Ports of Speyer
| Ports of Speyer | |||
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| Data | |||
| UN / LOCODE | DE PES | ||
| operator | Verkehrsbetriebe Speyer (VBS) | ||
| opening | Antiquity | ||
| Port type | Ports and Lands | ||
| website | http://verkehrsbetriebe-speyer.de/hafen_faehre/hafenanlagen | ||
| Geographic information | |||
| place | Speyer | ||
| country | Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 18 '40 " N , 8 ° 27' 24" E | ||
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The Speyer ports include two port basins for large shipping , a land for passenger shipping ( Stromhafen ), a sports boat harbor for recreational shipping and an industrial area.
They are located at Rhine kilometer 399 in the east of the city of Speyer , Rhineland-Palatinate on the Upper Rhine .
geography
The ports in Speyer are located on the left bank of the Rhine at three spatially separate locations east of the town center at an altitude of 97 m above sea level. NN .
- Rhine km 399.6 W: New Port of Speyer (large commercial shipping)
- Rhine km 399.6 W: Speyer shipyard (entrance)
- Rhine km 400.0 W: Speyer passenger shipping area (Stromhafen)
- Rhine km 400.5 W: Speyer marina, (old port)
history
The Rhine was an important trade route between the North Sea and the Mediterranean as early as the Bronze Age , Hallstatt Age and Latène Age . There was rowing, sailing, stomping and trekking . In Roman times, the strategic importance for the Roman Rhine fleet was added. After the fall of the Roman Empire, navigation on the Rhine was maintained through all times and rafting was also carried out until the end of the 19th century .
It is not known when the first protective harbor with a basin separated from the Rhine river was created in Speyer. It is known, however, that it was at the mouth of the Speyerbach . It is not yet listed on a map of Speyer's 1645 or was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War . On a pen drawing from 1750, however, it is clearly visible as lying next to the Rhine.
In 1847 a rail connection was created for the first time.
In World War II, the facilities were largely destroyed. In the execution of Hitler's Nero order (March 19, 1945), the neighboring Rhine bridge was finally blown up by German troops on March 23, 1945 .
From 1951/52 the reconstruction took place; In 1953 the docks were rebuilt in their present form.
Commerce and infrastructure
Today the commercial port facilities cover 95 hectares of water and a further 48 hectares of the shipyard. 2.8 km of quays are available, 700 m of which are also connected to siding of the port railway, which enables trimodal cargo handling. Large Rhine ships with a length of 110 m can turn directly in the port basin. The port can accommodate inland waterway vessels with a displacement of up to 5,200 t and is now mainly used for handling mineral oil products. As a safe haven, the facility can only accommodate vehicles of hazard class 3a .
traffic
The ports in Speyer are accessible via the federal highway 39 ; a branch track from Speyer station connects the rail traffic of the port railway with the railway line Rheinbahn (Baden) .
1637
Rhine crane around 1650
1750
in the 18th century
May 1945, aerial photo with temporary bridge
Entrances to the shipyard and cargo port
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ New Port of Speyer ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ Personenschifffahrt Speyer ( Memento of the original dated November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ Industrial track ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
