The Friesenheimer Insel - Sandofen ferry is Germany's oldest working
chain ferry. It connects
Sandhofen
Sandhofen is a northern borough (''Stadtbezirk'') of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The US Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed serv ...
with the
Friesenheimer Island on a daily basis between 15 March and 31 October.
The ferry was built in 1897 in
Neckarsulm
Neckarsulm () is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Heilbronn, and part of the district of Heilbronn. , Neckarsulm had 26,800 inhabitants. The name Neckarsulm derives from the city's location where the Neckar and Sulm rivers ...
. It uses a cable powered by a 1975 diesel engine. The maximum capacity is 145 persons or 10 tons.
Rhine
Cable ferries in Germany
1897 establishments in Germany
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