The Mutte also differed in size from the Tjalk. The latter was about 14 m long and up to 4 m wide, while the Mutte was about 9 to 11 m long and about 3.20 m to 3.50 m wide. The Tjalk was generally round-bellied at the bow and stern. The Mutte, on the other hand, was both round-bellied and pointed-bellied. The Spitzmutte was "less load, more speed".

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The highlight is on the Splitting Canal, just before the von velen complex

Muttschiff = peat barge of the early settlers

The Muttschiff served the Papenburg settlers for centuries as a means of transport for the

mined peat and as a watercraft on the canals and the Ems. This ship, similar to the Dutch Tjalk, was a typical flat-bottomed ship. The shallow water depth in the canals running through the city of Papenburg alone meant that the Muttschiffs needed a shallow draft, i.e. a ship without a beam keel.

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The mutt ships sailed the Papenburg canals until the 1960s and then disappeared from the cityscape for good.

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