Shipyards in Bardenfleth

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The shipyards in Bardenfleth were built in Bardenfleth in Stedinger Land from 1800; there were various small wooden shipyards; today Bardenfleth is a district of Berne (27804).

Lower Weser area with the Stedinger Land
Typical shipyard for the construction of wooden ships around 1870 on the Weser
Sea rescue cruiser with daughter boat Nils Randers of the 23-meter class from the Schweers shipyard
The premises of the Fassmer shipyard seen from the Weser

history

In seafaring , river and lake fishing , which began around 1800 , farmer sons who were not entitled to inheritance found profitable work. Some rose to become helmsmen or captains , took part in small sailing or fishing ships and later founded small shipping companies . In winter, the ships were often overhauled and repaired in-house, and so in Bardenfleth, Motzen and other settlements such as B. Hammelwarden and Brake on the Weser repair sites and also simple shipbuilding sites ( Lastadie ). In Stedinger Land , Bardenfleth was a center of these developments due to its ideal location on the Weser.

Today's development

Most of the shipyards listed in the table have only built a few ships and have been abandoned. For a long time, wood was the dominant building material for ships, it was available almost everywhere and common “hand tools” were used for processing. The transition from timber to iron and steel shipbuilding made it difficult for the remaining shipyards to survive. The ship and boat yard Gebr. Schürenstedt was closed in 1979/80. The Schweers ship and boat yard was taken over by the Lürssen shipyard and operated as Lürssen-Bardenfleth until it was closed in 2011. Only the Fassmer shipyard in Bardenfleth has remained independent .

Shipyards in Bardenfleth

Surname Period Location comment
Diedrich Oltmanns 1781-1870 Bardfleth Dierk Focke built around 60 sailors by 1860, his sons continued to run the shipyard
Klaus Eickhoff 1820-1854 Bardfleth
Focke shipyards 1825-1884 Bardfleth
Mrs. A. Röfer 1828-1852 Bardfleth Mrs. A. Röfer was mainly active as a shipowner , besides building 5 - 6 coastal sailors
Johann Harde 1828-1831 Bardfleth J. Harde built only a few small coastal sailors
Frerich Balleer 1830-1954 Bardfleth F. Balleer built a few small coastal sailors in Bardenfleth
Martin Oltmanns 1830-1838 Bardfleth Martin Oltmanns built 3 - 4 coastal sailors
Hinrich Schürenstedt 1834-1980 Bardfleth Hinrich Schürenstedt starts building boats, especially lifeboats , followed by barges , fishing trawlers , freighters and container ships up to 2500 GRT
Martin Schweers 1836-2001 Bardfleth Initially, the Schweers family built coastal sailors, fishing ships and later torpedo fishing boats, and they become famous for their rescue cruisers . The shipyard was taken over by the Lürssen Group in 2001 .
Menke Meyer 1847-1863 Bardfleth
Anton Brüning 1851-1969 Bardfleth
Johann Hinrich Ficke 1853-1938 Bardfleth

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