Stern and Kreisschiffahrt

Ship landing stage of Stern und Kreisschiffahrt GmbH Berlin in Alt-Treptow

Stern und Kreisschiffahrt GmbH Berlin is one of around 150 Berlin shipping companies and is based in Alt-Treptow .

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Company data

The company was founded on August 8, 1888 by the Stettin merchant Gustav Krokisius of the Berlin and Stralau Steam Shipping Company with the support of a Szczecin bank under the name Spree-Havel Steam Shipping Company "Stern" . The name Sterndampfer has become established for the ships . Around 1919 it operated 27 steamers , with which over 1.8 million passengers were carried on the Berlin and Märker waters in one year . In 1934 the steam shipping company merged with the Teltower Kreisschiffahrt to form the Stern und Kreisschiffahrt of Teltowkanal AG . After 1945, as is well known, the city of Berlin split, which meant that Stern und Kreis was only active in West Berlin . The German reunification in 1992 led to the merger with the East Berlin White Fleet Berlin with the reassignment of the name from the 1930s. In the 21st century, the company, which is part of the Hegemann Group , operates ferry and excursion traffic in and around Berlin with 32 passenger ships . It is one of the largest passenger shipping companies in Berlin and Brandenburg in terms of the number of ships, jetties and the number of people transported. Three ships no longer operate constantly (as of 2014). In 2018, Stern und Kreisschiffahrt participated in the newly founded Solar Circle Line , which will operate two Suncat 120 solar passenger ships in Berlin from 2020, which will be built by the Kiebitzberg shipyard .

fleet

The fleet of excursion ships operated by Stern and Kreisschiffahrt includes (as of November 2017) the following motor ships:

photo	Name of the ship	Construction year	Length in meters	Width in meters	Total seat- places	Indoor seat- places	former name	comment
	Alexander von Humboldt	2012	61.66	08.19	400			Wheelchair accessible with elevator system on board
	Bellevue	1992	40.0	06.6	400	120	Esplanade
	Brazil	2003	45.8	07.0	340	150		Disabled toilet
	Belvedere	2003	46.8	07.0	340	150		Disabled toilet
	Sanssouci	2000	43.75	07.0	170	120		Disabled toilet
	Pergamon	2008	26.8	05.1		078		Called the Aqua Cabrio
	Mark Brandenburg	1976	67.0	08.2	500	350	Wilhelm Pieck
	Poseidon	2007	42.5	06.6		160		Disabled toilet
	Nefertiti	2012	37.6	05.7	160			second new building in 2012; the ship was christened on June 29, 2012
	Ernst Reuter	1957	38.7	08.0		110
	Monbijou	1987	32.1 / 05.1		074
	Berolina	1979	32.1	05.1		074
	Luna	1991	45.0	06.0	250	138
	Havel Queen	1988	67.0	09.0		410		barrier-free with elevator system on board Both sides of the fuselage - without a drive function - are attached paddle wheels .
	Moby Dick	1972	48.3	08.2		158		barrier-free
	Havelstern	1969	62.5	08.2		380
	Lichtenberg	1976	39.5	05.1	250
	Sparrowhawk	1907	38.6	05.6	296	106		Built as a steamship, converted into a motor ship in 1966.
	Tempelhof	1927	29.5	04.9	200		Mars
	Coat of arms of Berlin	1964	44.5	08.0	300
	Friedrichshain	1975	39.6	05.1	250	90		Without buffet 54 (indoor) seats more
	Prenzlauer Berg	1980	39.65	05.08		108
	Pankow	1977	39.6	05.1		150
	Treptow	1970	32.7	05.0	196		Scharmützelsee
	Condor	1954	27.6	05.7	200		Irene
	hawk	1978	28.8	05.0	149
	circle	2006	26.75	05.1		120	108
	Milan	1980	28.8	05.0	149
	Neptune	1908	33.5	05.1	250		multiple name changes
	star	2006	26.8	05.1		108
	Consecration	1981	28.8	05.0	149
	suncat 120	2019	36.7	07th	180	180		Solar ship, power generation from solar collectors, built by the Kiebitzberg GmbH & Co. KG shipyard in Havelberg

Ferry

photo	Name of the ship	Construction year	Length in meters	Width in meters	Total seat- places	Indoor seat- places	former name	comment
	Wannsee	2014	44.70	08.02	300			The passenger ship is used in the ferry service of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe on the ferry line F10 from Berlin-Wannsee station to Berlin-Kladow.

Former ships

A listing of the company's former ships.

photo	Name of the ship	Construction year	Length / width in meters	Total seat- places	Indoor seat- places	former name / current name	comment
	ex La Paloma	1996/97	82.0 0/ 11.4	to 525		River Diva	former event ship, built in DIW Spandau, sold to Navitours, now River Diva , flag of Luxembourg.
	Lichterfelde	1896	36.36 / 08.0	300		Lord Mayor's Cell	Not in motion in spring 2014. The ship goes to Müggelsee as a restaurant ship.
	Saxony	1962	52.9 / 08.0		186	Heinrich Mann	was sold in spring 2014.

Rides

In Berlin (selection)

Departure points are u. a .:

Jannowitzbrücke, Friedrichstrasse, Nikolaiviertel, Chancellery / House of World Cultures, Old Stock Exchange, Treptower Park, Tegel / Greenwichpromenade, Wannsee (train station), Köpenick / Altstadt, Friedrichshagen.

Driving routes are:

• one hour historical tour
• 3.5-hour bridge trip on Landwehr Canal and Spree
• 5-hour tour around the Müggelberge
• 4-hour drive from Tegel to the city center
• 6-hour drive to Wannsee and back
• 8-hour trip around Berlin

In the state of Brandenburg (selection)

• on the Havel
• over several lakes
• to Potsdam
• to Rüdersdorf
• to Woltersdorf
• to Neue Mühle

Order traffic for the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)

Wannsee passenger ship at the Berlin-Wannsee pier

On behalf of BVG , the subcontractor Stern- und Kreisschiffahrt GmbH operates a ferry line with the Wannsee ship . The ferry line is integrated into the tariff system of the Berlin-Brandenburg transport association .

• F10 S Wannsee - Alt-Kladow - Wannsee

See also

• Ferry traffic in Berlin
• List of passenger shipping companies in Berlin

Web links

Commons : Stern und Kreisschiffahrt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Company website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the SpHDG Stern, based on: Kurt Groggert. Passenger shipping on the Spree and Havel . In: Berlin contributions to the history of technology and industrial culture, series of publications by the Museum for Transport and Technology, Vol. 10, p. 106. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Beuermann GmbH, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-87584-253-7 .
2. ↑ Comet. In: berliner-dampfer.de. Retrieved May 28, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Sterndampfer - unknown - picture index of art & architecture - picture index of art & architecture - home picture index. In: bildindex.de. Retrieved May 28, 2018 . 
4. ↑ limited preview in the Google book search
5. ↑ Statistics> The public transport system . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1919, II, p. 280.
6. ^ Homepage of the company with details of the charter fleet
7. ↑ Launch of the ship at Stern und Kreis on June 29, 2012. (PDF; 142 kB) MS “Nefertiti” another modern new build ship on the Spree. In: press department. Stern und Kreisschiffahrt, July 12, 2012, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; accessed on April 17, 2016 : “Overall length: 37.59 m; Width overall: 5.68 m; Draft: 1.00 m; Number of passengers: 160; Drive power: 1 × 200 kW on fixed propeller; Fixed point height: 3.20 m; Bow thruster: "Kalkmann" transverse thruster bow thruster  
8. ^ River Diva
9. ↑ Stern und Kreis Schiffahrt GmbH: Timetable 2013, Lübeck, March 2013.