Ołowianka
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| Waters | Motława ( Motława ) , Kanał na Stępce ( Kielgraben ) | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 21 ′ N , 18 ° 40 ′ E | |
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Ołowianka ( German Bleihof) is an island in Gdansk east of the city center . Ołowianka is surrounded by the Motława ( Motława ) and the Kanał na Stępce ( Kiel moat ) . The successful revitalization of the destroyed buildings on the island is an element of the city project “Front zum Fluss” (music and congress center as well as hotel and holiday base).
Immediately behind the island, at the bridge on Kielgraben, is the Danzig Marina . The Motława ferry runs between the exhibition sites of the National Maritime Museum on the island and the city center .
history
In the times of the Teutonic Order , this area was of great strategic importance. From the castle on the opposite side, the island was first connected by a bridge and from 1417 by a ferry. Bleihof was not an island at that time. It only became an island after the carpentry trench was built in 1576. Bleihof owes its name to the lead stores that were located here.
The eastern part of the island belonged to the harbor bridge. Carpenters' workshops and boatyards were located at Bleihof, which gave the trench its name. The Motlawa could be closed to ships with a long chain. Apparently this water barrier was still working in 1809.
In the late sixties of the nineteenth century, a sewage pumping station was built in the area of the old carpentry, which still exists today and is fully functional. With her, the first high chimney and steam engines appeared there.
Since June 17, 2017, the Kładka pedestrian and bascule bridge has been connecting the island with Gdańsk's old town .
Municipal electricity company
Between 1897 and 1898, the Berlin company Siemens & Halske built a municipal power station on Bleihof .
According to the original plans, the Bleihof E-Werk was supposed to supply the lighting of the streets of Gdansk and Langfuhr with electricity. In the beginning, the gas lighting in Grosse Allee (now Aleja Zwycięstwa ) was replaced. In 1907 the land network was no longer than 170 km. It was only the beginning of the Gdańsk electricity network.
In the last months of the Second World War, the company suffered massive war damage. Not only the impressive facade to the Motlawa and the large industrial chimney were destroyed, but also the ceilings of the power station. Damage to the system was repaired very quickly, so that electricity production was resumed as early as August 1945.
Institutions and bodies on the island
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National Maritime Museum ( Narodowe Muzeum Morskie w Gdańsku ) (headquarters)
- Oliwskispeicher
- Memory Panna ( Virgo )
- Miedź storage facility ( copper )
- Small store
- Duża Dąbrowa storage facility
- Museum ship SS Sołdek (on Motława quay)
- Polish Baltic Philharmonic in Gdansk ( Polska Filharmonia Bałtycka im. Fryderyka Chopina )
- Royal Warehouse (converted into Hotel Królewski )
