Lemkenhafen

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Lemkenhafen
City of Fehmarn
Coordinates: 54 ° 26 ′ 46 ″  N , 11 ° 5 ′ 24 ″  E
Residents : 250  (2003)
Incorporation : April 1, 1937
Incorporated into: Petersdorf
Postal code : 23769
Area code : 04372
Lemkenhafen (Fehmarn)
Lemkenhafen

Location of Lemkenhafen in Fehmarn
Lemkenhafen from the “Jachen Flünk” windmill
Lemkenhafen from the “Jachen Flünk” windmill
Lemkenhafen Mill Museum

Lemkenhafen ( Low German : Lempenhaben and Lemkenhaven ) is a fishing and harbor village on the island of Fehmarn and a district of the city of Fehmarn in the Ostholstein district in Schleswig-Holstein . The approximately 135 hectare Lemkenhafen is located on the western south side of the island at the Orther roadstead .

history

The place is originally a subsidiary of the farming village of Lemkendorf (high German: Lämmchen-Dorf ), just under four kilometers away . During the period when Fehmarn was closely linked to the Hanseatic City of Lübeck , Lemkenhafen developed from a small fishing settlement into an important port. Probably between 1462 and 1510 Lemkenhafen had the Lübsche town charter with mayor as well as council and town seals. The seal imprint shown on the right shows a lamb walking on a nettle leaf and is in the Lübeck city archive . A legend suggests: signum / sigillum - burgensium / consoles lemmekenhavene .

The up-and-coming Lemkenhafen competed against the port of Burg on Fehmarn, which was in a hopeless position due to its unfavorable location and was also disparagingly referred to as “aft port” (meaning: “rear port”). The town council of Burg tried several times in submissions to the authorities to limit the handling of grain in Lemkenhafen.

The prosperity in Lemkenhafen found its expression in numerous granaries, the so-called dinns . Their number is given as 18 for 1784, another eight storehouses were located in the neighboring port town of Orth . Of these 26 granaries, at least 11 were owned by large farmers from nine different villages on the island. The grain turnover in 1776 was more than 62,000 tons.

The port's economic decline began at the beginning of the 19th century when the ever larger sailing ships could no longer dock in the port due to the draft. The continental blockade and the bankruptcy of Denmark did the rest, so that wheat exports in 1829 were only 2,200 tons.

Attractions

The sailing windmill "Jachen Flünk" (named after a former owner) in Lemkenhafen was built in 1787 by the grain trader and ship owner Joachim Rahlff. In the so-called Schillingsmöhl barley and wheat were ground into groats and pearl barley. Around 1900 five to six journeymen and other assistants were employed in the mill. The mill, which was shut down in 1954, became the property of the Fehmarn Antiquities Collection Association and has been a mill and agriculture museum since 1961 (see Lemkenhafen Mill Museum ).

present

The marina of Lemkenhafen offers 143 berths, a slipway and a waste oil disposal service. The area west of Lemkenhafen is known for surfers and kite surfers.

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