Rhine ferry Linz – Kripp

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Ferry between Linz and Remagen / Kripp
Ferry at the pier in Linz
Old ferry of the Rhine ferry Linz – Kripp, aerial photo (2013)
New ferry for the Rhine ferry Linz – Kripp, aerial photo (2014)
The St. Johannes in Brunsbüttel

The Rhine ferry Linz – Kripp connects the left and right banks of the Rhine between Linz am Rhein and the Remagen district of Kripp all year round, roughly halfway between the regions of Cologne / Bonn and Koblenz / Neuwied . It is mainly used by professionals, traders, students and tourists.

history

The oldest documented message about the leasing of the Rhine crossing dates from December 12th, 1409. In it, the married couple Hermann and Styne Uplader as well as Johann and Katharine Kannroder confirm that they had received the journey from the city of Linz in Erbleihe . 1411 appears in the mayor's bills of the city of Linz (the ferry fair was always owned by Linz) as income of 20 marks for the ferry lease. A document in the Linz city archive dates from May 2, 1443. In the deed, the leaseholder of the ferry rights, Jakob Schade, as well as his wife Katharina and their descendants confirm the hereditary interest of 20 marks, which they had to pay to the city of Linz because of the Var zu Lynss . Schade gave a third of his property as security. On May 1, 1597, the Linzer Burger Weynand Gressenich was enfeoffed with the ferry rights . Annual rent was 18 thalers . Among other things, it was made the condition not to let anyone wait for the fee, but to drive “undaunted everyone with body and property, cattle and beasts” over and over. There was a table of fees. Further lease documents are known from the years 1605 and 1665.

In 1706 there was a dispute. Both the city of Linz as well as the left-bank cities Remagen and Sinzig belonged to the Electorate of Cologne , the left-bank area at the time was the Duke of Jülich pledged, pledge master was Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz ( Jan Wellem ). The Jülich government now raised claims to the ferry right from Kripp to Linz, which the electoral Vogt zu Sinzig leased on July 27, 1706 to the Remagen citizen Christian Unkel for 69 gold guilders . Initially, the Linzers confiscated the Remagener's boat , then Jan Wellem had property on the left bank of the Rhine confiscated from the citizens of Linz. This presumably also included a house built in 1706 by a Linz citizen in Kripp . As a result, on November 27, 1709, the Jülische territory in Kripp was attacked by soldiers from the Electorate of Cologne and Christian Unkel's ferries were stolen. Only in 1730 was the guerrilla war with a comparison between the Cologne cathedral chapter and the elector Karl III. Philip of the Palatinate , who was also Duke of Jülich, ended.

In 1730 the ferry in Linz was leased to the highest bidder for 12 years. The city council had set the lease at 300 thaler, the contract was awarded to the Linz citizen Johannes Richarz, born in Königswinter , for 221 thaler.

In 1794 France occupied the left bank of the Rhine and thus also claimed the ferry rights, which went to the Prussian state in 1832 .

In 1905 the first motorboat was used, and in 1920 the ferry rights were leased to the cities of Linz and Remagen. On February 9, 1945 the motor ferry Franziska received a direct hit; Ferry master Peter Valentin, his wife and 16 other people from Kripper were killed. The sinking of the Franziska created a large gap, because there was only one motorboat left for passenger ferry traffic, which was not enough.

On July 7, 1948, a new cross-cable ferry was finally put into operation for cross-over traffic with cars. Just 4 days later the cross rope broke and the ferry drifted off. As an interim solution, the ferry was laterally coupled to a motorboat. On April 1, 1949, she was able to resume regular ferry operations after a successful conversion and expansion with an engine.

Initially without a name, it was put back into service on Good Friday 1951, after renewed renovation and modernization, under the name Linz-Bad Kripp . In October 1952, the ferry company acquired a second ferry, which was christened Finte after the renovation .

On June 30, 1960, the new St. Johannes car ferry arrived in Linz / Kripp. The great St. John made the feint superfluous; she was too small. In 1961 it was sold and the Linz-Bad Kripp was renamed St. Martin .

On May 8, 1971, the city ​​of Linz , built at the Oberwinter shipyard , was commissioned as the largest car and passenger ferry on the Rhine at the time. It replaced the St. Martin , which was also sold in 1971. During the 1970s and 1980s, the number of vehicles driven increased from 415,000 (1971) to 615,000 (1986). Therefore, the ferry company made the decision to buy a new and larger ferry. On October 14, 1987 the first large car ferry with the name Linz-Remagen (shipyard Germersheim) arrived . As three ferries cannot be used in Linz at the same time, the old St. Johannes was sold to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in 1990 .

With the commissioning of the new Linz-Remagen (Meidericher Schiffswerft) in 1997, the first Linz-Remagen was renamed St. Johannes . Since then, the St. Johannes has been used as a replacement ferry mainly on Sundays and public holidays. In the summer of 2014, the new Linz – Remagen ferry was put into service as a replacement for the St. Johannes and cost 3.5 million euros.

In April 2015, the 1987 St. Johannes ferry was sold to Northern Germany. She serves as a work ship on the Kiel Canal as part of the expansion of the Brunsbüttel lock.

Ferries

Linz – Remagen (1997)

The 1997 in service flagship of the company was to 2014, the Linz-Remagen 4 million Deutschmark construction costs. It was designed by Schiffstechnik Buchloh in Unkel-Scheuren and built in 1997 at the Meiderich shipyard .

The 56 meters long and almost 17 meters wide ferry Linz-Remagen is powered by four 242-horsepower Schottel - pump jet driven. It has a load capacity of 150 tons and can transport 600 passengers or 30 cars. Land vehicles with a maximum weight of up to 45 tons can be transported. A width of 11 meters is available for the lanes.

Linz – Remagen (2014)

The new Rhine ferry was manufactured in individual parts by Stahlbau Müller in Spessart (Ahrweiler district), assembled on the premises of the Oberwinter shipyard and christened on June 12, 2014 . It has a length of 60.82 m, a width of 17.24 m and a height of 12 m - the wheelhouse is one floor higher than the previous ship - and offers space for 38 vehicles. The draft is 95 cm, which is 25 cm less than the previous ferry. The ferry is propelled by four pumpjet drives from Schottel , each with 300 hp.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of the Linz-Kripp Rhine ferry at www.geschichte-kripp.de; State Main Archive Koblenz, Inventory 2, Document 373
  2. ↑ History of the Linz-Kripp Rhine ferry at www.geschichte-kripp.de; Remagen City Archives
  3. ↑ a b c d Josef Siebertz: “From the history of the Rhine ferry Linz-Kripp” in 1100 Years of Linz on the Rhine - Festival Book for the 1100 Anniversary, page 274
  4. ↑ http://www.geschichte-kripp.de/29.html A. Bohrer: The Linzer and Kripper ferries, from: Geschichte Kripp ..., as of December 1, 2010
  5. ↑ Documentation of the Rhine ferries, page 38
  6. ^ Documentation of the Rhine ferries on page 39
  7. ^ Documentation of the Rhine ferries on page 37
  8. ↑ a b Sunday is the maiden voyage of the "Linz-Remagen" , General-Anzeiger , June 13, 2014
  9. ↑ Information from the Rhein-Zeitung of April 30, 2015
  10. ↑ Description of the “Linz-Remagen” ferry at www.geschichte-kripp.de
  11. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: www.schiffstechnik-buchloh.de )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.schiffstechnik-buchloh.de
  12. ↑ www.meidericherschiffswerft.de ( Memento from June 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ Equipped with environmentally friendly engines - Günter Müller from Spessart is building a new ship for the Linz-Kripp am Rhein crossing , Rhein-Zeitung , February 4, 2014

Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 54.2 "  N , 7 ° 16 ′ 32.8"  E