Hamburg Maritime Foundation
The Hamburg Maritime Foundation is a legal foundation based in Hamburg and was founded in 2001.
Emergence
The Hamburg Maritime Foundation has set itself the task of preserving evidence of the maritime history of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. It maintains and restores traditional ships , port railways and port facilities, their equipment and facilities, as well as structures that represent the history of the port of Hamburg and shipping . The aim is not only to preserve the objects, but to operate them in a functional manner and make them accessible to the general public.
It was founded by the Hamburgische Landesbank on the initiative of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. The Commerzcollegium Altona was one of the first sponsors. The work is continuously supported by the Friends of Maritime Heritage Hamburg e. V. "
The foundation is managed by a board of four . A board of trustees consisting of twelve people controls the board of directors and makes fundamental decisions. The advisory board includes a representative from each operating association and the harbor master, as well as a representative from the Hamburg Port Authority . Since 2015 a “steering committee” has been active as a permanent representative of the advisory board. Its members represent the advisory board in operational business.
tasks
The foundation is active in the fields of restoration, preservation and operation. The restoration of the historical objects requires a high level of expertise and care. To this end, the foundation works with shipyards and specialized companies, but also with training and funding institutions.
For many, the ships and the port itself are part of their own history. In the associations that operate the ships and facilities, this personal bond leads to a great deal of voluntary commitment to the preservation of the maritime heritage. Under the umbrella of the foundation, around 1,700 volunteers work for the maintenance and operation of the traditional ships and port railways as well as port facilities. Thanks to the volunteers who work in independent associations, the ships and a railcar of the port railway can also be experienced by everyone on public journeys.
Objects
The property has historically valuable ships that are underway or being restored.
Ships in motion
- Fishing Catarina
- Pilot Protector No. 5 Elbe
- Tugboat Fairplay VIII
- Besanewer Johanna
- Racing yacht Heti
- Offshore cutter Landrath Küster
- Schaarhörn steamship
- Süderelbe inspection boat
- Elbe fishing cutter Greta
- General cargo ship bleaching
Lying objects
- Freighter Hermann
- Alster bucket chain excavator
- Port launch in Porto Alegre
- Salvage steamer Taucher Flint III
Ships under restoration
Port facilities and quay sheds
The 50s sheds in Australiastraße are among Hamburg's oldest preserved port facilities and are the last remaining wharf sheds from the imperial era. When the building complex was completed in 1910, it was a figurehead of the Hamburg port industry and was considered the most modern port facility of the time. The construction method of the storage shed was groundbreaking for the economic handling of goods, while aspects of the social reform were taken into account for the first time with the associated company buildings.
In 2002, the foundation took over the 50s shed from HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Lagerhaus (today: Logistik) AG and from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg on condition that they be restored entirely from their own resources. This saved the historic buildings from demolition. The 50s sheds are now a listed building.
Even today, the 50s sheds are operated by commercially active warehouse keepers who store goods and spices there. The Hamburg Harbor Museum is located in Shed 50A .
Port railway
The foundation also includes track systems and track vehicles that were created by the “Verein der Historische Hafenbahn e. V. "are operated. The port railway has been the most important connection between the port and the hinterland since the second half of the 19th century and is therefore still an indispensable part of the monument ensemble today. Historical goods handling is carried out on the tracks at various events, for example between historical trucks, the port railway and the general cargo ship BLEICHEN.
The inventory of the historic port railway comprises a total of 29 vehicles, including two steam storage locomotives, workshop cars, various freight cars, a transport car with a hand crane from 1869, a trolley and the VT 4.42 rail bus. Every second Saturday of the month, the rail bus can be used to make journeys on the 300-kilometer HPA track.
Traditional shipping ports
Traditionsschiffhafen in the Sandtorhafen
The Sandtorhafen , the traditional ship port in the HafenCity , is Hamburg's oldest “modern” port basin. Its quay walls were restored in 2002 in accordance with listed buildings. The 5,600 m² and 380 m long pontoon facility there was opened in 2008 and serves as a pier for traditional ships. Up to 25 ships can moor here. Three historical access bridges serve to develop the facility, and three restored general cargo cranes have been set up on the Kaiserkai on the south bank of the harbor.
When it opened in 1866, the Sandtorhafen was the first artificially created port basin in Hamburg, in which ocean-going vessels could be handled alongside the quay. With the help of steam-driven cranes ("Brownian steam cranes"), the goods could be lifted from the holds of the ships directly into the quay sheds or placed on railway wagons or horse-drawn vehicles. This new transshipment concept revolutionized the transshipment of goods on sailing ships lying in the river, which had hitherto been more tranquil. Since then, the Sandtorhafen has been the nucleus of the "modern port".
Bremer Kai pier
In the middle of the former free port, in the Hansahafen, is the Bremer Kai pier. With this jetty, which went into operation in 2018, traditional ships from the Hamburg metropolitan region will have a fixed point of contact in the Port of Hamburg.
The pontoon facility is in close proximity to the historic 50s shed. The harbor basin of the Hansahafen was created in 1893. Barges run from the Bremer Kai pier to the St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, the Emigration Museum, the Elbphilharmonie and the Speicherstadt.
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Emigrant town on the Veddel
From 1900 , Albert Ballin had the Ballinstadt named after him built on the Veddel in Hamburg . For the emigrants who were transported on the ships of the then HAPAG , sleeping and living pavilions, dining halls, baths, churches, synagogues and rooms for medical examinations were built. The foundation developed the overall concept for the emigration museum.
