Beach hall (Bremerhaven)
The beach hall at Hermann-Heinrich-Meier-Straße 1 in Bremerhaven is a historic building that is used as a restaurant.
history
From 1911 the establishment of a waiting and dining hall for employees of the North German Lloyd was planned, who were mainly used in the pool service. The corresponding resolution was passed on August 13, 1912 by the Bremerhaven city council. Julius Hagedorn (1874–1943) was commissioned with the planning. Based on other Bremerhaven buildings, he designed a clinker brick building with an aquarium facility in the basement. The beach hall was completed in 1913.
Renovations were carried out in 1958 and 1966/67, which also led to structural changes to the beach hall. The building in need of renovation was closed from 1987 to 1989. During this time, among other things, the facade was renewed, the tower was raised and the interior of the building was redesigned. Since July 9, 1989, it has been used as a restaurant again. Three levels are available for this: on the ground floor there is a winter garden , the “Passat” restaurant, a bar and the “Captains Table”, on the first floor the “Lloyd” and “Columbus” salons and above that the tower room.
The North Sea Aquarium in the basement of the beach hall was the predecessor of today's zoo by the sea , which is located in the immediate vicinity of the beach hall. In 1928 a number of animal grottos were added, in which, among other things, polar bears, sea lions and seals were presented, but also exotic animals that sailors brought back from their voyages. These animal grottos were renamed "Zoo by the Sea" in the 1980s. After the threat of closure of the caves due to structural problems in the 1990s, extensive renovation was carried out, which gave the zoo its present form.
View from the Zoo by the Sea (2008)
View from the Weser (2009)
View from the Ferris wheel at the New Harbor (2020)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 38.9 " N , 8 ° 34 ′ 16.3" E