Passenger shipping Gebr. Kolb

Passenger shipping Gebr. Kolb oHG
legal form	Open trading company
founding	1921
Seat	Briedern
Branch	Inland shipping
Website	moselrundfahrten.de

The passenger shipping company Gebr. Kolb is a German inland shipping company based in Briedern . With 23 passenger ships and a ferry company, the Kolb shipping company is currently the most important passenger company on the Moselle and one of the largest providers of excursions in Germany.

history

Founding years

The company was founded in 1921 by Peter Kolb, the son of a ferryman from Fankel , with a motorboat. The Maria , named after his wife, started regular services between Cochem , Beilstein and Briedern in 1924 . As a second boat, the Fortuna was bought in 1934 and also used in regular services and for special trips. In 1937 the Brunhilde , named after the daughter, was used for the Moselle rides of the Deutsche Reichsbahn . The time before the Second World War was characterized by a good economy for the still young passenger company, which was due to the increased tourism on the Moselle.

Chaos of war

Due to the chaos of the war, the flow of tourists on the Moselle came to a standstill and during the Second World War the company's three motor boats were sunk. Peter Kolb and his son Karl Michael were able to salvage the boats in 1945 and transfer them to Trier , where they were repaired in a shipyard . After that the boats were used as tugs and in passenger transport.

post war period

The regular service was resumed in 1950. In the following years, the shipping company was able to benefit from the increasing tourism to the Moselle.

During the expansion of the Moselle into a large shipping route (1958–1964), the ships were used again as tugs and the fleet was supplemented by the tugs Nikolaus and Bebbi . After that, the ships were no longer suitable for passenger transport and the regular service Cochem ↔ Beilstein and Traben-Trarbach ↔ Bernkastel-Kues was therefore operated with two rented passenger ships.

expansion

In order to meet the increased demands of passengers, two newbuildings were commissioned for the first time from a Cologne shipyard in the 1960s. They entered service in 1966 as Traben-Trarbach and in 1967 as Maria von Beilstein . In 1975 the city of Zell and in 1976 the Moselland were acquired.

The Trier tour company H. Mendgen was bought with the ship Zurlauben in 1980 and another passenger ship named Sankt Michael was bought in the summer . As the third new building, the coat of arms of Cochem was put into service as the new flagship in 1986 . In the following years more ships were bought (see fleet list).

Since 1999, the Cochem tour company Rudolf Botsch GmbH with the two ships Undine and Undine II has also been part of the Kolb brothers' fleet.

With the takeover of Reeser Personenschifffahrt, the shipping company has also been offering tours on the Lower Rhine with the ships Stadt Rees and Germania since 2016 .

fleet

The fleet includes 23 passenger ships and the leased car ferry St. Josef in Beilstein.

Surname	Construction year	length	Passengers	Shipping company affiliation
Berlin	1959	35.30 m	250	since 2013
Eurostrand Leiwen (ex- Luxembourg )	1955	32.52 m	250	since 1988
Germania	1978	64.00 m	800	since 2018
Countess Loretta	1929	41.80 m	250	Since 1993
Maria von Beilstein	1967	32.50 m	250	since 1967
Marienburg (ex- Heinz)	1955	30.67 m	125	since 2006
Moselle Queen (ex- city of Vallendar )	1980	37.04 m	400	since 2013
Moselle Princess (ex- Rheinfels )	1981	48.85 m	400	since 2013
Mosella (ex- father Rhine)	1927	46.10 m	250	since 1990
Moselland (ex- Neckarperle )	1957	26.10 m	250	since 1975
Nikolaus Cusanus (ex- Hanseatic)	1971	60.25 m	600	since 2008
Romantica	1977	36.16 m	250	since 1992
St. Josef (car ferry)	1949	22.40 m	50	since 1980
City of Bonn (ex- city of Mannheim)	1969	47.92 m	450	since 1989
City of Rees (ex- City of Basel )	1970	43.00 m	250	since 2016
City of Zell (ex- Filia Rheni )	1930	45.10 m	250	since 1976
Theodor Heuss	1960	54.00 m	500	since 1995
Traben-Trarbach	1966	29.65 m	250	since 1966
Treis-Karden (ex- Rhineland )	1970	50.85 m	600	since 2004
Undine I (ex- Kloster Machern )	1973	31.50 m	250	since 1998
Undine II	1988	40.07 m	300	since 1998
Bernkastel coat of arms (ex- Drachenfels , ex- Vaterland )	1960	33 m	250	since 1987
Coat of arms of Cochem	1986	59.92 m	500	since 1986
Coat of arms of Trier (ex- city Beuel , ex- city Kehl )	1964	29.50 m	250	since 1991

Line bus traffic

The shipping company's line of business is divided into different geographical areas:

Cochem area

In the area of Cochem the passenger ships Wappen von Cochem , Stadt Bonn , Stadt Zell , Moselprinzessin , Maria von Beilstein and Treis-Karden are used. They operate round trips, lock trips to Beilstein, trips to Treis-Karden and day trips to Zell .

Bernkastel area

In the Bernkastel area the passenger ships Romantica , Moselkönigin , Nikolaus Cusanus , Mosella , Moselland , Berlin , Theodor Heuss , Countess Loretta , Marienburg and Eurostrand Leiwen are used. They operate round trips, lock trips and half-day trips as well as day trips to Zell.

Trier area

In the Trier area, the passenger ships Wappen von Trier , Undine and Undine II are used. They operate round trips, trips to Saarburg , Wasserbillig and Neumagen-Dhron as well as day trips to Bernkastel.

Rhine area

The passenger ships Stadt Rees and Germania are used in the Rhine area. They operate trips on the Lower Rhine from Rees .

In addition, special trips are offered for school classes, companies, companies and on special occasions.

literature

in order of appearance

Günter Benja: Passenger shipping in German waters - complete directory of all passenger ships and services , with 115 photos of the ships, Gerhard Stallinger Verlag , Oldenburg 1975, ISBN 3-79791853-4 , p. 44.

Passenger shipping Gebr. Kolb oHG . In: Dieter Schubert: German Inland Passenger Ships - Illustrated Ship Register , Uwe Welz Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-933177-10-3 , pp. 114–117.

Helmut Betz: History from the current tape. XXIV - Shipping on the Moselle and Saar - From Römerschiff to Koppelverband , Verlag Th. Mann, Gelsenkirchen 2006, ISBN 3-7862-0152-8 , pp. 143, 152.

Passenger shipping Kolb . In: Karl-Josef Gilles : Personenschifffahrt im Moseltal 1830–1980 , Sutton Verlag , Erfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-954-00073-9 , pp. 96–107. ( Preview on Google Books )

Web links

Commons : Personenschifffahrt Gebr. Kolb - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Website of the shipping company Gebr. Kolb oHG

Individual evidence

↑ Helmut Betz: Historisches vom Strom - Shipping on the Moselle and Saar - From the Roman ship to the coupling association . tape XXIV . Verlag Th. Mann, Gelsenkirchen 2006, ISBN 3-7862-0152-8 , p. 143 .
↑ ^a ^b A flagship with headwater. Volksfreund, October 5, 2003, accessed on July 14, 2018 (German).
^ Günter Benja: Passenger shipping in German waters - Complete directory of all passenger ships and services - With 115 photos of the ships . Gerhard Stallinger AG, Oldenburg and Hamburg 1975, ISBN 978-3-7979-1853-6 , p. 44 .
↑ Boat tours from Cochem. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .
↑ Boat tours in the Bernkastel area. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .
↑ Boat tours from Trier. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .
↑ Reeser Passenger Shipping. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .

[1] Helmut Betz: Historisches vom Strom - Shipping on the Moselle and Saar - From the Roman ship to the coupling association . tape XXIV . Verlag Th. Mann, Gelsenkirchen 2006, ISBN 3-7862-0152-8 , p. 143 .

[VF-2] A flagship with headwater. Volksfreund, October 5, 2003, accessed on July 14, 2018 (German).

[3] Günter Benja: Passenger shipping in German waters - Complete directory of all passenger ships and services - With 115 photos of the ships . Gerhard Stallinger AG, Oldenburg and Hamburg 1975, ISBN 978-3-7979-1853-6 , p. 44 .

[4] Boat tours from Cochem. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .

[5] Boat tours in the Bernkastel area. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .

[6] Boat tours from Trier. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .

[7] Reeser Passenger Shipping. Retrieved August 10, 2018 .