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Stadt
Wien
Operating Area
: River Danube,
Austria
Stadt Wien and her
1940 sister Stadt Passau were the mainstay of overnight cruises along
the Danube from Vienna in Austria to Passau in Germany until their
owners the DDSG (Erste Donau Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft) went out
of business in 1995. Stadt Wien was bought by the Mayor of Tulln and
underwent considerable internal refurbishment for service as a
restaurant, also providing overnight accommodation at Tulln with cruising on summer Saturdays, offering a full day
trip from Tulln to Aggstein and return through the Wachau Valley.
For 2009
it was announced that Stadt Wien would no longer operate scheduled servoces
from Tulln into the Wachau valley,but three cruises were advertised for June
and other dates in June offered as available for private charters
MARCH
2009 : ** UNDERSTOOD TO BE AT BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, AND POSSIBLY
ON LONG TERM CHARTER TO THE OWNERS OF MS GROF SZECHENYI **
This information
needs clarification
Stadt
Wien at Budapest, alongside sister-ship Grof Szechenyi on 7th April 2009. Photo
courtesy of Zsolt Szabo. Is her future to be in the Hungarian capital ?
Built in 1939 by Werft
Korneuburg, Vienna, Austria
Engines : Diesel electric by Sulzer / Brown-Boveri
Length 77.7 metres - Breadth 8.4 m / 15.2 m over sponsons
650 Displacement tonnes
Fitted with 24 cabins for overnight accommodation for River Danube
cruises from Vienna to
Passau
Built for DDSG -
Erste Donau Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft
Remained on the long cruises primarily from Vienna to Passau until
1995 except for a short time in the late 1980s
Sold to Mr Willi Stift, Burgermeister of Tulln for use as a restaurant and
hotel but providing cruises
along the Danube's magnificent Wachau valley on Summer
Saturdays.
Above : Motor paddler Stadt Wien : Photo by Jessica
Drescher
Internet
Links
MPV
Stadt Wien : Official Website
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