Gernsheim Rhine ferry

Helene

Picture from 2015: The new Helene ferry

Ship data flag Germany Ship type ferry home port Gernsheim Owner Gernsheimer Rheinfährbetrieb GmbH, Riedstadt Shipyard Stahlbau Müller, Spessart & Oberwinter Launch 2015 Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 62.80 m ( Lüa ) width 14.30 m

Machine system machine Schottel SRP 320 Machine performance 4 MAN , each 184 kW (250 PS )

Transport capacities Load capacity 99 T dw Vehicle capacity 28 cars

City of Gernsheim

Picture from 2007: The old ferry at the dock in Gernsheim and in the background the remains of the former bridge

Ship data flag Germany Ship type ferry home port Gernsheim Owner Gernsheimer Rheinfährbetrieb GmbH, Riedstadt Shipyard Boost Trier Launch 1965 Whereabouts Retired in 2015

Ship dimensions and crew length 45.00 m ( Lüa ) width 11.10 m Draft Max. 0.80-1.25 m

Machine system machine 4 times Caterpillar Machine performance 4 times 63 kW (85 PS ) propeller 4 Schottel rudder propellers

Transport capacities Load capacity 140 dw Permitted number of passengers 180 Vehicle capacity 21 cars

The Gernsheim Rhine ferry is the only way to cross the Rhine by car between the two Rhineland-Palatinate cities of Mainz ( Weisenauer Brücke ) and Worms ( Nibelungenbrücke Worms ), along with the Landskrone Rhine ferry in Nierstein . The Rhine ferry connects the city of Gernsheim on the Hessian right bank of the Rhine with the left Rhine Hessian communities of Eich and Hamm .

The ferry is located at Rhine kilometer 461.7 and was set up in the immediate vicinity of the Rhine bridge Gernsheim (Rhine kilometer 461.5), which was destroyed in March 1945 , as the bridge was not rebuilt after the war .

The ferry service could also be maintained at the lowest level of the Worms level of 2 cm, at which level the service is not yet known.

On December 21, 2015, the new Rhine ferry of the Gernsheimer Rhine ferry company of the Fretter family was inaugurated under the name "Helene". This replaced the “City of Gernsheim” after 50 years, and the ship was handed over to the Nierstein Rhine ferry . The new ship with a length of 62.80 m has 50% more loading capacity and can now accommodate around 28 vehicles.

literature

• Albert Geipert: 1933-1945 - but the Rhine continued to flow. Forum Verlag Riedstadt 2003, ISBN 3-9807543-9-1

Web links

• Gernsheim ferry
• The Rhine route from Mannheim to St. Goar Stand; 6/2004, p. 5 as a PDF file
• Upper Rhine experience
• Ferry city of Gernsheim in the inland navigation forum
• Ferry Helene in the inland navigation forum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ELWIS - water levels at levels relevant to shipping. Retrieved January 18, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Hans-Josef Becker: Elegant and technically new. In: echo-online.de. December 12, 2015, accessed February 19, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Technology - Rhine ferry "Helene" Gernsheim - Eich. Retrieved January 17, 2019 . 
4. ^ Wormser Zeitung: Christening for the new ferry between Eich and Gernsheim , December 21, 2015.