The Trittenheim ferry towers are the only remaining pair of ferry towers on the Moselle between Perl and Koblenz. They are buildings on both sides of the banks of the Moselle that have been documented since electoral times.
The ferry towers served as a home and apartment for the ferryman or ferger and as an anchor for the rope of the pont ferry (Latin: pons = bridge). The ferry towers are evidence of a Ponten ferry operation from around 1829 to 1908/09, the year the first Moselle bridge in Trittenheim was completed.
The Trittenheim ferry towers were finally placed under monument protection by the Bernkastel-Wittlich district administration in November 1991. There are 2 plastered square towers, built at the beginning of the 19th century with pointed slate roofs and windows.
The tower on the site has 4 floors and has access from the attic to the old bridge house, where a bridge toll had to be paid at times to finance the first bridge. There is a second access to the tower from the Moselle promenade. Windows and doors are framed in sandstone.
After a historic restoration, the left ferry tower was inaugurated as a ferry tower gallery in May 1994, with attention being paid to the appropriate color scheme and design of the windows based on historical models.
The right ferry tower is only two stories high and has access on the slope side. This ferry tower was also restored in 2000/01 in accordance with monument standards. The entire roof was also re-covered here.
Source: Trittenheim.de