Rhine crane (Bingen)
The old Binger Rheinkran is a wooden treading tower crane in Bingen am Rhein from around 1787. The harbor crane with a rotating jib and dome roof is next to the former customs administration on the former port area.
The crane house (side length approx. 7 m, height of the roof edge approx. 6 m) is a half-timbered construction made of oak beams , the outer walls consist of wooden cladding. The rotating, bell-shaped crane dome is slated and closed with a tower ball. The boom consists of a solid oak beam and support beam and is covered with lead foil. A crane has been handed down here as early as the 15th century . An inscription found in 2007 on a base stone indicates August 7, 1487 as the day the foundation stone was laid. It is said to have been built in just 78 days.
The wooden structure of today's crane could be dendrochronologically dated to 1785–87. After another renovation in 1819, the crane was shut down in the second half of the 19th century. The building could be saved from demolition by the then valid 1907 Monument Protection Act . In the Second World War severely damaged the crane from 1950 has been restored. A comprehensive restoration was carried out in 2005 . In 2007 a water basin with a connection to the Rhine was built in front of the crane.
The crane was driven by human power via two large running wheels . The upper part of the dome with the load arm could be rotated by two to four crane servants using a large lever. Mainly wine, salt and grain were loaded here. Bingen had the stacking right for the latter two . With the Oestricher crane in the Rheingau and the Andernacher Alten Krahnen 90 kilometers down the Rhine, it is the last pedal crane on the banks of the Rhine.
Since June 2008 it has been possible to experience the crane in operation. Demonstrations can be booked at the Bingen Tourist Info , where members of the Bingen am Rhein Monument Society show the "old crane" in its function. Wine barrels are heaved from land to water and vice versa.
The Rhine crane has been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 .
literature
- Rumeney, Uwe: The Lüneburg harbor crane on the Ilmenau compared to the Binger Rhine crane or - Form follows function . In: Klein, Ulrich (Hrsg.): Town halls and other communal buildings. Report on the meeting of the Working Group for House Research eV in Lüneburg from September 27 to October 1, 2009. Marburg 2010, pp. 107–113.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 12.5 " N , 7 ° 54 ′ 20.2" E