Korneuburg – Klosterneuburg taxi ferry

Roller ferry at full speed

The Korneuburg – Klosterneuburg roller ferry is the only way for motor vehicles to cross the Danube between the Tulln Danube Bridge and the Vienna North Bridge . It connects the two Lower Austrian cities of Korneuburg on the left and Klosterneuburg on the right bank of the Danube. The exact location is the river kilometer 1941.7.

History, continuance

It was opened as a flying bridge in 1894 and finally destroyed in the winter of 1928/29 by the great ice rush on the Danube .

In 1935, the municipalities of Klosterneuburg and Korneuburg decided to rebuild the overpass as a roller ferry . The Augustinian Canons of Klosterneuburg participated in the project by assuming a third of the costs. On May 11, 1935, the ferry was launched and the topping-out ceremony for the foundation structures (including the 80 m groyne on the Klosterneuburg side) was celebrated on both banks . In the course of July 10, 1935, pioneers tensioned the 380 m long, 47.5 mm thick, 6,500 kg heavy steel cable. On September 12, 1935, the taxi ferry was officially opened.

The ferry has been privately owned since 1994 and is often used for a nostalgic tour of the Danube.

The ferry is designed for a load capacity of 25 tons or 40 people, it offers space for four passenger cars. The operating times are from 7 a.m. (on weekends from 8 a.m.) until dusk falls from March to the beginning of November. The taxi ferry is occasionally blocked due to floods or ice on the Danube.

Plans to replace the roller ferry with a fixed bridge have not yet been implemented, and neither has the plan for a tunnel that came up in 1899/1900.

On the morning of October 17, 2017, the ferry was severely damaged in a ship collision during heavy fog.

literature

• J. Wieland:  From the Danube crossing to the modern taxi ferry. A historical reminiscence. In:  New Klosterneuburger Zeitung. Non-political and independent weekly paper for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln , No. 38/1935 (Volume VII), September 21, 1935, p. 3. (Online at ANNO ). ,
  • Part 2. In:  New Klosterneuburger Zeitung. A non-political and independent newspaper (for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln) / Neue Klosterneuburger Zeitung for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln , No. 39/1935 (7th year), September 28, 1935, p. 4 (online at ANNO ). ,
  • Part 3. In:  New Klosterneuburger Zeitung. Non-political and independent newspaper (for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln) / Neue Klosterneuburger Zeitung for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln , No. 40/1935 (7th year), October 5, 1935, p. 4 (online at ANNO ). ,
  • Part 4. In:  New Klosterneuburger Zeitung. A non-political and independent newspaper (for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln) / Neue Klosterneuburger Zeitung for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln , No. 41/1935 (7th year), October 12, 1935, p. 5. (online at ANNO ). .

Web links

Commons : Roller ferry Korneuburg – Klosterneuburg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• www.donaurollfaehre.at
• architecture landscape.lower austria
• Short film about the Korneuburg-Klosterneuburg ferry in the online archive "Österreich am Wort" at the Austrian Media Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Report of the meeting of the Lower Austrian provincial government from May 4, 1948, accessed on April 21, 2010
2. ↑ ^{a b} Great progress in the construction of the roller ferry. In:  New Klosterneuburger Zeitung. Non-political and independent weekly paper for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln , No. 20/1935 (VII. Year), May 18, 1935, p. 1. (Online at ANNO ). .
3. ↑ (caption :) The taxi ferry between (...). In:  The Interesting Sheet , No. 38/1935 (LIV. Volume), September 19, 1935, p. 2, bottom. (Online at ANNO ). .
4. ↑ Taxi ferry before completion. In:  New Klosterneuburger Zeitung. Non-political and independent weekly paper for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln , No. 28/1935 (VII. Year), July 13, 1935, p. 1. (Online at ANNO ). ;
   The tension of the roller ferry rope. In:  New Klosterneuburger Zeitung. Non-political and independent weekly paper for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln , No. 28/1935 (Volume VII), July 13, 1935, p. 3. (Online at ANNO ). ;
   The rope tension for the roller ferry. In:  New Klosterneuburger Zeitung. Non-political and independent weekly paper for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln , No. 29/1935 (VII. Year), July 20, 1935, p. 3, bottom right. (Online at ANNO ). ;
   (Caption :) Construction of the largest taxi ferry in Austria. In:  Triestingtaler and Piestingtaler Wochen-Blatt , No. 31/1935 (11th year), August 3, 1935, p. 3, bottom. (Online at ANNO ). .
5. ↑ ^{a b} Welcome to the sister city Korneuburg !. In:  New Klosterneuburger Zeitung. Non-political and independent weekly paper for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln , No. 37/1935 (7th year), September 14, 1935, pp. 1–5. (Online at ANNO ). .
6. ↑ ORF .at ( October 17, 2017) : taxi ferry rammed near Klosterneuburg , (accessed on October 17, 2017)

Remarks

1. ↑ Commissioning on September 3rd of the same year. - See: The taxi ferry is expected to open on Thursday. In:  New Klosterneuburger Zeitung. Non-political and independent weekly paper for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln , No. 36/1935 (7th year), September 7, 1935, p. 2, top left. (Online at ANNO ). .
2. ↑ 1935 calculated with 35 tons. - See: Roller ferry leasing. In:  New Klosterneuburger Zeitung. Non-political and independent weekly paper for the judicial districts of Klosterneuburg and Tulln , No. 27/1935 (VII. Year), July 6, 1935, p. 3, top left. (Online at ANNO ). .
3. ↑ 350 people when commissioned. - See: (caption :) The taxi ferry between (...). In:  The Interesting Sheet , No. 38/1935 (LIV. Volume), September 19, 1935, p. 2, bottom. (Online at ANNO ). .

Coordinates: 48 ° 19 ′ 44.1 ″  N , 16 ° 19 ′ 49.9 ″  E