Main ferry Astheim
The former Main ferry Astheim was a bar ferry on the Main. It ran between Astheim and the opposite Volkach in today's Kitzingen district. From 1869, the ferry was converted into a flying bridge , before the ferry rights expired with the construction of the Volkach Main Bridge in 1892.
history
The Main ferry in Astheim is closely linked to local history. Astheim was first mentioned in a document in 906, at that time it housed the important Main crossing of the Carolingian royal court in Prosselsheim . At that time there was probably no ferry in the Main. The close ride with his ferry was too much competition, as an important road ran through the town.
In the course of the Middle Ages , the Astheim ferry law was established. It was always part of the village rule and provided the respective lords with important funds. The ferry was first mentioned in 1409, it appeared in the foundation letter of the Charterhouse . The wording of the letter was: "We also give our mill there with the weir, (...)". So the ferry had previously been in the hands of the gentlemen from Seinsheim .
The prior granted the ferry rights, the Fahr, for an annual interest to a resident of Astheim. At the same time, the ferryman's rights and obligations had to be laid down in a ferry regulation. The Volkachers, who owned properties on the Astheim side, had to give the ferryman money every year. They protested by temporarily crossing over with their own boats. This practice was banned in 1528.
After the Carthusian monastery was dissolved, ferry rights fell to Kurpfalz-Bavaria in 1802 . The new masters leased the ferry to Leonhard Härtlein in 1803. He had to pay 50 guilders and 30 kreuzers annually. In 1808 Melchior Melber acquired the driving in Astheim; he already had the ferry rights in his native municipality of Nordheim am Main . Melber gave up the right, however, in September of the same year for over 1040 guilders.
From 1808 the citizens of Astheim were the new owner of the ferry rights . The Astheimers wanted to get the law into their hands because it had become essential for the economic development of the whole village. In the following years the community invested in a new ferry bridge and a shelf . The old ferry house on the banks of the Main was sold. At the same time, the village established a new lease order: from now on soldiers had to be transferred free of charge.
The first stocks were Georg Wagner and Josef Binzenhöfer. They operated the ferry profitably between 1808 and 1811. Around 1860 the footpath to the Vogelsburg was expanded and turned into a district road. Astheim is now pushing the construction of a flying bridge in order to counter the competition to Fahr . The old Stak ferry was replaced by a boat from Haßfurt , and in 1869 Astheim received approval to operate.
The stagecoaches to Volkach could soon be crossed with the new ferry, but their counterpart in Fahr was used even more frequently. A short time later, however, the first efforts of the city of Volkach began to build a bridge over the Main. In 1889 the city received approval. After the bridge was completed in 1892, Astheim received a total of 18,000 marks in compensation, and the ferry rights were thus passed to Volkach.
The ferry in Astheim was relocated once in the course of its existence. At first it was located below the Hallburg , before it was positioned closer to the up-and-coming Volkach. In 1808 only one Schelch commuted between Astheim and Volkach. On April 18, 1869, a modern yaw ferry began to be built. This still existed, limited by the construction work on the Volkacher Bridge, until 1892.
See also
literature
- Gerhard Egert: Astheim . In: Ute Feuerbach (ed.): Our Main Loop. 1978-1992 . Volkach 2008. pp. 208-215.
- Stefan Meusert: The Astheim-Volkach ferry . In: Ute Feuerbach (ed.): Our Main Loop. 1993-2007 . Volkach 2007. pp. 106-111.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Egert, Gerhard: Astheim . P. 208.
- ↑ Meusert, Stefan: The ferry Astheim-Volkach . P. 107.
- ↑ Meusert, Stefan: The ferry Astheim-Volkach . P. 110.
Coordinates: 49 ° 51 ′ 45.3 " N , 10 ° 13 ′ 11.1" E