Maritime School Bremerhaven
The Bremerhaven Seafaring School was a department and later an institute of the Seafaring School of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen in Geestemünde .
history
A navigation school was established in 1879 in Bussestrasse, on the top of the dike at the entrance to the commercial port . In 1884 it became the municipal technical center . Located at the pier of the Blexen ferry built in 1910 , it has been called the Geestemünde Maritime School since 1916 . In 1934 it became the United Seafaring and Maritime Engineers School Wesermünde and in 1938 the Reich Seafaring School Wesermünde-Cuxhaven . In 1944 the building burned down. In 1952 a new building was built at the same location. From 1947, the seafaring school was the Bremerhaven department of the Bremen seafaring school .
After the Second World War , many nautical officers had moved into other professions or became too old for seafaring . Between 1952 and 1959, however, the number of ships flying the German flag doubled. This resulted in an increasing shortage of navigators on the Great Voyage. In Bremerhaven and its surroundings some seafarers still wanted to take part in a nautical course; However, since they could not afford to attend a school outside of Germany, the desire arose to hold courses for the Great Voyage at Department B of the Seafaring School of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen in Bremerhaven. The city administration and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry gave their best support. On April 8, 1953, the first course to become a sea helmsman on a long voyage (A5) and on October 5, 1953 a course to become a master on a long voyage (A6) began. In 1954 there were six courses, two of them for A6. In 1958 a two-semester A5 course was set up for future helmsmen . The third semester and the acquisition of the certificate of proficiency as a navigator on long voyages could be made up after two years of driving time. In 1960 the school offered training courses for the A6, A5, A4, B5, A2, B2 patents and courses for acquiring the special maritime radio certificate.
extension
After six more teachers had been hired, the ship engineering school moved into its new building on August 1, 1960 at Columbusstrasse 21. The space that became free was used by the seafaring school. The observation terrace and the planetarium , which were also available to general schools and the adult education center , were built in the 1961 extension, which was nevertheless necessary . It was renewed in 2010 and is open to the general public.
In 1965 the break hall, the room for the radar simulator , new work rooms and an extension of the observation terrace followed. The rooms on the Weser side in the basement were prepared for teaching chemistry and seamanship .
The way to college
In the 1960s, students in higher technical schools felt they were disadvantaged compared to those with similar training in other EU countries. They demanded a six-semester training course. After years of preparation and with the significant involvement of the two departments and the Bremer Oberseefahrtschuldirektor, the German maritime schools agreed in autumn 1967 on new teaching objectives and curricula . In 1968 the seafaring school and all other higher technical schools in the state of Free Hanseatic City of Bremen were converted into academies .
The Bremen University of Applied Sciences Act of 1970 led to the renaming of the Nautical Academy in Bremen University of Applied Sciences with the Bremerhaven Institute . In September 1970 the self-governing bodies , the general assembly and the academic council were constituted. In the late summer of 1970 the German Bundestag passed the new ship manning and training ordinance (SBAO), which initially determined the work of these bodies. In heated discussions about teaching methods and contents, the students wanted an education beyond the purely maritime-related subjects in order to improve their career prospects. At the same time, it was feared that the introduction of the new certificate of competency for the "medium voyage" according to the SBAO would narrow the scope of the A6 masters. Finally, it was agreed on 6 semesters for captain on large voyage (AG), 4 semesters for captain on medium voyage (AM), 3 semesters for captain on small voyage (AK) and 4 semesters for captain in large deep sea fishing (BG). The first six-semester course left the Bremerhaven Institute in June 1973. The graduates were allowed to call themselves qualified nautical experts. In order to enable the AM captains to obtain the AG certificate of competence and thus the university degree, new training opportunities were created with the Federal Ministry of Transport . With them, the Bremerhaven Institute of the Bremen University of Nautical Sciences made itself a pioneer for Germany. In 1975 it released its first graduates.
Struggle for independence
As more and more ships have been flagged out since 1972 , the number of AG applicants and soon also those interested in the other courses sank throughout West Germany . Therefore it was considered to move the nautical and mechanical training to Bremen. One could successfully oppose this on the part of the school and the city; because in the meantime two completely new courses had been developed, namely transport and industrial and supply engineering . The two departments (nautical engineering and marine engineering) therefore wanted to restore the organizational independence that they had before the Second World War. The endeavors were successful with the establishment of the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences on September 1, 1975.
management
Directors and Heads
- 1879–1903: Adolf Jungclaus, captain
- 1904–1910: Joachim Prahm
- 1910–1916: Franz Kornmehl
- 1918–1921: Leopold Fellmer
- 1921–1922: Otto Steppes , then director in Hamburg
- 1922–1925: Berthold Soeken, then director in Altona
- 1925–1933: Wilhelm Reuter, captain, previously Aabenraa and Leer, then director in Altona
- 1933–1934: Gerhard Zwiebler, then director in Leer and Stettin
- 1934–1939: Carl Dittmer, then director in Leer
- 1939–1945: August Fleschner, Korvettenkapitän d. R. in the Navy
- 1946–1951: Julius Preuss
- 1951–1963: Martin Berger
- 1963–1971: Karl Terheyden
- 1971–1975: Erwin Mücke
Permanent representative of the Oberseefahrtschuldirektor in Bremen
- 1947–1948: Karl Heidtmann
- 1948–1950: August Fleschner
- 1950–1956: Chief marine instructor Wilhelm Ahrenholz (1888–1956)
- 1957–1963: Senior teacher Dr.-Ing. Karl Terheyden, afterwards Head of the Upper Sea Shipping School in Bremen
- 1963–1965: Senior teacher Georg Kuester
- 1965–1971: Senior teacher Friedrich-Wilhelm Krieger
- 1971–1975: Prof. Frerich van Dieken
Directors and directors of the School of Naval Engineers and Marine Engineers
- 1884–1887: Director Benedix
- 1887–1921: Director Brockshus
- 1921–1926: Director Prof. Schneider
- 1903–1926: Chief marine engineer Eckhard, head of the machinist school
- 1926–1927: Chief marine engineer Dietrich, head of the machinist school
- 1927–1930: Director Reuter
- 1930–1932: Director Dittmer
- 1932–1938: Ship engineer Storck
- 1938–1946: Senior building officer Starke
- 1946–1952: Senior building officer Fehsenfeld
- 1952–1956: Kehdenburg building officer
- 1956–1964: Schliekau building officer
- 1964–1972: Rabien graduate engineer
- 1972–1975: Schaffer graduate engineer
swell
- Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of nautical training in Bremerhaven . October 14, 1979
- Harry Gabcke and others: Bremerhaven in two centuries . I. Vol .: 1827-1918, p. 120; II. Vol .: 1919-1947; III. Vol .: 1948-1991, pp. 133, 177, 181, Nwd-Verlag, Bremerhaven 1989-1992.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The ship engineering department later developed from the ship engineering school
- ↑ Operation for Information Technology Bremerhaven ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ BBS
- ^ Otto Steppes in the DNB
- ↑ Berthold Soeken in the DNB
- ↑ Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences
- ^ Library of the University of Bremen
