Ludwig (ship, 1872)
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Ludwig was the second passenger ship that was used on the Würmsee in regular service . It was named after Ludwig II .
history
The paddle steamer Maximilian has been operating on the lake since 1851 . A scheduled boat traffic had Ulrich Himbsel set whose son Franz had sold to a public company, the company after the railway line Munich - Starnberg had been extended and at the southern end of the lake Seeshaupt had received a railway connection.
This Würmsee-Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft began to prosper so much after a few moderate years that a second ship was ordered in 1871. The Ludwig was at Escher Wyss & Co. built. It was similar in size and equipment to the Maximilian and could also carry 300 people, but in contrast to the older steamer, it had iron superstructures and a more powerful engine. The final assembly apparently took place in Starnberg: "At the shipbuilding site at the northernmost tip of the beautiful Würmsee you can now see the hull of the new steamship" Ludwig "under construction, which is to be launched this year," was a newspaper report from Read July 1872. "The same seems to be a little lower than the steamship" Maximilian ", which has already been on course, but also of a very pleasant figure."
"The new steamer, named after His Majesty the King [...] [...] has the slim, elegant shape of a clipper with a backward sloping chimney", was a report on the inauguration of the steamer. It cuts through the water with a sharp beak at incredible speed.
For the inauguration, the new steamer drove from Starnberg in the direction of Seeshaupt, the old one came towards it from the opposite direction and the ships met in front of Berg Castle , while the king "graciously" greeted him from the balcony. The ship then drove on to Tutzing and then headed for Leoni , where Ludwig II appeared "unexpectedly" and once again "graciously" greeted the party celebrating on a meadow. Soon afterwards, Count von Rambaldi, chairman of the stock corporation, read out a letter written on behalf of the king, in which the king thanked him again for the welcome in front of Berg Castle.
After this ceremony, the ship began service on July 24, 1872. A few days later there was a minor mishap. On the occasion of the German Journalists' Day, the participants traveled from Munich to the Würmsee to board the steamer. Already on arrival there were problems because the locomotive "Adler" failed on the way and had to be exchanged for the "Klopstock" in Gauting . However , the journalists still reached the steamship Ludwig , which was waiting in Starnberg “in the most beautiful flag decorations”. They drove first to Seeshaupt, then back to Possenhofen , then to Berg, where they “drank, sang and toasted [sic!]” Before continuing to Tutzing , where the group was again entertained and also photographed by the court photographer Albert . In the meantime, however, a thunderstorm had come. On the way back, "it suddenly became so dark and the sea so stormy that the ship had to hold its course and steer, as a result of which the steering wheel was defective." the damage could be repaired quickly.
In August 1874 there was a more serious accident. On the occasion of a singing trip to Tutzing, in which so many guests took part that both steamers were more than full, it was considered advisable to drive as close to the bank as possible. A Leipzig singer, who was traveling in a boat, got with his vehicle under a paddle wheel of the steamer Ludwig "and was found [...] as a corpse. His death cry had alarmed everything on the bank [sic!]. "
In 1900 the ship was rebuilt. It received a new deck structure, in which a saloon for the first class was accommodated, and a closed wheelhouse. It was also equipped with steam heating and a toilet flush.
At the beginning of 1915, the concession for the stock corporation that had previously operated the ship ended. The Bavarian state took over shipping on the lake. The Bavarian State Railway was now responsible for the ships.
After the First World War , the ships on the Würmsee, whose names were related to the royal family, were renamed. The Ludwig became the Tutzing . In 1935 the steamer was scrapped under this name. His successor was the second Tutzing , which started operations in 1937.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Benedikt von Hebenstreit , History of Shipping , 2005 on schiffs-agentur.ch (PDF; 118 kB)
- ↑ Traun-Alz-Bote 48, July 16, 1872, o. S. ( limited preview in the Google book search)
- ↑ a b Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer , Starnberger See , in: Über Land und Meer 46, 1872, p. 18 f. ( Limited preview in the Google book search)
- ↑ On the Journalists Day , in: Der Bayerische Landbote 1872 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
- ↑ Weilheimer Tagblatt für Stadt und Land , August 1, 1872, p. 681 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
- ↑ Süddeutsche Reichs-Post 1874, p. 11-IA1 ( limited preview in the Google book search)