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Adventurous route to work

Voehringen workers were long dependent on the Iller ferry

For decades, Wieland employees who came from the other side of the river Iller only reached their workplace at the Vöhringen plant by ferry. Their employer kept the fares low by subsidising the ferryman and ensured that the ferry was operated at night. It was not until 1928 that a bridge made the often overcrowded ferry superfluous.