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Ludwig Fessler
(Diesel-hydraulic, ex-steam)
Chiemsee,
Bavaria, Germany
![Ludwig Fessler back 2011 ZS.jpg](Ludwig%20Fessler%20back%202011%20ZS.jpg)
Above : Ludwig Fessler at Prien in April 2011 : photo by kind courtesy
of Zsolt Szabo
Built : 1926 by Theodor
Hitzler (Regensburg)
Length : 53 m
Engines : Compound Diagonal by J Maffei (Munich) replaced by
Diesel-hydraulic equipment in 1973
Steam engines went into
private ownership in the Netherlands
In 2004 they were sold to the Trivapor organisation for use
in PS Neuchatel, at the time a restaurant at Neuchatel, Switzerland,
and up for sale.
Neuchatel returned to service in 2014 after a complete rebuild and incorporating Ludwig Fessler's engine
See PS Neuchatel
LUDWIG FESSLER PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
![Raddampfer Ludwig Fessler.jpg](Raddampfer%20Ludwig%20Fessler.jpg)
Photos in the paddlesteamers.info database : Click here : 2003
: Photos by Gordon Stewart
More photos by Zsolt Szabo in 2011
![Ludwig Fessler Front 2011 ZS.jpg](Ludwig%20Fessler%20Front%202011%20ZS.jpg)
![Ludwig fessler back 34 2011 ZS.jpg](Ludwig%20fessler%20back%2034%202011%20ZS.jpg)
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