Old Port Authority Dortmund

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Old Port Authority Dortmund
View of the opening with Union-Vorstadt
Container terminal with port authority in the background

The Old Port Authority Dortmund was founded in 1898 in the style of Neo-Renaissance in the newly founded port Dortmund after plans of the architect and urban construction inspector Friedrich Kullrich built. The building was used as a port administration until 1962. From 1982 to 1987 it was extensively restored and is now one of the few public houses in Dortmund from the Wilhelmine era .

The landmark building with its 38 meter high tower houses a mosaic floor in its hallway with a medieval cog with hoisted sails. The Dortmund eagle can be found on the sail and the city's red and white pennant blows at the top of the mast. A portal framed by three-quarter columns ends in a carved Neptune head . Above the cornice, a granite memorial plaque in a bronze relief contains the portrait of Wilhelm II and thus commemorates the visit of the German emperor on August 11, 1899. Under the parapet of the tower room, carried by dolphins, are the coats of arms of the cities of Emden and Dortmund.

Today the listed building houses the water police and the imperial room, which has been preserved with its original furnishings.

The old port authority is registered as a monument in the monument list of the city of Dortmund and part of the route of industrial culture .

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Web links

Commons : The old port authority  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Altes Hafenamt Dortmund  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. No. A 0427. List of monuments of the city of Dortmund. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: dortmund.de - Das Dortmunder Stadtportal. Monument Authority of the City of Dortmund, April 14, 2014, archived from the original on September 15, 2014 ; accessed on June 10, 2014 (size: 180 kB). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dortmund.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 33 "  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 33"  E