Tussy II
 "Tussy II" ferry
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The ferry Tussy II has been taking over the ferry connection of the ferry connection that has existed on Caputher Gemünde since 1853 since 1998 . It is also known colloquially as the Caputh ferry . As Caputher münde is a section of the Potsdamer Havel between the villages of Caputh and Geltow , today districts of Brandenburg community Schwielowsee are designated.
prehistory
The Havel flows through numerous lakes in its course and repeatedly forms bays. This applies in particular to the section between Berlin and Brandenburg an der Havel . For example, in the area of today's municipality of Schwielowsee, it forms the waters of Templiner See and Schwielowsee . However, there is a bottleneck in the Havel of approx. 50 m on the Gemünde, a short connecting piece between these two lakes. Until the Sacrow-Paretz Canal was built (1875), all ships between Berlin and Brandenburg had to overcome this bottleneck, so that there was a pilot there until 1880. While shipping on the Havel benefited from the lake-like nature of the river, this made it difficult for passers-by to cross between the banks. Bottlenecks like the Gemünde were best suited for this. Already in the 18th century there was a possibility of translating with a barge from a certain Andreas Mahlow in Caputh .
Beginning of ferry operations
In 1843 the landowner von Thümen submitted an application to the Royal Land Office to build a ferry station. The ferry station should run on the property of the shipper Wilhelm Bastian . The latter therefore applied for permission to operate and made high demands, so that the finance minister of the royal government was looking for an alternative to Bastian. However, the search was unsuccessful. Ferry service began on February 20, 1853.
Nature of the ferry
The carriage ferry was initially made of wood and was moved with oars, rods and clubs that were attached to a guide rope. A spill was added later. The ferry was not motorized until 1928. Although a new steel ferry frame was built during the Second World War, the ferry was blown up at the end of the war with the retreat of the German troops to Geltow, so that a hand barge had to be used again after the war. Later a new ferry was built.
equipment
The ferry body has three watertight compartments. The ferry's equipment also includes an approved radar device and a motor bilge pump. The rescue and safety equipment on board includes two hand fire extinguishers, three lifebuoys, 50 individual rescue equipment, a throw line and a first-aid kit. A modern life jacket is available to the ferry driver .
Ferry to Caputh today
The Caputh ferry, affectionately known as Tussy II , is still operated by Wilhelm Bastian's descendants and was last replaced by a new hull in 1998. The shipyard in Berlin received the order for the construction and delivery of the ferry on December 27, 1997. With this construction, the old Tussy ferry , which no longer met today's technical and economic requirements, was replaced. At the same time, the entrances and exits on both banks of this traditional ferry connection across the Havel between Caputh and Geltow were renewed. The newly designed hydraulic radio-controlled access ramps for the ferry were also integrated into the shore facilities. The ferry is an old, tried-and-tested ferry concept, the rope drive, combined with the latest technology. The ferry is a tourist attraction in Caputh. It is still connected to the neighboring village of Geltow across the Havel by three steel cables. The detour between the places via Ferch in the west or via Potsdam in the east would each be 20 km. However, pedestrians can also cross the Caputher Gemünde using the footpath on the railway bridge of the Jüterbog – Nauen railway line ( bypass ).
Trivia
In December 1998, a BMW driver from Hamburg drove into the water at night because his navigation system gave no indication of the ferry and the signs were ignored.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Ferryman, get over: the call has been echoing across the water at Caputh for 150 years", Berliner Morgenpost from August 2, 2003, accessed on May 30, 2012
Coordinates: 52 ° 20 ′ 51 ″ N , 12 ° 59 ′ 7 ″ E