Hassmersheim Ferry
The Hassmersheim Ferry was a catenary ferry with a chain hoist that operated on the Neckar in Haßmersheim, which was 115 meters wide and three and a half to four meters deep. It connected the town of Haßmersheim with the station on the other side of the Neckar on the Neckar Valley Railway. The ferry was one of the last overhead line ferries; in Germany, only the Straussee ferry in Strausberg, Brandenburg, is operated in this way.
History
A "Hassmersheim Ferry" was mentioned in a document as early as 1330.
Until the mid-1930s, a yaw ferry operated at this point, which had to be replaced by a chain ferry in the course of the Neckar canalisation. First, a diesel ferry built at the Philipp Ebert & Sons shipyard in Neckarsteinach was used; the last ferry to operate was built in 1948. The ferry was leased until 1951, after which it was run by the community.
In the 1980s, the ferry was threatened with discontinuation. In 1986, a citizens' initiative to save the ferry was founded. In a referendum on September 18, 1988, 73.04 percent of voters decided to continue operating the ferry.
The Neckarsteg, a three-meter-wide footbridge with a span of over 140 meters, has been open to pedestrians since September 17, 2014. The official inauguration took place on October 17th. The ferry service was discontinued on September 24, 2014; the ferry certificate expired on October 17, 2014. The ferry was taken over by the city of Heilbronn, overhauled, and used as part of the Federal Garden Show 2019. It was used as a floating event stage and remained in operation as a "ferry stage" after the end of the garden show.
Technology
The passenger and car ferry was powered by a 15 kW electric motor with a voltage of 380 volts. The electrical energy required to operate the ferry was supplied via a four-pole catenary stretched across the Neckar.
The carrying capacity of the ferry was 15 tons; it was approved for six passenger cars and 60 people. The length was 16.06 meters, the length with superstructure 21.16 m; the width: 6.06 meters, with superstructure 9 m.
Operating times
Until 1963, the ferry ran day and night, after which operations were limited to the time from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. (8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays). In 2013, the ferry operated Monday to Friday from 5:30 a.m. to 8:15 p.m. and on weekends from 9:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. The trains only stopped at Haßmersheim station from about 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in accordance with the operating hours of the ferry and drove through the station in the morning and evening traffic without stopping. At the end of 2013, the station was connected to the Heilbronn Nord Stadtbahn. The new construction of the Neckarsteg, which has replaced the ferry since September 2014, was directly related to this project. When the water was high, a ferry boat (from 2003 "Patriot", before "Dieter") ran temporarily, which is still used today for excursions.
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