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Hanseatic City of Rostock - A Travel Guide
City Harbor
Relics of a bygone era
A city by the water without a harbor? That's not possible, even though Rostock's actual harbor is now located in Warnemünde. The city harbor is the historic harbor of the Hanseatic city. During the Hanseatic era, trade via the Rostock harbor primarily took place in the Baltic Sea region with Scandinavia and the Baltics, with beer being a central commodity.
View over the Warnow river
As Atlantic (over)sea trade became increasingly important and the Hanseatic League lost significance, the city harbor also declined in importance. In the second half of the 19th century, it experienced a brief revival and expansion, for example, for coal transshipment. However, after the commissioning of the overseas harbor at Breitling near the Warnow estuary in 1960, the harbor finally lost all significance for maritime trade.
View of the theater in the city harbor
Today, the city harbor is a leisure promenade featuring restaurants, a theater, marina, museum harbor, and more. The old repurposed warehouses on the silo peninsula stand tall and are visible from afar. Although many old harbor facilities have been dismantled, some cranes remain, such as a portal crane from 1952 at the former coal quay, and an old railway at the historic and protected, now restored locomotive shed from 1853 at the freight station reminds us of a turbulent past.
Portal crane from 1952 at the former coal quay
Several larger ships are moored at the quay, including the "MS Stubnitz," a former refrigerated ship launched in 1964 as part of the GDR's deep-sea fishing fleet. After renovations, it is now used as an event venue and visits other harbor locations. Since 2009, the "Stephan Jantzen," formerly Germany's largest icebreaker built in Leningrad, has also been docked in Rostock. The ship, which was commissioned in 1968 and decommissioned in 2005, can be visited as well. The converted former cargo and training ship "MS Georg Büchner," moored at another quay, serves as a floating hotel and youth hostel. It first touched water in 1950.
"Stephan Jantzen," formerly Germany's largest icebreaker
The large open spaces of the city harbor area are used for circuses and major events like the Hansesail. Those who want to venture out onto the water can also embark on a harbor tour or head to Warnemünde from here.
Contact Information:
Kapitän Olaf Schütt e. K.
Rostocker Personenschifffahrt
Wossidlo Straße 5
18147 Rostock
Phone: +49 (0)381 / 699962
Mobile: +49 (0)171 4240354
Email: info@rostocker-flotte.de
www.rostocker-flotte.de
Passenger Shipping
Fahrgastschifffahrt Thomas Schütt e.K.
Klaus-Groth-Str.2e
18147 Rostock
Phone: +49 (0)381 / 6372654
Mobile: +49 (0)173 9179178
Email: info@hafenrundfahrten-in-rostock.de
www.hafenrundfahrten-in-rostock.de
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Active holiday featuring cycling and hiking
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