Gerhard Barg
Gerhard Barg (born June 17, 1858 in Strasburg (West Prussia) , † December 16, 1926 in Rostock ) was a German shipbuilder, yacht designer and shipyard director. From 1891 to 1924 he shaped the Neptun shipyard in Rostock as shipyard director .
Life
Gerhard Barg was the son of the district judge Hermann Barg. He spent his high school in Schulpforte near Naumburg , in Insterburg and Elbing . His wish came true to attend the trade and shipping school in Gdansk from the age of 15 . The Technical University in Charlottenburg was his next place of study at the age of 17. Three years later he was in England . He probably left college without a degree. In NewCastle on Tyne he tried to find employment as an engineer in a shipyard, but failed so that he worked there as a ship's carpenter. But then he was lucky: he had worked as an engineer for British shipyards such as John Elder & Co. on the Clyde or Harland & Wolff in Belfast from 1883 . In 1885 he was back in Germany at a shipyard in Harburg . He turned away from the coast , however , and moved to the JA Maffei company in Munich , where inland vessels were also built. Gerhard Barg designed and supervised the construction of the Lake Constance ships in 1888 Zähringen , 1890 Prinzregent , 1892 Rupprecht and 1895 Überlingen . He also designed paddle steamer for Lake Starnberg . The paddle steamer Ludwig Fessler, designed by him in 1926, is still operating on the Chiemsee . On both lakes, Barg learned to sail, which would become his future area of interest.
He then moved to the Howaldtswerke in Kiel, where his interest in yacht building developed intensively. He had been married for a few years and his wife Lilli gave birth to their second son in Kiel. In 1890, Gerhard Barg began working for the Neptun shipyard in Rostock and was appointed to the Neptun shipyard management board on January 2, 1891 at the age of only 33 the next year. With the knowledge he acquired from abroad, he ensured the technical modernization of the shipyard. Under his leadership, the large shipbuilding hall was enlarged and a floating dock , an improved slipway and many special machine tools were used for the special tasks of a modern shipyard.
The commercial shipbuilding stopped in 1914 with the outbreak of the First World War. Gerhard Barg used his good connections to deliver minesweepers for the Imperial Fleet . The situation after the war and inflation was utterly desolate. Barg was elected to the board of directors in 1924, but he did not retire. He used his relationship with JA Maffei in Munich and constructed the paddle steamer Ludwig Fessler for the Chiemsee (see above) . After a serious illness he died on December 16, 1926 and was buried in a grave of honor in the New Cemetery of the Hanseatic City of Rostock.
Shipbuilding in the Neptun shipyard
In addition to the buildings for the merchant navy, the fishing fleet and the navy, the Neptun shipyard also built sailing yachts. You have to know that Kaiser Wilhelm II promoted sailing in Germany. He wanted to reduce the import of sailing yachts from Great Britain and encourage German shipyards to build sailing ships. He was very much in favor of the Kiel Week , which began over 130 years ago. The young yacht builder Gerhard Barg had direct access to the Kaiser. His granddaughter Elisabeth Palaschewski reported "The emperor valued my grandfather and also bought from him. During his visits to Berlin, he was allowed to let the emperor see the rule out of his tailcoat trousers. Gerhard Barg drew the cracks of around 50 yachts. The Neptun shipyard was building A total of 88 sailing boats and yachts, mostly for renowned clients in Northern Germany, but also eight motor yachts. Well-known yachts from the shipyard from 1895 to 1926 were the Ellinor , the Cecile , the Lesmona V and the later Ettsi IV , built in 1923 as Thalatta , with her skipper Wilhelm Wölfing participant in the legendary Ocean race Bermuda Cuxhaven 1936 . the shipowner Horn was one of only five orders before the First world war as the principals of the shipyard as members of the leading imperial yacht clubs . Horn was with the four 12mR Yachts Skeaf II - V alone four 12 series in order.
As a sailor, Gerhard Barg was a member of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Yacht Club in Rostock and has been an honorary member since 1921.
literature
- Shipbuilding Society [Hrsg.]: 100 years Shipbuilding Society. Biographies on the history of shipbuilding. Springer, Berlin 1999. ISBN 3-540-64150-5 . P. 17.
- Heinz Lange; Lothar Kühne: The famous Neptune ketch "Ettsi IV" ex "Thalatta." In: The Northern Lights. Announcements of the shipping history society OSTSEE eV Rostock, 15th year (2007), issue 57 (December), pp. 14-19.
- Hückstädt, Harald: The shipyard and city owe him a lot - Gerhard Barg, shipyard director of the "Aktiengesellschaft Neptun" . In: Mecklenburg-Magazin . No. 2 , January 24, 1991, p. 11 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barg, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German shipbuilder, yacht designer and shipyard director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasburg (Uckermark) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1926 |
| Place of death | Rostock |