The Kiewitt Ferry is a passenger
cable ferry
A cable ferry (including the terms chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many cases propelled) across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores. Early cable ferries often ...
in the city of
Potsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of ...
in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 squ ...
,
Germany
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. It crosses the
Havel
The Havel () is a river in northeastern Germany, flowing through the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt. It is a right tributary of the Elbe and long. However, the direct distance from its source to its mo ...
river, at the northern end of the
Templiner See
Templiner See () is a lake in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It stretches to the south and west from the centre of the city of Potsdam.
The lake is some long, with a maximum width of and a surface area is . It lies at an elevation of above ...
, between Auf dem Kiewitt on the Potsdam side and the
Hermannswerder peninsular.
The ferry is operated by
Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam, who also operate the
city's tram and
bus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for cha ...
networks, and is numbered as line F1. It operates every 15 minutes or 30 minutes from 7am to 6pm.
See also
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Ferry transport in Berlin
Ferry transport forms part of the transport network of Berlin
due to the city's extensive network of rivers, lakes, and canals. 6 routes operate within the city boundaries and one serves the city of Potsdam, which are part of the common pub ...
References
External links
Web page on the Kiewitt Ferry from Stadtwerke Potsdam's web site(In German, with video)
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Ferry transport in Brandenburg
Transport in Potsdam
Cable ferries in Germany