Ship Bridge (Flensburg)

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January 2012: Flood at the ship bridge at the level of the Herrenstall

The Schiffbrücke (also known as the coast or gold coast ; Danish : Skibbroen ; Petuh : Schippsbrüch ) is an old street in Flensburg harbor , on the edge of downtown Flensburg . It is considered the oldest shopping street in the city. In the course of time it has also turned into Flensburg's traditional amusement and party mile. The Schiffbrückplatz (today Willy-Brandt-Platz ) also belongs to the street . The quays there are part of the historic harbor and the starting point for excursions on the Flensburg Fjord .

history

Mooring quays and maritime trade in the Middle Ages

The ship bridge with St. Mary's Church in the background (1591)

In the Middle Ages , the area of ​​the Flensburg harbor was primarily on the west bank, below the parishes of St. Nikolai, St. Marien and St. Gertrud. There on the water below the parishes, in the area below the St. Mary's Church up to about the height of the Nordertor , a pier was built with the ship bridge. The name of the ship's bridge is first attested to in 1408. In the Erdbuch, an old land register of Flensburg, it is mentioned in 1436 as "Schipbrügge". As the name suggests, Flensburg's ship bridge is a ship bridge , i.e. a paved loading area with a fortification of the harbor bank, so that a real bridge or pontoon bridge has never stood here. - For centuries, the port of Flensburg was an extremely important factor in the growth of Flensburg. Goods were landed and traded at the port and especially at the ship bridge, where ships with a great deal of draft could dock. Not far from the ship bridge was the Nordermarkt , where trade was also carried out. Nevertheless, during the time of the dominance of the Hanseatic League , the importance of sea trade in Flensburg lagged behind that of land trade.

Expansion of the port

In the 15th century the Kompagnietor , a gate of the Flensburg city fortifications , was already standing on the ship bridge , which was renewed in the 17th century and served as a meeting place for Flensburg boatmen (boat party). Over time, the ship bridge was expanded. The oldest part, the Süderbrücke, extends from Schiffbrückplatz to Neue Straße (Nygade) , where the Flake Tower ( Flake Torm ) stood. From there begins the new part, the Norderbrücke, which extends to the Grönlandgang (Grønlandsgang) . With the decline of the Hanseatic League in the 16th century, Flensburg developed into an important port city. In the 16th and into the 17th centuries, mainly fish and general cargo was handled at the Süderbrücke, while wood, coal and iron were handled at the Norderbrücke. In the northern section of the ship bridge, where the Flensburg Museum Shipyard is located today , there were already shipyards back then. From the 17th century to the 18th century, the West India trade was of major importance for Flensburg (see Danish West Indies ). So were cane sugar , raw rum , tobacco , tropical wood , cotton , ginger and indigo dye imported . The raw rum, which was created during the processing of sugar cane into rum, was turned into a drinkable drink in Flensburg by adding water and brandy . The Flensburg rum established the reputation of Flensburg as the " rum city ". Conversely , they exported , for example, butter, meat, flour, white sugar (which was obtained from the imported brown cane sugar), knives for the sugar cane harvest and clothing for the slaves who toiled in the Danish West Indies .

Conveyor shipping in the 19th century

Flensburg ship bridge (1833)
The devastated ship bridge with the Kompagnietor after the flood of the Baltic Sea on November 13, 1872

Steam ships gained in importance in the 19th century . From 1840 there was a quay on the ship bridge for a ferry connection to Copenhagen . In 1854 the route of the Flensburg port railway was relocated along the ship bridge. The Flensburg port railway is now the oldest railway line in Germany that is still preserved today, but is now in great danger due to dismantling and the lack of sidings. - In the 1850s, wholesaling, shipping and the industries associated with these two areas lost their prominent position in the city. Medium-sized companies and modern factories emerged during this period and gained importance as a whole. In 1866 Friedrich Mommse Bruhn and his Seeadler founded the Flensburg Fördeschifffahrt , i.e. the regular service between the individual locations on the Flensburg Fjord . On November 13, 1872, the harbor and the ship bridge were devastated by the storm floods in the Baltic Sea .

Port operations at the end of the 19th century

In 1886, the ship's carpenter Reinhold Henningsen opened a restaurant on the ship bridge, establishing a tradition that goes back over 120 years. It was later named Piet Henningsen after his son . - At the end of the 19th century, the cityscape of Flensburg had changed a lot. Large freighters (which, for example , had loaded rice ) were unloaded at the level of Neue Strasse . Wood was unloaded further north, fish a further north, then coal followed, followed by a dock for foreign passenger steamers and a place where lime and kerosene was discharged . The hustle and bustle led to a higher standard of living in Flensburg. The people of Flensburg were far better off around 1900 than around 1850.

The ship bridge at the beginning of the 20th century

The 1908 saloon steamer Alexandra has a permanent berth by the ship bridge.

In 1908 the steamship Alexandra was put into service. The maritime landmark of Flensburg is still on the ship bridge, in the area of ​​the historic port , as this section of the port is now called. After the First World War and a little later the cession of North Schleswig to Denmark on June 15, 1920, the economic situation in Flensburg was tense. In Oluf-Samson-Gang , a road leading away from the ship's bridge, which sat from 1918 prostitution fixed.

Redesign from the 1930s

In 1931 the nearby Flensburg Central Bus Station (ZOB) was finally inaugurated. The road had become more important now. New roads were built and old roads were gradually expanded. At some point during this time, the ship bridge was also transformed into a road that was easily passable by cars. On December 12, 1935, a new scaffolding on part of the ship bridge was handed over to its destination. The lengthy and costly construction project was probably created as part of a job creation measure . On April 2, 1937, the topping-out ceremony for the new Fördebrücke at Schiffbrückplatz took place. The old steamship pavilion standing there was demolished and a new one was built by the Förde shipping company . In addition, a customs clearance building and two piers for the ships were built.

On April 1, 1955, the renewal of the quays and the scaffolding was completed on the ship bridge . - In the 1950s, along with Nordstrasse , Bundesstrasse 199 was apparently built in the Flensburg area. The street Norderhofenden extends this main road to the street Schiffbrücke, which leads into the Wertstraße. Further streets follow and lead to the border crossing Krusau - Kupfermühle . This road connection was probably also developed as a main road at this time. This main road, which begins at the central bus station and ended at the border, was apparently even part of a European road for a while . In 1968, the western bypass was built to relieve the burden, which took over the role of the aforementioned European route and which today functions as federal highway 200. A further relief of the Flensburg city center was made possible by the federal motorway 7 ( Europastraße 45 ) and later by the east bypass , which was completed in 2006 . At some point in the post-war period, probably in the 1960s, a number of parking spaces were created on the waterfront at the ship bridge. In the 1990s, the ship bridge was again heavily redesigned on the water side.

In 1972 a competition for a new sculpture was held for the 100th anniversary of the Flensburg Beautification Association . The winning design by Hermann Menzel and Harald Egler, two teachers from the Werkkunstschule Flensburg. The draft of the Windsbraut was implemented and placed on the ship's berth. The wind bride comes from Germanic mythology and represents a personification of a wildly swirling storm wind.

The coast, which was still flourishing in 2009

Amusement and party mile "on the coast"

Around the 1970s, the ship bridge was increasingly transformed into an amusement and party mile, which the soldiers stationed at the Flensburg-Mürwik naval base also visited. Since then, bars , restaurants , inns , discos , dance bars and similar establishments have been lining up here. Above all, the merchant Kay Uwe Jensen (1944–2015), who was successful in border trade, began to fill the gap in the market in Flensburg's nightlife and invested his money in businesses on the Schiffbrücke: including the Rote Laterne , the Kogge , the Kult , the Journal , the Crypton discotheque (later the warehouse ), Jazz House Burbon Street and Mont Martre, and the Eros Center in Kayser's Hof. On July 4th, 1984 the Crypton opened at Schiffbrücke 32c - the name was derived from the Mannheim funk, soul & party band of the same name. The city's first large discotheque closed in the mid-1990s, and later the Rockpalast Speicher moved into it. The Mirage , a popper disco where DJs played pop music , wave , funk and rap , also became famous in the 1980s . The Golf generation later revived the atmosphere of that time at revival parties (Mirage Party Flensburg) in the MAX discotheque (formerly the Uldall building at Schiffbrücke 50).

In particular, this area of ​​the street with restaurants and dance halls is known as the coast or the gold coast , whereby the expression "Tonight I'm on the coast" nowadays usually means for a Flensburg resident that he wants to visit one of the bars, discos, etc. at the Schiffbrücke and not that he is moving to one of the beaches.

In the 1980s, the redevelopment and pushing back of prostitution from the Oluf-Samson-Gang began . At the same time, the Eroscenter was opened on the ship bridge , which existed until the 1990s. After the departure of the naval units and the discontinuation of the butter trips , which revived the port and tourism, the amusement mile lost its importance. With increasing numbers of students at the University of Flensburg and the University of Applied Sciences Flensburg , the Schiffbrücke continued to hold its own in the early 2000s. During this time, the Rockpalast Speicher received the requirement to build a noise protection wall facing the Oluf-Samson-Gang, where new owners gradually moved in. On October 24, 2002, the cult disco Roxy had to close in the nearby Norderstrasse . Around 2006, the city began to support the Kulturzentrum Kühlhaus in the then deserted station district, whose range of programs is also strongly geared towards students. In the Flensburg town hall, planning began to locate a hotel at one of the focal points of the coast. In 2014, demolition work began in the area where the courtyard of the storage facility was located. He had to give way to the project.

Official renaming of the Schiffbrückplatz in Willy-Brandt-Platz

On November 27, 1997, the Schiffbrückplatz was officially renamed Willy-Brandt-Platz after the former Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt . The historical old name is still in use. The houses on the square use either the Schiffbrücke or Schiffbrückstraße , which leads from Schiffbrückplatz to Nordermarkt , as an address component.

  • The sculpture of the bride of the wind has stood on the ship's dock since the 1970s.

  • The Place (2006)

  • Shield with the old name of the place

  • Building on Schiffbrückplatz that served as a police station at Da geht Kalle and where Flensborg Avis is located

  • Approximate location of the former ship bridge gate of the Flensburg city fortifications

  • Construction site at the Schiffbrückplatz at the Schiffbrücke (2013)

The ship bridge in the 21st century

Even today, the ship bridge is still an important main artery of the city. The parking spaces that were created at the ship bridge in the post-war period on the water side exist to this day and thus continue to guarantee the accessibility of the ship bridge. During high tide, the ship bridge is still flooded now and then, as the water sloshes back after a few hours if it was pushed out of the fjord during storms.

Areas and structures on the ship bridge

Papa's snack bar , Schiffbrücke 4: where tourists and local night owls have been eating gyros pita since the 1970s . (Photo 2014)
  • Papa's snack bar , known is the "probably narrowest pita factory in Flensburg" for Gyros Pita (Schiffbrücke 4)
  • Kompagnietor , an old city ​​gate to the harbor (Schiffbrücke 12)
  • Hansens Brewery , an inn with a brewery, in which the Rumhaus Sonnberg used to be (Schiffbrücke 16)
  • Fahnen-Fischer is a traditional flag shop that also sells flags for the city of Flensburg. (Ship bridge 23)
  • Oluf-Samson-Gang , a corridor that leads off the ship's bridge. At the lower end of the corridor there is a very old pub with Uncle Jule .
  • Kaysers Hof , a former hotel building that served as a brothel from 1981 until the 1990s (Schiffbrücke 32). After requests and discussions in the town hall regarding a 4-star hotel, a new hotel was set up in the old red light district. The discotheque Speicher in the back yard was the first to be demolished despite the positive image. From the front area, the building, which previously served as an Eroscenter, is to be converted to accommodate the guests. The buildings next to it are supposed to be used for administration, lounges etc.
  • Herrenstall , historic lane that leads from the ship bridge and where the lords (knights) of Duburg are said to have had their horses.
  • Schifffahrtsmuseum Flensburg , museum for shipping, especially for the Flensburgs (ship bridge 39)
  • Museumswerft Flensburg , small shipyard, especially for old and museum ships, as well as for replicas of old ships (Schiffbrücke 43)
  • Red lantern , a former nightclub with erotic - theater that had opened up in the 1970s. After years of vacancy, the building was renovated in 2007 by the Höft construction company and the Rote Laterne courtyard and development were added, where Bequa, an employment and qualification company funded by the Federal Employment Agency and the job center , was located. (The red lantern is in the ship bridge 47)
  • Max-Disco , After the extensive renovation of a modern post-war building for the traditional Uldall department store, which has long since ceased to exist, the Tower disco was built around the beginning of the 1990s. Today's Max-Disco is located at their address (Schiffbrücke 50).
  • Volksbad Flensburg , an event center (Schiffbrücke 67)
  • Parking area at the ship bridge , it serves as a multi-purpose area. During port festivals, hot dog and snack stalls and other stands are set up there.
  • Flensburg Harbor Railway, the Flensburg railway system that opens up the port.

  • On the left the Kaysers Hof , built around 1850 , which served as an Eroscenter for a long time . In the building on the right there was the Lokal Journal and an American Table Dance Bar. (Photo 2013, before renovation and new building)

  • The unrenovated nightclub Rote Laterne 2006. In this condition, it also served as a film motif in the feature film The Blue Border .

  • The red lantern in 2013 in today's renovated condition

  • Sailmaker or flag fisherman in one of the old historical buildings on the street (Schiffbrücke 23)

  • The Speicher , Schiffbrücke 32c was a well-known nightclub in the city for many years (Photo 2014)

Web links

Commons : Schiffbrücke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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Coordinates: 54 ° 47 '22.3 "  N , 9 ° 26' 2.5"  E