburg an der Donau
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Denmark
In Jutland ( Denmark ) the towpath from Randers to Silkeborg is marked as a hiking trail.
France
At Bouziès , the rock face on the south bank of the Lot has been hollowed out to form a towpath (chemin de halage) . The banks of the Seine , the Eure , the Dordogne , the Loire and its great tributary Mayenne are also lined with such paths.
United Kingdom
In the middle of the 18th century, the need arose in England for means of transporting large quantities of goods between cities. In 1761 the first canal for narrowboats ( English for narrow boats) was inaugurated, which were treadled with horses by a boat and a horse guide. The canal network was expanded extensively until the railway overtook narrowboats from around 1850. The towpaths are now used as hiking and cycling trails.
See also
Web links
- Route of industrial culture: towpath below the Isenberg
- On a towpath in Dresden
- Towed by horses
- 150 years of towpath from Loschwitz to Pillnitz