Traunsee - Gmunden

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	This page shows my images of the steamers and motor boats of Traunsee in the Salzkammergut, Austria, plus historic postcards. Traunsee-Schiffahrt ran ships on Traunsee from the Sophie (1) of 1838, built at Ebensee from parts supplied by Josef Ruston of Florisdorf, Vienna and a 56.8hp engine from Boulton & Watt. From 1910-76 the ships were run by the Ippisch company. Since 1976 they have been run by the Eder family. My special thanks to Reinhard Lehner for assistance with this page Traunsee Website Website:- www.traunseeschifffahrt.at

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The first steamer on Traunsee was the Sophie (1) of 1838, built at Ebensee from parts supplied by Josef Ruston of Florisdorf, Vienna and a 56.8hp engine from Boulton & Watt. In 1848 the engines were re-used in Sophie (2).

The 56.8hp engine of Sophie (1) of 1838 were again re-used in Sophie (3) in 1862. Built at Orth (near Gmunden) again from parts by Schiffswerft Ruston at Florisdorf (Vienna). In 1901 she was rebuilt with a 180hp compound engine from ÖNDWG in Dresden-Neustadt. Sophie (3) carried 350 passengers.

Marie Valerie of 1895 was a small single screw steamer for 64 passengers. She was built 1895 in Dresden-Neustadt and sold to Stern & Hafferl for use on Attersee in 1922. Sold again in 1931 and scrapped in 1938.

Traunstein (2) was an electric powered passenger-vessel for 60 passengers, built in 1911 at the shipyard Hoffmann in Berlin/Potsdam. Traunstein (2) was sold to the Attersee in 1941 and renamed in Hochlecken, and later Schloss Kammer

Ludgard was a passenger vessel for around 45 passengers built in 1911 at the Engelbrecht shipyard in Berlin for private use on the Traunsee. In 1917 it was purchased by the Traunsee-Motorboat-Gesellschaft and was rebuilt in 1970 and renamed Stadt Gmunden. It was sold to Wolfgang Trawöger in 1976 and renamed in Schloss Ebenzweyer, then sold in 1995 to Walter Trawöger and in 2006 to Monika Loidl and renamed Monika. Still in public service as charter boat in 2013.

Sonnstein and Karbach were built in 1912 by Lürssen of Vegesack and were electric powered via batteries which had a 10 hour duration. They carried 80 passengers. Feuerkogel was built to a similar design between 1939-41 but had a Mercedes 6-cylinder diesel engine. Feuerkogel was sold to Heilbronn (River Neckar) in October 1993 and was renamed Neckarperle in 1994 and was rebuilt in 1995. Neckarperle is still in service in 2013.

Lenau was a diesel-passenger-vessel for 80 passengers built in 1927 in Vienna for service on Neusiedler See. Lenau was purchased for service on Traunsee from 1938-1973. The wooden hull was scrapped in the 1990s in Rindbach/Ebensee

Rudolf Ippisch was built by Schouten Muiden (Netherlands) in 1928 and was originally named Nob. She late worked at Kiel and was taken over by the Wehrmacht in 1940 and rename Schwalbe. Moved to the Danube, Schwalbe was taken by the US in 1945 and renamed Suzi Q. Purchased for use on Traunsee in 1953 and renamed Rudolf Ippisch, this attractive motor vessel remains in the 2012 fleet as a 'nostalgisches Motorschiff ', mainly for small charters. I travelled on Rudolf Ippisch in 1974 when she deputised for Gisela due to poor weather.

Christina was built by Ijgwitz, Vienna, in 1953 as the Wien. Acquired in 1960, she entered service in 1962 with a Mercedes engine previously used in Feuerkogel. Later rebuilt with improved accommodation, Christina was renamed Gmunden.

The Grünberg was built by Hitzler at Regensburg in 1926 as Leoni on Starnbergersee (Bavaria). Brought to Traunsee in 1972 and rebuilt as Grünberg for entry into service in 1973. Passenger capacity was 90.

The Ober Österreich was new to the fleet in 1990, although it had previously served on the Danube as Kriemhild. It was the first large motor vessel on Traunsee but is no longer in the 2012 fleet. Built in 1974 by Lux-werft in Mondorf; passenger capacity was 410.