Ton yard Bremerhaven
The shipping signs in the Outer Weser are maintained and deployed from the Bremerhaven buoy yard . The buoy yard at the mouth of the Geeste in Bremerhaven belonged to the buoy and beacon office in Bremen , founded in 1876, and to the water and shipping office Bremerhaven (WSA) after the Second World War . Since April 8, 2019, it has been part of the newly created waterways and shipping authority Weser-Jade-Nordsee .
history
The oldest written record of fairway markings in the city of Bremen dates from June 16, 1410, when Bremen signed a peace treaty with the Rüstringen chiefs Edo Wiemken , Lübbe and Memme Sibet. The Bremen merchants were responsible for the buoy system in the Weser until 1849, represented by the parents in Bremen and then until 1876 the Bremen Chamber of Commerce .
From the buoy and beacon office until today
From March 6, 1876 to 1921, the buoy and beacon office was responsible. This was a joint state authority of the three neighboring states on the Lower and Outer Weser consisting of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen , the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg and the Kingdom of Prussia , represented by the Province of Hanover . The seat of the new office was the barrel yard.
From 1921, the Reich Ministry of Transport of the German Reich in Berlin took over this task, represented by the Reich Waterways Administration . In 1950 the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) took over this function, represented by the Northwest Waterways and Shipping Directorate (WSD) in Aurich and the Bremerhaven Waterways and Shipping Authority (WSA) on the Geeste. The first major project of the new authority was the Roter Sand lighthouse , which was built from 1881 to 1885 in the Outer Weser.
The service and administration buildings, the workshops and the barrel yard are located on the premises of the WSA Bremerhaven. At the quay are the special ships, such as the buoy layers and the control and surveying ships , as well as the rescue cruiser Hermann Rudolf Meyer of the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked People (DGzRS) stationed in Bremerhaven .
The barrel yard consists of the barrel shed and the other sheds. The brick barrel hall, which is still preserved today, was built between 1909 and 1910 according to plans by building officer Rudolf Rudloff and master builder Paul Beck. The three coats of arms of Bremen, Oldenburg and Prussia on the gable of the barrel hall facing away from the Geeste are reminiscent of the old buoy and beacon office .
Until the First World War and in the years 1882 and 1906 to 1909, the Tonhof was expanded into what was then a modern facility. Even after that, there were repeated extensions and modifications.
The WSA, founded in 1949, built various lighthouses , such as the Alte Weser lighthouse in 1965 and the Tegeler Plate lighthouse in 1966, and deepened the Outer Weser to 14 meters.
On April 8, 2019, the WSA Bremerhaven was merged with the neighboring WSA Bremen and Wilhelmshaven to form the new WSA Weser-Jade-Nordsee .
Monument protection
In 2000 the barrel shed was placed under monument protection.
literature
- Werner Kirschstein: Seaside City of Bremerhaven. Historic buildings of a port city . Bremerhaven 2001.
- Andreas Schubert: The history of the water and shipping office . Waterways and Shipping Administration in Bremerhaven, In: Festschrift 125 Years 1876–2001 , Bremerhaven 2001.
- Friedrich Walther: From the convoye department to the water and shipping directorate . In: The Weser , Bremerhaven 1956.
- Nordsee-Zeitung of March 7, 2001
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christina Deggim: Inflated and run down. Sea buoys and beacons in sources of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce. In: Historical Society Bremen (ed.): Bremisches Jahrbuch . Volume 79, pp. 73-115, Bremen 2000, ISSN 0341-9622
Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 16.9 " N , 8 ° 34 ′ 53.8" E