City of Meersburg
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City of Meersburg between 1952 and 1956
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The paddle steamer Stadt Meersburg was a German steamship that operated on Lake Constance . It was named after the city of Meersburg . It was the last so-called half saloon steamer in service with the Grand Ducal Baden State Railways .
history
The ship was put into service on July 2, 1902 as the last new steamship to be built for the Grand Ducal Baden State Railways . The building company was the Sulzer brothers machine factory in Winterthur . The city of Meersburg was the first ship on Lake Constance to be equipped with a two-cylinder superheated steam machine system.
Dimensions
The power was 614 in normal operation, 790 HP when driving hard. During the test drives, the city of Meersburg reached a top speed of 27.9 km / h. The length in the waterline was 52.40 meters, with a total length of 55 meters and a permissible number of 600 passengers.
Furnishing
As with the city of Constance , which was put into service in 1901 , the rear salon with its ancillary rooms was furnished in Art Nouveau style by the Stuttgart court joiner's workshop Brauer & Wirth . The so-called reading corner was separated from the main salon by brightly painted cathedral glasses. In addition to the bow cabin, the second class passengers used a small pavilion between the front wheel arch halves as a lounge. Together with the city of Konstanz , the city of Meersburg was mainly used on the Obersee. In 1922, the original three-color black / white / beige paint scheme, which had been taken over from the Länderbahn era, was abandoned and the superstructures were painted white.
modification
In the winter of 1933 the ship was converted by the Bodan shipyard in Kressbronn into a contemporary saloon steamer. This conversion differed from the other variants in that the smoking salon was built in the rear half of the upper deck, which was followed by a staircase. The front part of the upper deck was protected by a glass wall. In the winter of 1934/35, under the guidance of the specialist staff from the Bodan shipyard, stability attachments in the form of newly developed saddle tanks with bevelled edges in the area of the paddle wheels were attached to both sides of the fore and aft ship. As a result of this conversion, the empty tonnage increased from originally 253 tons to 289 tons. The original maximum speed was no longer reached. The maximum speed after the conversion was 49.5 / min 26 km / h. The ship, which is now approved for 800 people, operated almost the entire Second World War and could be used again on the Obersee from December 1945 after approval by the French occupation authorities. In 1948, the gray camouflage paint applied in 1943 was removed and replaced by a white paint coat.
The end
The steamship Stadt Meersburg completed its last voyage on September 11, 1960 and was removed from the fleet list just one day later. In the winter of 1961/62 the steamer was scrapped in Constance. The ship's bell was taken over by the Schienerberg after the motor ship was named Meersburg in 1964 .
literature
- Karl F. Fritz: Adventure steamboat trip on Lake Constance . MultiMediaVerlag Marcel Hinze, Meersburg 1989, ISBN 3-927484-00-8 .