The Kiewitt Ferry is a passenger
cable ferry
A cable ferry (including the types 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 largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...
in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...
,
Germany
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. It crosses the
Havel
The Havel () is a river in northeastern Germany, flowing through the States of Germany, states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt. The long Havel is a right tributary of the Elbe. However, the direct distance from ...
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 motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...
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 in Berlin, 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 pa ...
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