Sonwik

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Water houses in Sonwik (photo 2007)
Sonwik with the white Tirpitz barracks, the main building of the torpedo station of the Imperial Navy from 1901–1902 (photo 2014)
Combat swimmers during an exercise in the base area of ​​today's Sonwik (Photo: 1984)
The Sonwik harbor district from the water (2014)
Sonwik from the water, with buildings used by the military in the background and Tower Lee on the right side of the picture (2014)
Promenade at Marina Sonwik with former naval buildings and the two skyscrapers Luv and Lee (2015)

The Sonwik harbor district on Flensburg's inner fjord is the civilly inhabited, waterfront part of the Flensburg-Mürwik base in which the Mürwik naval school is also located. The 12.5 hectare area largely includes the facilities of the former naval base Flensburg-Mürwik . It belongs to the district of Mürwik and essentially consists of the Marina Sonwik, bordered by 20 water houses that are recognized nationwide, and a waterfront promenade with former naval buildings on the land side, which are in the style of the north German brick neo-Gothic .

etymology

The name is derived from the North Frisian Son for sun and Wik for bay , which means about sun bay . However, the view from the promenade over the water is not directed to the south, but to the west to northwest, the point on the horizon where the sun sets . The area used to be sometimes called Klein-Westerland . The name Sonwik came into being after the conversion in the 1990s.

history

Klein-Westerland

In the 1870s, the people of Flensburg began to use parts of what is now the southern area of ​​Sonwik as a bathing beach. In contrast to the Baltic seaside resort on the other side of the fjord, no entry was required. In addition, it was closer to downtown Flensburg than solitude , which only emerged as a further alternative on the east bank of the fjord in the 1920s. In analogy to Westerland on Sylt , the said area was called Klein Westerland . The public bathing beach existed until the 1930s. During this time, the navy took over the beach area and built it.

Use by the navy until the end of the war in 1945

At the beginning of the 20th century, the navy built the torpedo station on the area above the Fördehang (1901/1902), which served as the Imperial Torpedo School. The two barracks buildings (Tirpitz barracks and Maaß barracks) of the torpedo station have been structurally modified, they are located on Torpedostraße, which was named on October 2, 1914. The neighboring area to the north, which Sonwik borders today, was also taken over. On the aforementioned northern site, builder Adalbert Kelm built the naval school as the naval academy of the Imperial Navy for Kaiser Wilhelm II, based on the Marienburg as a model from 1907 to 1910 . The construction of the castle is also called "naval castle" as well as "red castle by the sea".

The naval port was later used by the Reich and Kriegsmarine as a training facility for naval officers . In the 1930s the naval port of Mürwik was heavily rebuilt and expanded. The naval base grew in the 1930s in the form of large brick buildings southwards to Ziegeleistraße, so that the Klein-Westerland beach disappeared. In addition, a large number of buildings were erected above the torpedo station during this time, which is how the news school came into being . On May 28, 1936, Adolf Hitler made a top secret visit to Mürwik. The dictator traveled with the Aviso Grille and took part in the night torpedo shooting of the armored ship Admiral Graf Spee , which arrived at the same time . Four years earlier, Hitler had already been to Flensburg (see Adolf Hitler's campaign appearance in the Flensburg stadium in 1932 ).

At the end of the Second World War , Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz , who had been appointed Reich President and successor by Hitler shortly before his suicide, together with other members of the government as well as generals, commanders, SS officers and party functionaries used the military area with the naval school (at that time the " Mürwik Special Area ") as the seat of government until the time when he was arrested by the British Army along with the other persons mentioned. The naval port was closed in a row.

Civil use phase after the war

In the post-war period, the neighboring naval school was initially used as a military hospital, as a college of education (1946–1959) and by the customs school in Flensburg (1950–1956). The neighboring marine sports school has been administered by the city since 1947 and served as a civilian sports facility until 1957. The Mürwiker naval port should also be used for civilian purposes. At the. On October 4, 1947, the Flensburg export sample show was opened there. By December 15 of the year, 172 companies were exhibiting their goods there. A total of 70,000 visitors, including 7,000 foreign, mainly Danish visitors, attended the first trade fair season. Export contracts have been concluded for a total value of around US $ 20 million. In the following years the knife was less successful. The Hanover export fair prevailed. In 1951 the Flensburger Messe-Gesellschaft GmbH was liquidated.

From May 5, 1952, the Bonte barracks building in the southern part of Sonwik was used by the Federal Motor Transport Authority . Between 1961 and 1965, a new, larger building was built at Fördestraße 16, east of the Naval School, which the Federal Motor Transport Authority moved into in 1965, so that the Bonte barracks became free for subsequent military use.

Use by the German Navy

With the establishment of the German Navy in the 1950s, largely military use began again in the area of ​​the Flensburg-Mürwik base . Since November 1956, marines have been trained in the naval school by the then newly founded German Navy (from 1990 German Navy ). The naval port was also reopened in the 1950s.

At the beginning of the 1990s, political change in the East led to military détente in Europe. The German Navy gave up the Flensburg base after some time due to the lack of threat from the east and the restructuring initiated after reunification . A large part of the military properties has therefore been released since 1993. In 1998 the Mürwiker naval port was finally abandoned by the German armed forces. The boat harbor of the Mürwik Naval School was not given up

Origin of today's Sonwik

In 2002, four private investors began to renovate the listed marine buildings. At that time, the area, in the construction of which 100 million euros were invested, was given its new name. The first units were occupied in summer 2003. The investors also converted the captain's house for residential purposes and a casino building and as a residential and commercial building. In addition, investors in Sonwik built water houses with a 360 ° panoramic view. Among other things, they also renovated the medical supply store house 11 . The 4-star Marina Sonwik was created. Today it has around 370 berths.

investment

Former naval building

Sonwik is easily accessible via the four-lane road from Kielseng. The Sonwik naval buildings were registered as cultural monuments of the Mürwik district and are therefore subject to strict monument protection requirements. They are used as office and commercial space as well as condominiums. After the conversion, various companies moved into the building. Among other things, the company Bauplan Nord, which is very active in Flensburg, and which made a significant contribution to the renovation of Sonwik.

Water houses

On the outer moles of the port there are modern water houses , some of which also include private jetties that may only be used by the owners or tenants. In 2014 there were plans to build another, at the same time larger, water house on the northern, previously undeveloped pier, which led to the fact that a new development plan was being considered for the said northern pier at Sonwik.

Windward and Lee

In addition to the existing buildings, the investors erected two 40-meter-high L-shaped new buildings, each called windward and lee . The north of the two towers is lee (north tower) and the south windward (south tower). From the opposite side of the water you can see leeward on the left and windward on the right. Soon after its construction, the Lee restaurant was set up in the north tower, and it still exists today. A Sea Help breakdown service for ships is one of the long-standing activities of the Sonwiker Hafen .

Marina Sonwik

The Marina Sonwik is located on the east side of the Flensburg inner fjord, near Kielseng . A promenade at the marina connects the site with downtown Flensburg. The marina, which has been operated by Flensburger Yacht-Service (FYS) since 2016, has 365 berths. Among them, 350 places have been assigned to permanent guests, 30 of which act as charterers. Due to the water depth of over 5 m, ships up to 75 feet in length can also use the port facility. The approach to the marina is unproblematic day and night, as fairway buoys are laid and the entrance is illuminated. A boat filling station and a three-ton crane are located on the marina premises. The port facility is owned by a Sonwik investor group made up of the companies Bauplan Nord , IGA-Haus and Densch & Schmidt . Sonwik is home to the only port area in the Flensburg Fjord with four stars.

Panorama picture Marina Sonwik, 2015

Ferry connection

With the MS Flora II, there is now a small ship connection between the Flensburg inner harbor and Sonwik.

Sonwik seaplane station

At the beginning of the 21st century, a seaplane station was established at Sonwik. Originally there was a seaplane city from the imperial era near Fahrensodde , which is not far away . This sea ​​flying lair in Fahrensodde was given up after the Second World War . Nowadays, airlines from the Flensburg-Schäferhaus airfield use Sonwik Bay as a water landing pad . Originally, these flights were only offered by Clipper Aviation . In January 2015, Baltic Seaplane took over seaplane operations.

Gastronomy and Hotel James

Today there are restaurants at various Sonwik locations. The Hotel James is located in the heating plant and workshop building to the north. The hotel opened in July 2020.

Sonwiker Fördewald

At the Sonwiker Fördewald in winter 2015

In Sonwik there is also a protected forest area , which extends over the Fördehang between Swinemünder Straße and Ziegeleistraße ( location ). This Sonwik Fördewald is possibly a remnant of the Mürwiker Park , a forerunner of the Volkspark . The formerly much-visited park with its “hilly, rugged terrain” offered visitors, among other things, a “sacred spring”. However, such a source is no longer recognizable in the area today. However, due to the procurement of the soil, water accumulations in the soil are possible in various places. No documents have been preserved about an original network of paths, but here and there trails can be seen in the forest floor. With its formation, the terrain shows a slight resemblance to the Cäcilienschlucht . The Sonwiker Fördewald is apparently hardly maintained today and is visually overgrown.

Public works of art

Sculpture pair of dog and man in Sonwik (January 2015)

Public works of art were set up at various points in Sonwik , for example a pair of sculptures made of dog and man by the sculptor Jonas Kötz from the island of Krautsand in 2009 . The sculptures mainly focus on the couple relationship. The idea was that the works of art should correspond with the two residential towers Lee and Luv. In 2009 the sculpture “For Two in the Wind” by the sculptor Tietze Schmuck was also installed.

Individual evidence

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  2. a b c d Timo Lindemann: Sonwik has become Flensburg's flagship location. In: The world . January 16, 2010, accessed January 10, 2015 .
  3. See Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! , Flensburg 2009, article: Sonwik
  4. a b c Andreas Oeding, Broder Schwensen, Michael Sturm: Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! , Flensburg 2009, article: Klein Westerland
  5. ^ Lutz Wilde: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein. Volume 2, Flensburg, p. 550
  6. On a photo of Klein-Westerland from the 1930s, today's red-brick buildings can be seen, with the exception of the Lee and Luv towers, the casino building , the Bonte barracks and the parking lot next to the barracks. According to the photo, the beach was clearly visible in this area, which was not built up until later. The photo was also cited in the book Flexikon. 725 aha experiences from Flensburg! released.
  7. ^ Lutz Wilde : Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein, Volume 2, Flensburg, page 544
  8. ^ Lutz Wilde : Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein, Volume 2, Flensburg, page 544
  9. See Flensburg street names. Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article Torpedostraße.
  10. ^ Lutz Wilde: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein. Volume 2, Flensburg, p. 550
  11. See Flensburger Tageblatt : 1284 to 2009: Die Stadtchronik , from: January 1, 2009; Retrieved on: January 12, 2015
  12. The exact place at which Hitler's ship was in Mürwik was apparently not explicitly handed down.
  13. Flensburg Journal : When Adelsby was still a village , from: February 23, 2018; accessed on: February 23, 2018
  14. Harald Sandner: Hitler - Das Itinerar (Volume III): Places of residence and journeys from 1889 to 1945 - Volume III: 1934-1939 . Berlin Story Verlag, 2017,
  15. Hitler at the Marineschule Mürwik in 1936 and Hitler at the König-Wilhelm-Brücke in 1936 , each accessed on: February 28, 2018
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  18. ^ Writings of the Society for Flensburg City History (ed.): Flensburg in history and present . Flensburg 1972, p. 410.
  19. Flensburger Tageblatt : 150 years of Flensburger Tageblatt: Departure with the Flensburger Messe , accessed on: August 4, 2015; accessed on: September 9, 2018
  20. a b 50 Years of the Federal Motor Transport Authority 1951–2001. ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2014 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. PDF, accessed December 15, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kba.de
  21. Eiko Wenzel, Henrik Gram: Zeitzeichen, Architektur in Flensburg, 2015, page 132 f.
  22. Yacht charter Baltic Sea. Marina Sonwik , accessed: March 2, 2018
  23. Flensburger Tageblatt : Sonwik: Competition for the north pier continues , March 7, 2014; Retrieved on: January 12, 2015
  24. ^ A b Joachim Pohl: Yachtsport: New operator for Marina Sonwik. March 2, 2016, accessed March 3, 2016 .
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  26. ^ Baltic Seaplane. Sea flight in Flensburg , accessed on: January 20, 202ß
  27. Water sightseeing flights with the seaplane. Baltic Seaplane , accessed on: June 14, 2017
  28. Clipper Aviation. Sightseeing flights over Flensburg and the fjord , accessed on: June 15, 2017
  29. ^ Baltic Seaplane. Water flights , accessed on: February 16, 2020
  30. The opening was actually planned for April 2020. However , this was not possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Cf. Flensburger Tageblatt : Flensburg-Sonwik: The hotel "James" celebrates the topping-out ceremony , from: September 12, 2019; accessed on: February 15, 2020
  31. ^ Official announcement on the development plan for the senior center Swinemünder Straße , page 14, from: April 15, 2015; Retrieved on: December 19, 2015
  32. ^ Flensburg-Online. Looking at the forest in the direction of Sonwik , accessed on: June 23, 2017
  33. ^ Lutz Wilde: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany, cultural monuments in Schleswig-Holstein. Volume 2, Flensburg, page 554
  34. Ludwig Rohling u. a .: Art monuments of the city of Flensburg. Munich 1955, page 550
  35. ^ Official announcement on the development plan for the senior center Swinemünder Straße , page 16, from: April 15, 2015; Retrieved on: December 19, 2015
  36. ^ Official announcement on the development plan for the senior citizen center Swinemünder Straße , page 15, from: April 15, 2015; Retrieved on: December 19, 2015
  37. ^ Official announcement on the development plan for the senior center Swinemünder Straße , page 16, from: April 15, 2015; Retrieved on: December 19, 2015
  38. Flensburger Tageblatt : Two bulbous noses for Sonwik , accessed on: July 15, 2009; accessed on: September 9, 2018
  39. Flensburger Tageblatt : Two in the Wind: New Sculpture in Sonwik , October 20, 2009; Retrieved on: January 12, 2015

literature

Web links

Commons : Sonwik  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Sonwik.de (site of the construction project)

Coordinates: 54 ° 48 ′ 36.6 ″  N , 9 ° 27 ′ 17.9 ″  E