Barge Central Ehlers

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Barge Central Ehlers
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Seat GermanyGermany Hamburg-HafenCity
management Klaus Ehlers
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Website Barge Central Ehlers

The Barkassen-Centrale Ehlers GmbH is a shipping company for Hamburg harbor tours , whose typical Hamburg harbor launches are located on a pontoon on the posts opposite the lightship near the Baumwall underground station . The administrative headquarters are located at Am Sandtorkai in HafenCity .

history

Anita Ehlers on the Elbe (2014)

The origins of the company go back to 1927. The Ewerführer Heinrich Ehlers went into business for himself and began renting out barges and tarpaulins . His “couchette” - a pontoon with a wooden shed - was located at Bei den Mühren in the customs canal below the Katharinenkirche . The death of Heinrich Ehler in 1939 and the Second World War initially prevented the company from continuing operations. Only in the third generation were Günter Ehlers († 2012) and his wife Hiltrud able to build on the tradition of self-employment in the port. In 1979 they acquired the first barge and in 1982 founded a company for passenger transport and towing work under the name Barkassen-Centrale Überseebrücke Günter Ehlers e. K. The fourth generation has been at the helm in the company since the mid-1980s.

In 2000, with Anita Ehlers built in Finkenwerder for around 1 million DM, a new building was put into service for the first time. After further new acquisitions, all of the old barges - the oldest of which was launched in 1914 - had to be retrofitted with air chambers to prevent them from sinking. In 2006, the director Ulrich Patzwahl shot the 30-minute documentary Die Barkassen-Familie from Hamburg for the TV station arte , which is about the Ehlers and their family business. In the following years the documentation was repeated several times on arte and 3sat .

In 2007 Günter Ehlers donated the barge Frieda Ehlers, built in 1926 in the JW Bartram shipyard in Hamburg-Neuhof , to Hafenkultur eV - Friends of the Hamburg Harbor Museum . For several years now, she has been taking her trips through the Hansahafen on special occasions for visitors to the port museum . She also takes part in classic car regattas. The post launch Jan Ehlers , built in 1928 in the Wilhelm-Schüler-Werft on Moorreger Deich der Pinnau in the Uetersen area, was rented by the Museum of Telecommunications and between 2004 and 2009 served to distribute mail for the sailors of the ships lying in the stream at Dalben .

The head office of the Barkassen-Centrale Ehlers moved from Vorsetzen to HafenCity in 2011 .

Current fleet

Ehlers barges at the pier
Aerial view of the Brandenburg harbor in Hamburg-Neustadt; the Ehlers launches in the foreground can be recognized by their green roofs

According to the company's name, the fleet consists exclusively of barge-type ships. The boats are moored in the Brandenburg harbor not far from the Überseebrücke on the Vorsetzen.

Ship name Construction year length width Passengers
Anita Ehlers 2000 19.95 m 6.01 m 110
Bettina Ehlers 2009 18.00 m 4.80 m 84
Birgit Ehlers 2006 16.64 m 4.66 m 75
Günter Ehlers 2008 16.78 m 4.69 m 75
Hans Ehlers 1939 15.43 m 3.92 m 50
Helga Ehlers 1921 15.44 m 3.80 m 50
Hiltrud Ehlers 2007 16.70 m 4.67 m 75
Jan Ehlers 1928 16.50 m 3.87 m 60
St. Pauli 1924 14.58 m 3.56 m 45
Thomas Ehlers 2009 15.79 m 4.26 m 60
Trave 1941 14.34 m 3.63 m 45
Uwe 1914 15.08 m 3.66 m 45

Web links

Commons : Barkassen-Centrale Ehlers  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ A new book makes it clear that the male power in Hamburg is shrinking Strong women and for the first time , mopo.de of July 23, 1999, accessed on May 17, 2019
  3. ↑ a b c History of the Barkassen-Centrale Ehlers. Barkassen-Centrale Ehlers, accessed on May 13, 2019 .
  4. ↑ A child of the port. Hamburger Abendblatt , May 10, 1986, accessed on May 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ ship christened. Hamburger Abendblatt , April 20, 2000, accessed on May 20, 2019 .
  6. ↑ port. Uldall wants to make barges unsinkable. Hamburger Morgenpost , November 8, 2006, accessed on May 20, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Authority leaves launch in the rain. Hamburger Abendblatt , May 5, 2008, accessed on May 20, 2019 .
  8. ^ The barge family from Hamburg. ARD , August 28, 2010, accessed on May 14, 2019 .
  9. ↑ TV program 3sat. RC-Network, June 13, 2009, accessed May 14, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Hamburg Harbor Museum. Hamburger Abendblatt , February 25, 2014, accessed on May 20, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Karin Hasse: Frieda Ehlers. Elbfest Hamburg, accessed on May 14, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Jan Ehlers. Barkassen-Centrale Ehlers, accessed on May 14, 2019 .
  13. ↑ When the post came by barge. Hamburger Abendblatt , April 30, 2004, accessed on May 20, 2019 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 35.4 "  N , 9 ° 59 ′ 12.5"  E