Straussee Ferry

The Strausseefähre - after the only used ferry also called Steffi - is a cable ferry in Brandenburg. It crosses the Straussee and since 1894 connecting the city center of Strausberg (city side ) with the residential Beyond the lake ( Woods ). It is ( next to the ferry Haßmersheim on the Neckar) is one of only two catenary ferries in Germany. Initially, it was operated as a rope ferry by hand with a winch. Since 1915 it is electrically operated with 170 volt low voltage. Your driving power it relates from a free-span single-pole overhead line. It is considered a landmark Strausberg's and is a listed building.

The ferry is operated by the Strausbergerplatz Eisenbahn GmbH and runs all year round. While the season is set every half hour; it can be transported simultaneously across the lake up to 100 people. 2007 transported a total of 30,500 passengers the ferry. The ferry route is 370 meters long, the journey time is seven minutes. Furthermore, the Strausseefähre as a public mass transit vehicle in the traffic group Berlin -Brandenburg ( VBB ) is integrated and therefore pay the additional designation ferry 39 However applies on the ferry not the regular VBB tariff, but a special house collective of Strausbergerplatz Eisenbahn GmbH. Tickets are sold on board.