Johann Heinrich Fack (shipyard)
The Johann Heinrich Fack shipyard on the Brook in Itzehoe existed from 1880 to 1912; During this time 113 ships were built there, including many Lägerdorfer Ewer .
Shipbuilding family Fack
Around 1900 the Fack family was one of the most famous shipbuilding families in Holstein . The shipyard owner Hans Fack had five sons, who also all became shipbuilders again and ran businesses. According to Herbert Karting , it is probably unique in German shipbuilding history that five brothers operated five shipyards at the same time.
From 1852 to 1856, Hans Fack built Ewer in Itzehoe before moving his shipyard to Wilster . It was taken over in 1876 by Hans Fack's son Johannes, who gave it up a few years later. In the meantime, Hans Fack had again founded a shipyard in Burg / Dithmarschen in 1873, where mainly ewer was built. This yard passed into the hands of his second son, Ferdinand, in 1899, and existed until 1905. Hans Fack's third son Hermann owned a shipyard in Tönning , the fourth son, Wilhelm, built ships in Rethwisch near Lägerdorf and the fifth son, Johann Heinrich Fack, founded his shipyard in Itzehoe in 1880.
Johann Heinrich Facks shipyard in Itzehoe
Johann Heinrich Fack, born on November 6, 1852 in Wilster, completed an apprenticeship with his father. Only assigned to the replacement reserve as a pioneer because of flat feet , he did not need to do military service after his training, but was able to take up employment at a shipyard in Kiel-Gaarden , but soon returned to Wilster. In 1880 he set up his own shipbuilding site on the Brook in Itzehoe, where he built a Giekewer as the first vehicle, which was sold in 1881. No new buildings are notarized for the next few years, but then the Fack shipyard became very active. A total of 17 wooden and 96 iron or steel ship structures are attested, although the actual numbers were probably higher because smaller vehicles that were used in inland shipping were not always recorded.
In 1897, the Catharina, the first steel ship, was launched by Johann Heinrich Fack. In 1899, no fewer than eight ships were completed at Fack's shipyard. The 50th ship built in the shipyard was the Ewer Orient , which was launched on July 8, 1902. In 1905 ten new buildings were completed. Johann Heinrich Fack mainly built ewer and barges , but also other vehicles such as steam tugs and three steel motor boats. He also offered repairs, for example for the Saturn towing light that had sunk near Brunsbüttel .
The competition from the Netherlands eventually led to Johann Heinrich Fack having to give up his shipyard. It was foreclosed in 1912 and brought in 70,000 marks. As a shipyard, it still appeared in the address book in 1914; later the facilities were demolished. The hall of a furniture discounter is located on the property today. Fack's residential and office building existed until the 1970s.
Fack became the general agent for an insurance company and also ran a salvage company. He died in 1925.
Received ships
Some of the very solidly built ships from the Fack shipyard still exist. The oldest is likely a Giekewer from 1899. He was launched as Hans and is now called Hans von Wilster . The ship has been restored and is used in youth work. The Dora sails on the Lower Elbe as a recreational ship, building officer Bolten is now called Den Diel and is a tourist attraction in Belgium, the Moewe , once used to transport cement, has been part of the Oevelgönne museum harbor since 1997 and has been restored. The forecastle of the caecilie was preserved in the Museum of Hamburg History. The Besanewer Siren is now called Heimkehr II and was saved from being scrapped. The tow ship Alida was also preserved.
Shipbuilding (incomplete list)
- 1880 Giekewer (wood)
- 1897 Catharina (first steel ship)
- 1899 Hans (Giekewer and possibly the oldest surviving Fack ship, today Hans von Wilster )
- 1900 Bertha (Besanewer)
- 1902 Orient (Besanewer, home port: Wischhafen. 2006 scrapped)
- 1902 Dora (Besanewer, used for a long time as a pile-driving barge, then dismantled to a motorewer, in motion on the Lower Elbe)
- 1903 Eider (first steamship)
- 1903 Julie (largest ewer in the Fack shipyard with 55.7 gross tons)
- 1904 Tug and passenger steamers for HJ Freudenberg in Bremen
- around 1904 Besanewer for G. Hahn and C. Lührs in Wischhafen (identical to the ship named below?)
- 1904 Emma-Lucie (Ewer for Claus Heinrich Lührs, Hamburg, later gondola )
- 1904 Alida (towboat, preserved)
- 1904 Schute for ironers in Münsterdorf
- 1904 Schute for H. Söder in Hamburg
- 1905 passenger steamer for the Lower Elbe
- 1905 Caecilie (See-Ewer, scrapped, the forecastle is in the Museum of Hamburg History)
- around 1906 Anna (Ewer for Hans Bruhn from Wilster)
- 1906 Baurat Bolten (passenger steamer, with 96.6 gross tonnes the largest ship built by Fack. Renamed several times, currently Den Diel )
- 1907 Moewe (Besanewer, today in the museum harbor Oevelgönne )
- 1908 Magdalena (Besanewer)
- 1908 Hans Otto (sailing boat)
- 1908 Siren (Besanewer, lay on slip in Wischhafen and should be scrapped, now Homecoming II )
- 1910 Schute
- 1910 Schute
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zement-Ewer as a guest at the Störschipperfest , SHZ, May 12, 2009
- ↑ Hans von Wilster
- ^ Dates and history of the Orient
- ↑ Gondola
- ↑ Alida
- ^ History of the building councilor Bolten
- ^ Dates and history of the Moewe
- ↑ The Moewe on the side of the museum harbor
- ↑ Homecoming II
Coordinates: 53 ° 55 ′ 4 " N , 9 ° 30 ′ 51.3" E