Rursee shipping

Rursee-Schifffahrt KG
legal form	Limited partnership
Seat	Heimbach (Eifel)
management	Waltraud Heuken
Number of employees	approx. 30
Branch	Inland shipping
Website	www.rursee-schifffahrt.de

The Rursee boat trip KG is a German shipping company , the five passenger ships in the south of Aachen in the Eifel located and by Rurtalsperre incurred Rursee and Obersee operates. In 2017 around 250,000 passengers were carried.

Rursee (main and Obersee) in the Eifel, the Urftsee at the bottom right

history

The former Rursee-Schifffahrt GmbH (Heimbach-Schwammenauel) was taken over by Waltraud Heuken in 1999. Rursee-Schifffahrt KG emerged on December 2, 2009 through conversion by way of the change of legal form in accordance with the resolution of the shareholders' meeting of October 15, 2009 .

Ships on the Obersee

The upper lake is used as drinking water - reservoir , among others, for the Aachen region and parts of the Heinsberg district . The operator of the dams, the Eifel-Rur water association and the Cologne district government , have issued conditions of use for the use of the waters. The use of the Obersee is not permitted for water sports enthusiasts due to its use as a drinking water extraction room. The shipping company only operates passenger ships with electric propulsion on the Obersee. These include the Eifel , St.Nikolaus and the shipping company's catamaran Seensucht . They run according to the schedule from April 4 to October 25, 2020 between investors:

The technical headquarters on the Obersee or the deployment or final stop of the staff and the ships is Einruhr. Minor revision and maintenance work on the ships is also carried out here.

Ship name	ENI number	Construction year	Shipyard / location	Length / breadth / draft	Main propulsion power	Passengers max.	comment
St. Nicholas	04813140	2018	Lux shipyard , Mondorf	30.00 m / 7.20 m / 0.60 m	1 × 50 kW (68 PS)	250	Electric drive, barrier-free, wheelchair-accessible toilet for the disabled
Sea addiction		2014	Stahlbau Müller, Kempenich	25.00 m / 7.45 m / 1.00 m	2 × 25 kW (2 × 34 PS)	250	Electric drive, barrier-free, wheelchair-accessible toilet for the disabled
Eifel	04305220	1954	Schmidt shipyard , Oberwinter	22.35 m / 4.60 m / 0.82 m	9.6 kW (13 HP)	250	Electric drive

Ships on the Rursee

Two passenger ships with conventional diesel engines, the Stella Maris and the Aachen , are in use on the approximately 7.83 square kilometers large Rursee . They run according to the schedule from April 4 to October 25, 2020 between investors:

Schwammenauel (technical headquarters or operational and final stop)
Eschauel
Kermeterufer
Woffelsbach
Rurberg

in both directions

The technical headquarters on the main lake or the deployment or terminal stop for the staff and the ships is Schwammenauel. Here, as well as at the slipway on Eiserbachdamm, minor overhaul and maintenance work is carried out on the ships.

Ship name	ENI number	Construction year	Shipyard / location	Length / breadth / draft	Main propulsion power	Passengers max.	image	comment
Stella Maris	04304950	1979	Schmidt shipyard , Oberwinter	37.65 m / 7.10 m / 0.98 m	356 kW (484 hp)	490
Aachen	04305200	1975	Schmidt shipyard, Oberwinter	37.45 m / 6.48 m / 0.82 m	220 kW (299 hp)	472

Ride offers

In addition to the scheduled trips , the ships are also offered for special trips all year round as part of the occasional service.

Rursee-Schifffahrt KG railroad

Rurseebahn

The company continues to operate a railway , the Rursee-Bahn. During a one-hour tour between Heimbach and Schwammenauel you will learn interesting facts about the area. The technical facility as well as the place of deployment of the personnel and the vehicle is at the Schwammenauel dam. The train runs between the stops according to the timetable: