Main ferry Mühlheim
 Main ferry Mühlheim : Here the landing stage in Mühlheim
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The Main ferry Mühlheim was a cable-guided carriage ferry between Mühlheim am Main on the southern Main side and Dörnigheim in northern Main . The ferry connection is at the height of the Main km 50.62. Downstream, the next crossing of the Main is the Rumpenheim Main ferry and upstream the Mühlheim barrage for pedestrians and cyclists and the Steinheim Main Bridge for vehicles.
The Main ferry Mühlheim has been out of service since October 11, 2017 (with the exception of July 8, 2019, see below). Up until then, it was one of eleven regular main ferries. With the decision of the Offenbach district on June 24, 2020, the ferry was finally stopped.
history
In 1904, the Offenbach district set up a high-wire yaw ferry for the first time and leased it to private individuals. The ferry was operated by the Schäfer family from Dörnigheim and is said to have been electrically powered from 1923. The power was supplied via the high rope system. The ferry facilities were blown up in 1945 at the end of the Second World War .
As early as the turn of the year 1945/46, the ferry system was repaired and a new ferry was built. In the construction list of the Bayerische Schiffbaugesellschaft for 1945 a 25-ton ferry for H. Schäfer, Dörnigheim is recorded as construction number 800 . It was an electrically operated high-wire trolley ferry with rope hooks. The power was supplied via a separate catenary cable, mounted on two additional masts, about ten meters downstream from the masts of the guide cable.
The current ferry is guided by high ropes, was built in 1964 in Dorfprozelten and has been in use at its current location since 1971. The owner is the Offenbach district. The ferry has been operated by the Spiegel family since 2001.
The ferry stopped operating on October 11, 2017. The reason for this was the immediate termination of the lease agreement by the Offenbach district. This was necessary because the tenant is said to have violated safety regulations several times. The Offenbach district announced that it would lease the ferry again in order to resume ferry operations.
On July 8, 2019, ferry operations were resumed under a new operator after the ferry had previously been repaired and put back into the water. However, on the same morning there was damage in which the yaw rope of the ferry tore and then drove it on the Main, unable to maneuver. She had to be salvaged by the fire brigade and the work ship Kinzig of the Aschaffenburg water and shipping authority. The ferry was taken out of service, initially until the circumstances of the accident had been clarified. Since October 14, 2019, it has been in Frankfurt's Osthafen to avoid damage and safety risks for shipping. On June 8, 2020, the district committee in Offenbach decided to finally discontinue the ferry connection; the district council approved this on June 24, 2020.
technology
The Martha ferry is 25.45 meters long and has a hull length of 16.55 meters. Both ferry flaps are each 4.45 meters long. The width of the ferry is 7.80 meters, that of the hull 5.15 meters. The side height of the fuselage is 0.95 meters. The maximum draft is 0.75 meters, the freeboard 0.20 meters. The ferry displaces 35 tons. Originally, the Martha ferry was a yaw ferry without its own drive. In the course of time she received two Schottel rudder propellers as an auxiliary drive. These were powered by a Mercedes industrial machine with 46 kilowatts. From the tender documents of the Offenbach district it can be seen that at last only a Schottel rudder propeller was available as a drive. The original transport capacity of the Martha ferry was up to eight cars or up to 145 people. However, the load-bearing capacity of the ferry was reduced by the additions (e.g. the two Schottel rudder propellers and the motor) and by safety-related expansions due to the inland ship inspection regulations (BinSchUO). Since then, only six cars (with a maximum permissible total weight of 2 tons) and a maximum of 30 people have been allowed to cross over. The heaviest land vehicle must not exceed a maximum permissible total weight of 14 t. The permissible single / double axle load is 5.5 tons. One of the requirements from the ferry certificate is that when loading, it must be ensured that the vehicles are distributed on deck in such a way that the ferry flaps do not hang in the water during the crossing.
Operating times and tariffs
Until the cessation of operations in October 2017, the ferry operated on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. The company was closed on Sundays and public holidays. The ferry tariffs started at 30 cents for a single trip by a pedestrian and ranged from 1.00 euros for cars to 4.00 euros for vans. Tickets of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) were not recognized, although the ferry with the line number OF-39 was included in its numbering scheme.
For operation from July 8, 2019, daily operating hours from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and ferry rates of 70 cents (for pedestrians) to 4.80 euros (for vans) were planned.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://kinzig.news/5446/die-ms-doernigheim-faehre-nicht-mehr-kreistag-beschliesst-aus-fuer-mainfaehre The MS Dörnigheim no longer runs - the district council decides to leave the Main ferry
- ^ Offenbach district: Main ferry Mühlheim. October 11, 2017, accessed January 16, 2018 .
- ↑ The ferry in Mühlheim stops operating due to safety deficiencies. In: op-online.de. October 10, 2017, accessed January 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Marcus Reinsch: Interested parties for the Mühlheim ferry. In: op-online.de. December 15, 2017, accessed January 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Hanauer Anzeiger: New concept for resuming ferry operations presented. Retrieved July 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Mission reports - Mühlheim volunteer fire brigade. Retrieved July 9, 2019 .
- ↑ hessenschau de, Frankfurt Germany: Rope broken: ferry drives driverless across the Main. July 8, 2019, accessed July 9, 2019 .
- ^ Offenbach district: MS Dörnigheim out of service. July 8, 2019, accessed July 9, 2019 .
- ^ Offenbach district parks the Main ferry temporarily in Frankfurt. In: op-online.de. Retrieved October 25, 2019 .
- ↑ No operator found: Main ferry Mühlheim finally before the end - Hessenschau.de
- ↑ Sealing of the Main Ferry
- ↑ Michael Prochnow: Main ferry Mühlheim is currently on dry land and is being overtaken. In: op-online.de . July 30, 2011, accessed August 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Ferries and shipping lines on the Rhine, Main and Lahn. In: rmv.de. Retrieved June 24, 2015 .
- ^ Line OF-39. (PDF; 37 kB) In: kvgof.de . 2017, accessed August 1, 2017 .
- ^ Offenbach district: Main ferry Mühlheim. Retrieved July 9, 2019 .
Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 48.1 ″ N , 8 ° 50 ′ 11.8 ″ E