South headquarters (Wilhelmshaven)
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 30 '54 " N , 8 ° 8' 8" E | ||
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| Type | Steam power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | Coal ; from 1963 heating oil | ||
| power | 14.5 megawatts | ||
| operator | Kaiserliche Marinewerft Wilhelmshaven , from 1947 Nordwestdeutsche Kraftwerke AG | ||
| Start of operations | 1908 | ||
| Shutdown | 1993 | ||
The south center was a power station in Wilhelmshaven . The Art Nouveau building, together with the Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge, formed a building ensemble that characterized the cityscape , but has been falling into disrepair since its closure in 1993 and was finally demolished in 2015 despite being a listed building.
history
The south center was built from the end of 1908 to supply the Imperial Navy Shipyard with electricity. The first construction phase of the south center was completed in 1911. In 1914/1915 the machine hall and boiler house were lengthened by around eleven meters, the original output was increased by installing four more boilers in the boiler house and a 4,000 hp turbine in the machine house. With a second expansion of the power plant in 1920, the output was increased to a total of 15,000 hp. The total output was now a total of 11,250 kilowatts , which made the southern headquarters the most powerful power plant of its time. In 1925/1926 the south headquarters received six used diesel engines that came from submarines.
The power plant survived the Second World War relatively unscathed. The dismantling of the Kriegsmarinewerft made it no longer necessary to power the shipyard. In 1947, the power plant was therefore leased to Nordwestdeutsche Kraftwerke AG in order to supply parts of the city with electricity. In addition, the power plant received a large boiler house extension, which increased the output to 14.5 megawatts. In 1948 the more than 70 meter high clinker chimney in front of the old boiler house was initially shortened and later completely removed.
From 1957, as part of the rearmament, the Wilhelmshaven naval arsenal was built on the former site of the Kriegsmarine shipyard . For this purpose, the fire in the south center was switched to heavy heating oil and from 1963 it supplied the naval arsenal with steam via pipes laid above ground. The boilers required for this were installed in the old boiler house, the extension of the boiler house became superfluous and could be canceled in 1971. In 1987 the building was placed under monument protection. The 30-year lease agreements with the electricity supply company Preußen Elektra expired in 1993 and were not extended. This ended the operation of the southern headquarters as a power plant. It was shut down and the federal government, as the owner, sold the building to private investors, as the city of Wilhelmshaven could not afford the necessary purchase price for budgetary reasons.
Since the mid-1990s, the south headquarters was left to decay. Vandals destroyed large parts of the listed buildings. The Art Nouveau building , together with the Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge, formed a unique ensemble of buildings that shaped the cityscape . The then head of the building department, who later became professor of architectural history Ingo Sommer, pointed out the architectural and historical value of the industrial building at an early stage.
To save this building, Corinna Janßen and Jürgen Engel founded the Forum Wilhelmshaven in 2002. The members of the forum gave lectures on the subject of Südzentrale and thus regularly brought it into the press.
In July 2011, the non-profit association for the preservation of the Südzentrale e. V. The aim is "preservation through use", ie securing, renovating and re-using in private or public hands. In a short time, more than 2000 signatures were collected for the preservation of the unique architectural monument.
Since February 2014 it is planned to continue using the entire site and to demolish the buildings on it. At the end of February 2014, a postponement of the demolition by two months was agreed with the owners of the south headquarters. During this time, the association for the preservation of the Südzentrale e. V. prepare an expert opinion on a further use of the south headquarters. However, the mayor of Wilhelmshaven, Andreas Wagner , gave the association little hope with reference to the budget situation in the city and stated that the city would “probably not consider buying the south headquarters”. According to his "cautious but not unrealistic estimate", 20 to 30 million euros can be expected for purchase, remediation, repair and commissioning. In addition, there would be the annual costs and subsidies for a cost-covering operation depending on the new use.
At the end of August 2014, the owners began demolishing parts of the south headquarters. On August 5, 2015, excavators began with the final demolition of the above-ground parts of the south center after the city of Wilhelmshaven had issued the approval for the aboveground partial demolition of the listed building. Only a part of the boiler house, in which protected bats spend the winter, has been preserved for the time being. On April 21, 2016, the last part of the boiler house was also demolished.
Picture gallery
Lettering Südzentrale 2001
State 2011
Hook of the overhead crane 2001
Great hall, state 2011
See also
- List of decommissioned power plants in Germany
- Wilhelmshaven power plant (E.ON)
- Wilhelmshaven power plant (Engie)
literature
- Eberhard Kliem: Swan song for an irreplaceable monument. Südzentrale Wilhelmshaven is about to be demolished , in: Schiff & Zeit / Panorama maritim , no. 74, autumn 2011, pp. 45–47.
- Ingo Sommer : Südzentrale and Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge - a unique ensemble of monuments. In: Wilhelmshavener Zeitung. May 7, 2011.
- Ingo Sommer: Historically forgotten efficiency thinking threatened the city's architectural heritage , in: Wilhelmshavener Zeitung October 6, 2012.
Web links
- Association for the preservation of the southern headquarters e. V.
- South headquarters at Bunker-Whv.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Corinna Nickel and Lars Conrads - The history of the south headquarters , accessed on February 16, 2014
- ↑ WZOnline: Soon the demolition of the southern headquarters announced , accessed on April 30, 2014
- ↑ WZOnline: demolition postponed two months , accessed on April 30, 2014
- ^ Nwzonline.de: The demolition of the southern headquarters in Wilhelmshaven begins , accessed on August 27, 2014
- ↑ Excavator tears down the walls of the south center. Wilhelmshavener Zeitung of August 6, 2015, page 1