Shipping company Hallwilersee

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Shipping company Hallwilersee
legal form Corporation
founding 1888
Seat Meisterschwanden
management
  • Ueli Haller, managing director
Branch Passenger shipping
Website www.schifffahrt-hallwilersee.ch

The Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Hallwilersee (SGH) is a licensed company that operates shipping on the Hallwilersee in the cantons of Aargau and Lucerne . The stock corporation , based in Meisterschwanden , has existed since 1888. SGH runs course trips from the end of March to the end of October, plus special trips all year round.

business

With five permanent employees and around 50 part-time employees, SGH operates five motor ships with a total capacity of 910 passengers (as of 2018). In 2013 it transported a total of 135,027 people and generated an operating profit of 207,000 francs . In 1960, 23,000 people were still transported, in the record year 2011 over 140,000.

The season lasts from late March to late October. Depending on the day and the season, four to eight courses run daily on the Meisterschwanden - Seengen - Birrwil - Beinwil am See --Meisterschwanden route (or in the opposite direction). On Sundays and public holidays, there are also four large lake tours on the Meisterschwanden – Aesch - Mosen –Beinwil am See – Birrwil– Boniswil –Seengen – Meisterschwanden route. In addition, numerous special trips are offered (also out of season), most of which have a culinary theme. General travelcards and half-fare cards are valid, but not tickets for the A-Welle fare network .

history

Until 1830 there were sporadic ferry connections on the lake, which were fiefs or leases of the Lords of Hallwyl . In the 1870s there were plans to build a railway line through the Seetal , with the route going along the east bank of Lake Hallwil. In 1872 a committee was formed which submitted a corresponding application for a license. However, the Seetalbahn , which was built with British capital and opened in 1883, ran along the west bank, causing the communities of Seengen and Meisterschwanden to be sidelined in terms of traffic (the latter at least until the Wohlen-Meisterschwanden Railway opened in 1916). As a result, efforts were made to open up Lake Hallwil with a steamboat . A founding committee met in Meisterschwanden on October 9, 1887, and initiated the first investigations. Finally, on December 15, 1887, an executive committee was formed in Seengen to set up a steamship company. As a result, 145 shares at 100 francs were subscribed, so that on May 27, 1888, the Hallwilersee-Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft was officially founded in Meisterschwanden. President Jakob Fischer-Gloor bought the steamboat Otto on Lake Zurich with his own funds , named after his son who died young. It first ran on July 8, 1888 between Meisterschwanden, Birrwil and Beinwil am See . In June 1889 the steamship Hallwyl I , built by Escher-Wyss , was added. In the same year ship piers were built in Sengen, Aesch and Mosen .

The canton of Aargau threatened to cease operations because the steamboat was understaffed and the steamship was overloaded several times. After National Councilor Max Alphonse Erismann had been temporarily appointed as operations director and the situation had improved as a result, the decision on employment was revoked. Through his mediation, the Seetalbahn took over operational management in the summer of 1890. In March 1893, the Seethal I steamship, also pre-financed by Fischer-Gloor, went into operation. Fischer-Gloor died in February 1898; in his will he includes generous donations that ensured the long-term survival of the shipping company. The company also benefited from annual subsidies . In 1910 the company sold Hallwyl I , which was perceived as uneconomical, and instead acquired Bavaria . This motorboat , built in Konstanz the previous year , was named Hallwyl II , was thoroughly overhauled and was in service from 1911. During the First World War , the ships only ran on Sundays; in the summer of 1918, the trips had to be drastically reduced due to a lack of fuel. In May of the same year the motorboat Seethal II was put into operation and the Seethal I was sold to the Waser shipyard in Stansstad . In 1923 the shipping company was able to generate a surplus for the first time thanks to the inexpensive motor boats to operate. After the Second World War , passenger numbers began to rise significantly.

In 1959, a severe storm caused damage to both ships and the ship's hut in Meisterschwanden. Only the hull of the Hallwyl II remained ; Based on this, the Möve was created through a complete renovation . A year later , the motor ship Romandie , built in Neuchâtal , added to the fleet under the new name Seetal III , while the Seethal II was renamed Hallwil III . When the Möve was completely converted in 1962 , the company had three ships at once for the first time in 70 years. It also joined the Association of Swiss Shipping Companies. In December 1964, a slipway was put into operation in Meisterschwanden . In 1969 the SGH bought the motor ship Fortuna , which had previously been stationed in Vallendar on the Rhine . The frequencies rose by leaps and bounds and in 1971 exceeded the mark of 100,000 passengers per year. The Hallwil III no longer met the requirements, which is why the SGH commissioned a larger ship to replace it with the Lux shipyard in Mondorf . In April 1977 the new Hallwil IV operated on the lake for the first time. This marked the beginning of a decades-long collaboration with the Lux shipyard, which continues to this day. For the first time ever, the SGH had four ships at the same time. With the Ursula , a fifth ship was added in 1983, a second-hand model from Schaffhausen that was sold on after only six years. The 300-seater motor ship Brestenberg , the flagship of the Hallwilersee fleet, went into operation on May 30, 1990. The Möve was sold in 1997; The following year it was replaced by the water lily , which stands out with its particularly elegant interior.

In 1996, planning began for a new shipyard building that meets modern standards. It required a financial outlay of CHF 500,000 and was handed over to its destination on April 23, 1999. Since the Seetal III was hardly ever used any more, it was sold to Biel in 2009 , where it has been converted into a luxurious saloon ship. In March 2010 the SGH received a new ship, the Seetal IV with 200 seats, which first operated on April 23rd. The aging Fortuna was sold back to its previous owner, Personenschifffahrt Gilles GmbH in Vallendar, in 2017 and has served there as an office ship ever since. It was replaced by the new motor ship Delphin , which offers space for 200 passengers and, as a novelty, has an elevator . She had her maiden voyage on June 9, 2018.

fleet

SGH currently owns the following five ships:

Surname Type Construction year length width Passengers Shipyard image
Brestenberg Motor ship 1990 34.00 m 6.50 m 300 Lux shipyard , Mondorf
dolphin Motor ship 2018 34.20 m 6.50 m 200 Lux shipyard, Mondorf
Hallwil (IV) Motor ship 1977 25.00 m 5.90 m 150 Lux shipyard, Mondorf
water lily Motor ship 1998 23.25 m 6.90 m 060 Lux shipyard, Mondorf
Seetal (IV) Motor ship 2010 34.00 m 6.50 m 200 Lux shipyard, Mondorf

Former SGH ships:

Surname Type Construction year Years of operation length width Passengers Shipyard image
Fortuna Motor ship 1963 1969-2017 23.70 m 5.30 m 170 Lux shipyard , Mondorf
Hallwyl (I) Steamship 1889 1889-1911 070 Escher-Wyss , Zurich
Hallwyl (II) motorboat 1909 1911-1960 11.00 m 040 Castle shipyard, Constance
Gull * motorboat 1962 1962-1997
Otto Steamboat 1888 1888-1897 025th
Seethal I. Steamship 1893 1893-1917 035
Seethal (II) / Hallwil (III) motorboat 1909 1918-1977
Seetal (III) Motor ship 1952 1960-2009 19.50 m 5.50 m 130 Decker, Neuchâtel Culture ship Romandie I-1952.png
Ursula Motor ship 1957 1983-1989

* Reconstruction of Hallwyl (II)

literature

  • Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Hallwilersee (Ed.): Schifffahrt Hallwilersee since 1888 . Meisterschwanden 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Thut: Schifffahrt Hallwilersee 2013 with more passengers - as the only one in Switzerland. Aargauer Zeitung , June 18, 2014, accessed on July 17, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Shipping to Hallwilersee since 1888 , p. 25.
  3. ^ Waltraud Hörsch: Hallwilersee. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  4. ↑ Shipping to Hallwilersee since 1888 , p. 10.
  5. ↑ Hallwilersee shipping since 1888 , pp. 11–12.
  6. ↑ Shipping to Hallwilersee since 1888 , pp. 12-14.
  7. ↑ Hallwilersee shipping since 1888 , pp. 16-17.
  8. ^ Hallwilersee shipping since 1888 , pp. 17–18.
  9. ↑ Hallwilersee shipping since 1888 , pp. 18–22.
  10. ↑ Shipping to Hallwilersee since 1888 , pp. 24–25.
  11. ↑ Shipping to Hallwilersee since 1888 , pp. 22–23.
  12. ↑ MS Fortuna. luthiger-josef.ch, 2018, accessed on July 17, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Urs Helbling: New Hallwilersee Ship: The MS «2018» is now the MS «Delphin» - the most beautiful pictures of the baptism. Aargauer Zeitung , June 7, 2018, accessed on July 17, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Our ships. Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Hallwilersee, 2018, accessed on July 17, 2018 .
  15. ↑ a b Schifffahrt Hallwilersee since 1888 , p. 39.
  16. ↑ Urs Helbling: The new Hallwilersee ship is being built in this German shipyard. Aargauer Zeitung , April 21, 2018, accessed on July 17, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Sale of MS Fortuna. (PDF, 1.9 MB) Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Hallwilersee, 2017, accessed on July 17, 2018 .