Heringsdorf pier

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Heringsdorf pier, pier 2013
Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge, general view around 1900 ( photochromic print ), burned down in 1957

The Heringsdorf pier in Heringsdorf on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom is the longest pier in Germany with a length of 508 m .

history

Its predecessor in Heringsdorf was the 500-meter-long Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge built in wood from 1891 to 1893 on behalf of the Seebad Heringsdorf public limited company . This was designed with turrets and colonnades and housed numerous restaurants and shops. According to the design of the Berlin architect Johannes Lange, the pier was built by the Wolgaster Actien-Gesellschaft für Holzverarbeitung . The construction drawings are in the Greifswald State Archives . In 1903 the pier was supplemented by a lateral pier for coastal passenger ships, the so-called ODIN bridge .

After the Second World War , the bridge was hardly used and maintained. The buildings on the beach were soon demolished. On June 27, 1958, a fire destroyed the now dilapidated pier. Two youths were convicted of arson.

The current bridge was built in 1995, around 50 meters next to the location of its predecessor and around 50 meters longer. About 300 meters of the 508 meter long structure is a covered pier built on stilts over the water of the Baltic Sea. At the end of the pier is a restaurant with an eye-catching, pyramid-shaped roof. The last few meters of the bridge lead down to the pier, from which excursion boats connect Heringsdorf with other seaside resorts. On land, the pier begins with a complex of buildings that houses a shell museum , a cinema , restaurants, shops and holiday apartments.

Extension of the Heringsdorf pier to the marina

An extension of the pier with a marina was planned over several years. This should create 150 berths, 30 holiday apartments and a restaurant. This variant was initially discarded in November 2012 for financial reasons, as public funding of over 20 million euros is currently not feasible according to the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Ministry of Economics .

As an alternative, the construction of a marina with 360 berths on Lake Schloonsee in Bansin is proposed, which is currently being examined (status: July 2013).

See also

Web links

Commons : Heringsdorf pier  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Spalink: Heringsdorf Stories: History and stories about the seaside resort Heringsdorf on the island of Usedom. Edited by Werner Molik. Strandhotel Heringsdorf, Heringsdorf 2011, pp. 41–46 ( digital copy , pdf; 2.4 MB).
  2. ^ Wolfgang Müller: Pier on the Pomeranian coast: 1885-1945. Sundwerbung, Barth, 2004, ISBN 978-3-939155-03-4 .
  3. ↑ Mega-Marina in Heringsdorf remains a dream. In: nordkurier.de . November 30, 2012, archived from the original on July 3, 2013 ; accessed on June 3, 2020 : “In July 2012 revised plans for a slimmed-down version of the marina at the Heringsdorf pier with 150 berths, restaurants and 30 holiday apartments were presented. After talks in the Schwerin Ministry of Economics, the Heringsdorf town hall chief Lars Petersen (independent) is now finally taking the wind out of the sails of the advocates of the prestige project: 'Experts and administration do not see an outer port under the current conditions as feasible.' The public sector cannot currently cope with an investment volume of more than 20 million euros. There is also another serious problem: 'The pier is privately owned'. This puts the project on hold for the time being - much to the annoyance of the investor. 'That is a shame', thinks the Hamburg project developer Friedrich Münzel [...] "
  4. ↑ Marina: Municipality is examining feasibility for the region. In: Ostsee-Zeitung.de . June 28, 2013, archived from the original on July 3, 2013 ; retrieved on June 3, 2020 : “The Heringsdorf community wants to investigate whether a sailing port at Lake Schloonsee on Usedom is feasible. 'Everyone knows we need a marina on the outer coast. Otherwise a large clientele will sail past us, 'said the spa director Dietmar Gutsche. Nonetheless, the MPs engaged in a bitter discussion about this decision alone. Already in 2006 such a procedure failed by the local parliament. In the latest version, 60 berths are planned in the outer harbor, around 300 in the Seglerhafen, plus a marina passage, trades and shops. Vacation apartments and houses are to be eliminated. The investors Tankred Lenz and Wulf Böttger want to build around 50 million in the project. In the past 15 years, various locations for a sailing port have been examined. "
  5. ↑ Juergen Tittel: Marina Resort Heringsdorf / Bansin. In: architrend.de. City planning Leipzig, May 7, 2012, accessed on June 3, 2020 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 57 ′ 25.7 ″  N , 14 ° 10 ′ 19.1 ″  E