Punt (boat)

Tübingen Punts are flat boats that are on the Neckar River in Tübingen by poking rods or Punting, here called Poking, moves. From building type here is a Zille. From Venetian gondola, with whom they are often compared, they are fundamentally different from the symmetrical construction of the barges and the type of locomotion.

Construction

The Tübingen punt is six to twelve feet long, about 400 kg and is made ​​of hard wood, preferably oak produced. The Punting is at one end of the boat and pushes it with a up to seven meters long rod from the bottom of the shallow river Neckar. On a boat can find this place from 8 to 20 passengers. For sitting seat boards are taken to be used in the shallow punt or used as a backrest.

History

Originally Neckar went fishing with the Tuebingen punt. However, the punting has long been an integral part of the student culture of Tübingen. In Tübingen, there are 113 punts that are approved on the Neckar. Most include fraternities or student groups and student councils. Not student clubs and entities have now also on punts. Punting is also among the tourist attractions of the city. Punting is now commercially offered by certified Stocherern, so that citizens and visitors of the city of Tübingen can enjoy.

At Corpus Christi, the nationally known Punting Race to the Neckar Island will be held in each year.

Tübingen punts around Tübingen

Occasionally one will see Tübingen punts outside Tübingen: " ... on 1 August 1994, a multicultural, interdisciplinary, private expedition made ​​on the direction of Rottenburg. The crew consisted of a few scientists, a Japanese studies, a sinologist, a teacher and two students, including one Vietnamese, one Chinese and one Mexican. Morning started at five-thirty with the barge " Eurasia ", ... "

1982, a punt of a student community in 45 days about the Neckar, Rhine, Weser and the Mittelland Canal to the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven was brought.

2008, a punt on the occasion of the forthcoming State Garden Show was a test basis transferred 2012 in Nagold Nagold to test the ' Stocherkahnbarkeit ' the Nagoldtalsperre. This test was positive.

2011 for the garden show " Neckar blooming " in Horb am Neckar were acquired three punts for the trip on the Neckar.

The English equivalent of the punt is much broader, but otherwise very similar built punt. Especially in the university cities of Oxford and Cambridge Punting enjoys the great popularity.