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Bodensee
(Lake Constance), German
Fleet
A Mr Bodmer
of Konstanz built and operated the 21.4 metre long PS Stephanie in
1817-1818, but it was not until 1824 when two separate companies
introduced steamers, that continuous steamboating was operated on the
German shore of Lake Constance.
Eventually, operations came under the control of the state railway
comapnies representing the three German states which bordered the
lake : Baden, Wurttemberg and Bayern. In 1920, the Deutsche
Reichsbahn assumed control after the separate state railways were
dissolved, and from 1996, the operator has been officially known as
Deutsche Bahn AG.
PS Stadt
Meersburg at Meersburg in 1952 : Photo by Ian
Stewart
Paddle Steamer Operators -
click on company name for vessels ordered by the
company
1817
- 1818 Schiffahrtsunternehmen des Herrn Bodmer, Konstanz
1824 - 1830
Schiffahrtsunternehmen der Herren Cotta und
Church,
Lindau
Friedrichshafener
Dampfbootgesellschaft
From 1839: Württembergische Bodensee-Dampfschiffgesellschaft
From 1854 : Königliche Württembergische
Staatseisenbahnen
1830
Dampschiffahrtsgesellschaft für den Bodensee und Rhein,
Konstanz
From 1863 : Großherzogliche Badische Staatseisenbahnen
1835
Dampfboot-Aktiengesellschaft in Lindau
From 1862 : Königlich Bayrische Staatseisenbahnen
Deutsche
Reichsbahngesellschaft (From 1924)
Internet
Links
Bodenseeschifffahrt.de
: The internet site with everything about Lake Constance ships, past
and present
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