Legend 1 – The knights of the Teutonic Order wore a white coat with a black cross, hence the “white coats”. 2 – Meersburg belonged to the diocese of Constance; The Bishop of Constance was therefore responsible for the Meersburg ferrymen. Staad, however, was part of the Kommende Mainau of the Teutonic Order, so that the Staad ferrymen were subordinate to the Commandery Mainau 3 – Segner are ships with a sail for transporting loads on the lake with a load capacity of 200 to 400 quintals. The largest cargo ships on Lake Constance were the Lädinen, which could load up to 2200 quintals of goods and had a crew of 6-8 people. 4 – Fuder, from Middle High German vouder, wagon load. Volume measure for wine. In Baden 1500 liters, in Württemberg and Austria between 1750 liters and 1950 liters.