Prussia port

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Panorama of the Prussian port with the Mohr crane
Location of the port on the canal
View from the west
Water hiking rest area

The Preußenhafen is a port built in 1924/1925 and put into operation in autumn 1925 on the Datteln-Hamm Canal (canal km 14.16 - 14.34) in Lünen-Süd (Horstmar district).

It originally served as a transshipment point for the Prussian colliery in Horstmar and the Gneisenau colliery in Dortmund-Derne . Its heyday began in 1925 as a coal transshipment point, and in the mid-1960s the port was expanded to its present-day dimensions. From the end of the 1980s, it lost its importance due to the mine closings. The “Gneisenau-Trasse” cycle and hiking trail now exists on the former colliery connecting railway and leads past the Preußenhalde on the other side of the railway line to Derne.

Today it is used intensively for tourism due to its proximity to Seepark Lünen and the Horstmarer See , for motor and leisure boats and as a resting place for water hikers as well as a pier for the passenger ship “Santa Monika” and as a museum.

The full- gantry luffing crane, or “Mohr crane” for short, built by Mannheimer Maschinenfabrik Mohr & Federhaff AG in 1962 is a landmark on the promenade. The crane, which can also be used very flexibly for two cargo ships at the same time, is an important symbol of the steadily increasing handling capacity from 1964 onwards. In addition to the “veritable scene” at the railway bridge and the “place under trees” at the port building, the crane is also part of the port's light show , it marks the portal of the Prussian port.

In July 2008 the first family day took place at the water hiking rest area, it is repeated annually.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ lokalkompass.de: Lüner Weg II: From Derne to the Canal in one go - Gneisenau-Trasse , accessed on February 4, 2012.

Web links

Commons : Preußenhafen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 51 ° 35 '46.1 "  N , 7 ° 32' 5.3"  E