Swabia (ship, 1937)
 The motor ship Swabia
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The motor ship Schwaben was built at the Bodan shipyard in Kressbronn on Lake Constance, which was founded in 1919, and was put into service on May 7, 1937.
history
The first three-deck motor ship built for Friedrichshafen is the sister ship of the Karlsruhe, which was put into service on April 28 of the same year, and did not replace Queen Charlotte , as originally planned , but rather King Wilhelm . The commissioning on May 8, 1937 in Friedrichshafen went without a big celebration because the Zeppelin Hindenburg had crashed two days earlier in Lakehurst. Even today, the Swabians are one of the most stately Lake Constance ships of the older generation and are mainly used in regular services between Lindau , the island of Mainau and Konstanz .
During the Second World War , the ship was ceded to the German Navy from 1943 and relocated to Langenargen for testing underwater listening devices. In May 1945 the Swabians were confiscated by the French occupying forces and used under the name St. Corenthin . After its approval in 1949, the ship was used again in regular services and on special trips under its old name. In the winter months of 1979/80 a new café was built in the front half of the sun deck. During a general overhaul in 1998/1999, all passenger areas at the shipyard in Romanshorn were redesigned. Lindau has been the Swabian’s new port of operations since 2006 .
Since June 4, 2014, the Swabian and three other ships have been under monument protection. The State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in the Tübingen regional council justified the decision with the technically and creatively modern concept of the 1930s. These include the “Voith Bodan stern”, which is coordinated with the Voith Schneider drive, and “the concrete structure of the three-deck ships, which makes the deck structures stand out from the side and integrates the main deck into the silhouette, almost a symbol of modern Lake Constance shipping ”. In the winter of 2017/18, the interior of the Swabians was completely redesigned in the Art Deco style of the 1930s, in which the ship was built. The BSB intends to use it as a scheduled ship on the Friedrichshafen - Bregenz line and as a special ship for tours, and expects the new design to have a sales-promoting effect. However, the concept is not only popular. Critics regret the changes, often at the expense of the original furnishings, and would have liked more proximity to the original.
technology
Like all large Lake Constance ships of this generation, the Swabian was also equipped with Voith Schneider propulsion . The total length of the ship is 56.00 meters, the largest width 11.20 meters, the water displacement in the unloaded state 330 tons. The ship is approved for 1000 people. The Swabia is powered by two eight-cylinder diesel engines from the Mannheim engine works of the RHS 435 A type with a control power of 2 × 400 hp . The maximum speed is 26 km / h.
crew
The seven-person crew of a large Lake Constance motor ship in the 1950s comprised, using the Swabians as an example : a captain , a (head) helmsman , three sailors and auxiliary sailors and a ship's cashier as "deck personnel" as well as a (head) machinist . Then there was the kitchen staff , mostly a cook, a kitchen assistant and two waitresses.
literature
- Hans G. Brunner-Schwer, Karl F. Fritz: The history of the great Bodensee ships . Labhard-Verlag, Konstanz 2000, ISBN 3-935169-0-00
- Walter Widmann: What do you know about Lake Constance? , Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1953
See also
Web links
- The Swabians on bodenseeschiffahrt.de
- The Swabians on the side of the Bodensee-Schiffsbetriebe
- The Swabians on the website of BSB Charter & Event
- Michael Berg: Business ballast or a cultural asset in the history of transport? An assessment of the historical relevance of the Lake Constance motor passenger ships Baden and Swabia as a basis for considerations about a possible further preservation .
Footnotes
- ^ Aurelia Scherrer: Time travel in the floating monument. In: "Südkurier", March 31, 2018.
- ↑ Press release of the Bodensee-Schiffsbetriebe BSB of June 4th, 2014 Archived copy ( memento of the original of July 6th, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ BSB press release of March 29, 2018.
- ↑ Is that art or can it be gone? Dr. Michael Berg, May 13, 2018.pdf Critical comment and picture gallery
