Cable car ferry Andelsbuch – Schwarzenberg
The first cable car ferry (also: cable car ferry or wire cable ferry ) across the Bregenzer Ache between Andelsbuch / Bersbuch and Schwarzenberg was opened around 1871 and the last cable car ferry existed until 1962. They replaced the ship ferries or raft ferries that had been here until then .
history
Ferries in this area between Andelsbuch and Schwarzenberg were necessary, as only (until today) there is a bridge connection over the Bregenz Ache at Egg and Bersbuch . Since the previously existing ferry service had to be discontinued due to the water flow, three cable car ferries across the Bregenz Ache were built on a private initiative.
The first cable car ferry in 1871 at "Tanna" in Bersbuch by Johann Jakob Fetz ( vulgo Tanno Hanns, † 1882). The second cable car ferry in 1873 by Josef Wirth at the "Wirth" parcel in Andelsbuch and the third by Josef Schweizer von Schwarzenberg at the "Hub" parcel, where a ship / raft ferry operated until then. The fare was originally three cruisers .
Of the three cable car ferries, only Josef Wirth's ferry in the Wirth parcel was ultimately able to hold its own, which was also granted an official license for operation in 1880 under the Austrian Railway Act. This cable car ferry was also first mentioned in travel guides in 1880. In 1910 one of the rocks used for anchoring was washed away in a flood and the cable car ferry had to be rebuilt in another location in 1912.
The last cable car ferry in the Wirth plot had to be closed due to the decision of the Vorarlberg state government of February 20, 1962.
Cable car ferries can still be found today. B. over the Fulda (near Morschen ) and the Wupper (trolley ferry Müngsten ). The plans to maintain the last cable car ferry in Andelsbuch in the 1970s were not realized.
Technical design
Johann Jakob Fetz is considered to be the inventor of the cable car ferry, who built the first system for himself because he had agricultural land on both sides of the Bregenz Ache and could not manage it efficiently during floods, as he would have taken a detour of around an hour and a half to walk have to.
The cable car ferries between Andelsbuch and Schwarzenberg originally had four, later six, steel cables as suspension cables with a thickness of around 20 mm, which were stretched and anchored over the Bregenz Ache. A cabin (trolley with 8 or later 12 rollers) was attached to the steel cables, which ran on rollers on these steel cables and was pulled over the Bregenz Ache by the “ ferryman ” using muscle power and momentum (about 40 m wide). This construction was also referred to as an " aerial railway ".
The cable car ferries could carry four people (including the "ferryman") (20 quintals ). The weight limit was reduced by the authorities to three people (including the "ferryman") at the last installation in the Wirth parcel from 1912.
Accidents
The cable car ferries originally existed without official concessions. Several near misses and accidents with little impact have been recorded. On October 5, 1871, shortly after the opening, two people fell from the ferry into the Ache. On July 19, 1875, a suspension cable broke at the cable car ferry of Johann Jakob Fetz in Bersbuch and the student Johann Kaspar Kohler from Buchen and Jakob Metzler from Schwarzenberg fell into the water, but were able to swim to the shore. This led to a general cessation of operations for all three cable car ferries, which was later partially canceled. However, the cable car ferry of Johann Jakob Fetz was not allowed to continue operating, the operation of the other two cable car ferries was tolerated again after a technical assessment.
On October 22, 1942, a badly closing door resulted in a fatal accident when Anna Moosbrugger (1887–1942) from Schwarzenberg fell into the Ache during flooding. The operator of the cable car ferry, Peter Wirth, jumped after to rescue them and also drowned. The business was continued without an accident by the brother, Ignaz Wirth (commonly known as "Ahwerts Naze", † 1969) until the official discontinuation in 1962.
literature
- Wolfgang Allgeuer, cable cars and drag lifts in Vorarlberg; its history in stages of development , Bregenz 1998, Neugebauer, Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek: Writings of the Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek, ISBN 3-85376-059-7
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rep .__ I-043__Andelsbuch__Gemeindearchiv__Akten_ (1).
- ^ Province of Vorarlberg : "Bregenzerach lifeline - from Schoppernau to Egg" phase I inventory , p. 9 and Richard Bamberger , Österreich Lexikon , Vienna 1966, Verlagsgemeinschaft Wien, p. 39.
- ↑ Journal for Württembergische Landesgeschichte, Volume 49, W. Kohlhammer, 1990, p. 235.
- ^ Mention of a ship ferry at Andelsbuch over the Bregenzer Ache in: Morgenblatt für educated readers , Volume 42, JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung., 1848, p. 1159.
- ↑ Quoted from: Karl Heinz Burmeister u. a .: " Andelsbuch ", " From the past and present of a Bregenzerwald community ", p. 220 as well as " The spirit of the first aerial railway: Cable ferries to Andelsbuch " by Tone Bechter in " Bregenzerwald-Hefte ", vol. 29, 2010, p. 81 ff.
- ↑ Tone Bechter, “ The Spirit of the First Air Railway: Cable Ferries to Andelsbuch ”, p. 83.
- ↑ Tone Bechter, “ The Spirit of the First Air Railway: Cable Ferries to Andelsbuch ”, p. 81 ff.
- ↑ Tone Bechter, “ The Spirit of the First Air Railway: Cable Ferries to Andelsbuch ”, p. 84.
- ↑ Tone Bechter, “ The Spirit of the First Air Railway: Cable Ferries to Andelsbuch ”, p. 83
- ↑ Quoted from: Karl Heinz Burmeister et al: “ Andelsbuch ”, “ From the past and present of a Bregenzerwald community ”, p. 220
- ↑ Quoted from: Karl Heinz Burmeister et al.: “ Andelsbuch ”, “ From the past and present of a Bregenzerwald community ”, p. 221