Zehlendorf (ship)
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The passenger ship Zehlendorf the Teltower Kreisschiffahrt that on the Teltow-yard from the stack ran was in 1927 the first completely electrically welded inland passenger ship in Germany.
history
Immediately after its foundation, Teltowkanal AG converted its building yard in Zehlendorf on the Teltowkanal , which had existed since 1906, into the Teltow shipyard and began to test and develop innovative welding processes and to introduce them for new ships. After trials and the construction of several construction barges using the welding process, the first German continuously welded passenger ship was built in 1927. Up to this point in time, hulls were basically joined together by rivets .
The ship
The Zehlendorf was built with two diesel engines as drive machines, which each acted directly on a propeller. The engines had an output of 100 hp each . It had a flat bottom, a length of 32.60 meters and a width of 6.02 meters. The maximum draft was 1.20 meters. Originally the ship was built for 500 passengers, due to the great customer popularity it was later extended by 8 meters and approved for 730 people. For the first time, the Teltower Kreisschiffahrt placed special emphasis on the interior fittings of this ship with high-quality chairs and tables instead of the simple wooden benches that were previously common on passenger ships. In addition, the Zehlendorf had a completely closed deck saloon.
Trivia
The Zehlendorf , nicknamed "Kaffee Vaterland" because of its popular and cozy interior, was for years the most popular and largest excursion boat on the Berlin and Brandenburg waters. The ship was the only one on the waters around the capital to carry two chimneys - still similar to steam chimneys - with the shipping company sign of the Teltower Kreisschiffahrt . The Berliners therefore also called it “tea with some rum”, because the chimney mark consisted of the large Latin letter T in a circle .
Whereabouts
The Zehlendorf , the largest passenger ship of its time by its capacity, was used during the Second World War as a floating office on the Hohenzollern Canal , the Oder and the Weser due to its spaciousness . At the end of the war it was grounded in the Mittelland Canal . It was raised in the late 1940s and was located in Minden . From there it came to Münster , where it sank again. In 1955 it was sold for scrapping.
See also
literature
- Kurt Groggert: Passenger shipping on the Havel and Spree . Berlin contributions to the history of technology and industrial culture, Vol. 10, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-7759-0153-1
- Karola Paepke, H.-J. Rook (ed.): Sailors and steamers on the Havel and Spree . 1st edition, Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, 1993, ISBN 3-89488-032-5
- Dieter and Helga Schubert: Passenger shipping in Berlin . In the series: pictures of shipping . Sutton-Verlag , Erfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3-86680-120-2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Feustel, Horst Köhler: lifeline through swamp and sand, ... p. 57f.
- ↑ : Kurt Groggert Personenschiffahrt on Havel and Spree f Berliner contributions to the history of technology and industry Culture, Vol 10 p.191..
- ↑ : Kurt Groggert Personenschiffahrt on Havel and Spree f Berliner contributions to the history of technology and industrial culture, Vol 10, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1988, p.290..