Boat harbor (Kiel)
The boat harbor (also known as the old boat harbor ) in Kiel is a 4,200 square meter triangular body of water, south of the old town and west of the Schwedenkai and the Kiel Fjord .
The boat harbor is - together with the two bodies of water known as Kleiner Kiel - a remnant of the original arm of the sea branching off from the Kiel Fjord, which enclosed the old town of Kiel , which was then on a peninsula , in the south and west. In the 19th century, the boat harbor was separated from what is now known as the Kleiner Kiel and the Kiel Fjord and has only been connected to them by pipes ever since.
history
For a long time the area served as a heavily frequented port for merchant ships. The construction of quays , roads and bridges on the west bank of the Kiel Fjord gradually separated it from the Kiel Fjord and thus also from the Baltic Sea in the course of the 19th and 20th centuries .
In 1846 a dam for the railway was built between the former boat harbor and the Kiel Fjord, which was initially provided with a fixed bridge and from 1856 with a swing bridge. In 1901 the boat harbor was separated from the Kleiner Kiel when the connection was filled in after the Holsten and Kehden Bridge was demolished and replaced by a pipe. With the expansion of the Holstenbrücke road in 1904, the dam was also rebuilt and got a bascule bridge. Since after several years, the foundations of the bridge gave way under the weight of the bridge, the bridge was closed and not opened until it was removed. Since then, only smaller ships have been able to enter and dock in this area. The term “boat harbor” is drawn in for the first time in the plan of the city of Kiel from 1883.
From 1974 to 1989 you could cross the boat harbor with the Kaufhaus Weipert cable car .
In 1982, a new ferry terminal, the Schwedenkai , was built for ferry traffic to Gothenburg in Sweden . As part of this construction, the water areas between the fjord and the boat harbor were filled in. It is still connected to the Kiel Fjord via a pipe in the east, but the original connection with the fjord is hardly recognizable due to the huge port areas of the Schwedenkai. In the years that followed, the high sheet piling of the unused boat harbor increasingly fell into disrepair , and there were often algae problems that had a negative effect on the appearance and smell of the water.
present
In 2002 the boat harbor was redesigned, which meant that plans that included filling were rejected. The areas surrounding it were fundamentally redesigned with spacious step-like terraces right down to the water surface. However, the water surface was also reduced once more. New, lowered areas were created directly on the water, which in rare cases are flooded by more than half a meter. In addition, the water quality is kept high by an aeration pump.
A kind of stage was built on the west side and a floating pontoon was permanently installed on the water surface , which can be used as advertising space. Seating steps have been built on the north side, and there are ramps in the corners that lead down to the area directly on the water. In addition, a lighting concept for the boat harbor area has been worked out for twilight and the dark season.
The “Holsten Fleet” is intended to restore the water connection between the boat harbor and the Kleiner Kiel. The opening is planned for August 2020.
Web links
- The boat harbor: from the commercial harbor to the urban gem as part of the blue path of the city of Kiel
- Information about the boat harbor on City-Map.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Small Kiel Canal. Retrieved May 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Susanne Link: Kiel: Holsten-Fleet: opening only in August | shz.de. Retrieved May 5, 2020 .
Coordinates: 54 ° 19 ′ 16 ″ N , 10 ° 8 ′ 19 ″ E