Ship bells of old Lake Constance ships

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Ship bells of old Lake Constance ships are often used as signal bells on other ships, as harbor or fog bells at the head of harbor moles or jetties and sometimes as church bells or exhibited in museums.

Functions

In accordance with the signal order, the ship's bell used to be pressed on arrival and before departure of a ship, in fog and poor weather and to warn other ships. After the introduction of radars on the ships, the bells became almost meaningless. Nevertheless, they are still on the foredeck of most ships because the over 100 year old unique items with ornaments, the name of the bell foundry and the ship bear witness to the long tradition of Lake Constance shipping . On the modern passenger ships of the “White Fleet” on Lake Constance, you can still see the original bells of paddle steamers that have long since been decommissioned . The whereabouts of many old ship bells are unknown. Reasons for this are meltdowns in times of war, looting and confiscations during times of occupation, theft and misuse.

Preserved old ship bells

On motor ships of the Bodensee-Schiffsbetriebe (BSB)

The bell of the Kaiser Wilhelm on the Karlsruhe
  • Swabia leads the ship's bell of the Württemberg Glattdeck steamship Friedrichshafen (1856 to 1904), cast by Jakob Keller in Zurich .
  • Karlsruhe . Its original bell from 1937 was lost in the post-war chaos. In 1949 it was replaced by the ship's bell of the Baden saloon steamer Baden , until 1919 Kaiser Wilhelm (1871 to 1930), from the inventory of the Konstanz shipyard . The bell wascastby the Carl Rosenlächer bell foundry in Constancein 1871, with the representation of the Prussian eagle , but without the ship's name. The original bell reappeared later. Like that of Baden , it was plain, only the name Karlsruhe and the year 1937 were engraved in block letters. Since the Karlsruhe now carried the representative bell of Kaiser Wilhelm , the motor ship Lindau received the originalbell, which was stolen in 1970. In 1994 she was bought by a private citizen at a Munich flea market; In 2019, his heirs handed the bell over to the rightful owner BSB, a company of Stadtwerke Konstanz GmbH.
  • Stuttgart carries the ship's bell for the Württemberg saloon steamer Christoph (1877 to 1920),which was cast by the Jakob Keller bell foundry in Zurich in 1878.
  • Überlingen . Inside the ship, the ship's bell for the city ​​of Überlingen (1895 to 1928),cast by the Rosenlächer bell foundry, is ondisplay.
  • Constancy . The motor ship has been carrying the bell since 1964, which Carl Rosenlächercastfor the city ​​of Konstanz in 1878 (ship, 1858) . In 1897, after Mainau was withdrawn from service(1864), the name “Mainau” and the bell were transferred to the old town of Konstanz (1858). In return, the new city ​​of Constance (1901) received the traditional name and the ship's bell. After it was demolished in 1939, the bell was kept in the warehouse of the Konstanz shipping administration until it was reused in 1964.
  • Bathing . The oldest active German passenger ship on Lake Constance has been carrying a ship's bell with the inscription "Baden 1935" since it was commissioned in 1935.

The whereabouts of the original ship bells of the motor ships Swabia , Germany and the three winter ships is unknown .

On current ships of other companies

  • Hohentwiel . The original brass bell of the representative Württemberg paddle steamer, cast in 1913 by the Heinrich Kurtz bell foundry in Stuttgart, was lost after it was taken out of service in 1962. After the restoration in 1990, when it was put into service as a museum ship, it was replaced by a new ship's bell. In 2018 the old bell reappeared and was handed over to the owner. Since then it has been back at its traditional location on the Hohentwiel .
  • Austria . The oldest motor ship on Lake Constance has beendecommissionedin Fußach since October 2009, but has not yet been decommissioned; the bell is still on board.
  • Austria (from 1939 to the beginning of 1946 Ostmark ). The Austrian flagship carries a ship's bell, "cast by Gebr. Grassmayr in Feldkirch 1906". The purpose and client of this bell, manufactured 33 years before the Austria was launched, canno longer be determinedby the Innsbruck bell foundry.
  • Thurgau (1965). The ship of the Swiss shipping company Untersee und Rhein carries the ship's bell of the Glattdecker Hohenklingen (1870 to 1957).

On ships that have since been retired

  • City of Überlingen , the largest and fastest Lake Constance paddle steamer, took over the ship's bell from its predecessor City of Überlingen (1895) in 1929and handed it over to the older and smaller motor ship Höri after its decommissioning in 1963, which was named Überlingen for the last four years of service until 1968. In 1970 the name and the bell were transferred to the former flagship Germany until 2006. After a four-year break, the original bell has been on board the new Überlingen since 2010.
  • Schienerberg (1928 to 1994). When it was renamed Meersburg in 1964, the motor ship receivedthe ship's bell of the semi-saloon steamship Stadt Meersburg (1902 to 1960), which was retired in 1960.
  • Lindau . The ship's bell of the 1967 “winter ship” Ravensburg (1931) wasinstalledon the Lindau in 1970 as a replacement for the stolen bell (see below).

Other uses of former ship bells

  • Ludwig (1838 to 1861), a Bavarian steamship, sank in 1861 after a collision with the Swiss city ​​of Zurich and was lifted again two years later. The recovered Ludwig bell, cast by Gustav Keller in Zurich in 1838, served as a signal bell on the Nonnenhorn landing stage until around 1975and wasloanedby the Deutsche Bundesbahn to the Nonnenhorn community for the inauguration of the “Stedi” parish hall. The Ludwig bellis the oldest surviving ship's bell on Lake Constance.
  • Jura (1854 to 1864). The Bavarian steamship, like the Ludwig before it, wassunkin a collision with the city ​​of Zurich in 1864. The whereabouts of the ship's bell, which was cast by Jakob Keller in Zurich in 1854 and recovered by divers, has been clarified: it is now in the Seemuseum (Kreuzlingen) .
  • Mainau (1864 to 1897) had the ship's bell on board, which the city ​​of Konstanz (1858) then took over until 1928 after it was renamed Mainau in 1897 . The bell with the inscription “Mainau” is now located on the Immenstaad landing stage as a no longer functional fog bell .
  • Rhine Falls (1865 to 1939, from 1871 Neptune ). The ship's bell is installed at the landing site in Berlingen TG , in front of which the ship sank in 1869 after a boiler explosion.
  • King Wilhelm (1901 to 1938). The ship's bell has been owned by the evangelical Paul Gerhardt congregation in Friedrichshafen since 1947 and is now in the bell tower.
  • Bavaria . Your ship's bell was transferred to the Nuremberg Transport Museum before it was demolished in 1960.
  • Mainau (1928 to 1965). The bell of the motor ship is located as a harbor bell with the inscription "Mainau 1928" at place 1 of the Meersburg harbor.
  • Shoten (1929 to 1983). The ship's bell of the first combined rail and vehicle ferry on Lake Constance is today in the clubhouse of the SMCF (Sailing and Motorboat Club Friedrichshafen) in the preserved ferry superstructures at the rear port of Friedrichshafen.

Notes on the whereabouts of old ship bells

  • Bodan (1855). The Swiss steamship was canceled in 1906/1907. The ship's bell went to a private buyer for 22 Swiss francs .
  • Überlingen , originally Germany . A photo from January 6, 2006 shows the motor ship that was decommissioned on January 1, 2006 at the shipyard in Fussach. The ship's bell and starboard anchor are missing.
  • An unspecified and in 1970 about "100 year old bronze bell (...) that was previously on deck on the Karlsruhe " was stolen from the foredeck of the Lindau in 1970 (see above). Since then, the bells have been “thief-proof” on the ships and on land.

photos

  • Kaiser Wilhelm ,
    now in Karlsruhe

  • Christoph ,
    now on Stuttgart

  • Bell from 1906
    on Austria

  • Hohenklingen ,
    now on Thurgau (URh)

  • Rhine Falls ,
    now in Berlingen TG

  • Mainau (1864) ,
    now in Immenstaad

  • Mainau (1928)
    at the port of Meersburg

Web links

Commons : Ships' bells Lake Constance  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Michael Berg: Motor shipping on Lake Constance under the Deutsche Reichsbahn and in the post-war period. Planning, construction and use of the White Fleet 1920 to 1952. Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 2011, ISBN 978-3-89735-614-6 .
  • Dietmar Bönke: paddle wheel and impeller. The shipping of the railway on Lake Constance. GeraMond Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-86245-714-4 .
  • Werner Deppert: With a steam engine and a paddle wheel. Steam navigation on Lake Constance 1817–1967. Verlag Friedr. Stadler, Konstanz 1975, ISBN 3-7977-0015-6 .
  • Erich Liechti, Jürg Meister, Josef Gwerder: The history of shipping on Lake Constance Untersee and the Rhine. Meier Verlag, Schaffhausen 1981, ISBN 3-85801-020-0 .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Lindau has to compass the 1887 sunken steamer instead of the ship's bell town of Lindau (1855-1887) on board.
  2. ↑ Bell of Friedrichshafen "Whether the Swabians originally received a new, specially made bell when it was commissioned in 1937, like other new buildings in those years ( Baden 1935, Karlsruhe 1937), is unknown." (Michael Berg: E-Mail of 23 October 2014)
  3. ^ So the majority representation, including by Karl F. Fritz in various writings. " In the first few years, the Karlsruhe definitely had a new bell specially made for this ship." (Michael Berg: email from October 1st, 2014)
  4. ↑ Christopher Pape: The Disappeared Bell In: Stadtwerke Konstanz direkt - Stadtwerke Konstanz GmbH customer magazine No. 2/2019, page 18. Retrieval of the article with a picture of the bell on October 4, 2019.
  5. ↑ Bell of the city ​​of Überlingen, retrieved on October 23, 2014.
  6. ↑ Bell of the city ​​of Constance, accessed on October 23, 2014.
  7. ↑ Südkurier of May 26, 1964, p. 7.
  8. ↑ Glocke der Baden retrieved on October 23, 2014 and [1]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed January 2, 2016@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.sos-baden.de  
  9. ↑ Bell of Austria (picture no. 4) , The bell in September 2014 > Forum> our oldtimers> MS Austria> # 28, picture 2. Accessed on October 24, 2014.
  10. ↑ Information from Christof Grassmayr, email from September 21, 2014.
  11. ↑ Information based on information provided by the BSB on August 30, 2017
  12. ↑ Südkurier of June 11, 1970.
  13. ^ Information from the municipality of Nonnenhorn, email dated October 2, 2014.
  14. ↑ Figure [2] p. 4f. Accessed October 23, 2014.
  15. ^ Badische Zeitung of November 23, 1960.
  16. ↑ Liechti, Meister, Gwerder (see literature), p. 35.
  17. ↑ Südkurier of June 11, 1970.