Hinrich-Wilhelm-Kopf caserne. The place I spent nearly 10 years of my life for “working”. Now this has obviously gotten down. Since more than 15 years no one is there anymore and this is truly visible. Curious what happens to that huge area when they close fully down in summer this year and try to sell […]
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Category: Cuxhaven
Everything around my hometown and the Cuxland
Cuxhaven: Kugelbake Landmark
From Wikipedia: The Kugelbake (German: Ball Beacon) is a historic aid to navigation in the city of Cuxhaven, Germany, at the northernmost point of Lower Saxony, where the River Elbe flows into the North Sea. In the Low German dialect of the Middle Ages, the term bake referred to all navigational aids – including lighthouses. About […]
Cuxhaven: Karstadt/Hertie Store
Finally, actually 2 times finally, they are tearing down the closed Karstadt/Hertie building in Cuxhaven. 2 times, because I finally found some time to have a closer look at the building pull down. Karstadt opened their store in Cuxhaven on September 28th 1960. At that time, it was a modern concrete building but nowadays this […]
Cuxhaven: Gaff Schooner “Hermine”
From Cuxpedia: The ship, located at Schleusenpriel, was build at the Hamburg shipyard Behrens in 1904. Until 1934 it was operating on the coastal routes in North and Baltic Seas, before it was sold to Sweden. In 1981 the ship was rediscovered in Sweden. At the turn of 1981/1982 the ship sank in the river […]
Cuxhaven: Berenscher Schedelstein
From the marker close to the stone: End of 14th century Hamburg acquired some territory at the spout of river Elbe (Amt Ritzebüttel) which is today mostly located within Cuxhaven. Part of this where also 5 small villages including Arensch and Berensch. The borderline to the neighbors in the south – county Wursten – was not […]
Cuxhaven: Windmill Betty in Lüdingworth
From Website “Niedersächsische Mühlenstrasse”: In the 18th Century the mill was owned by the family Bulle.. According to the local chronicle of Lüdingworth the mill was built in its present form 1902 to 1904. It belongs to the Dutch building type of tower mills, the cone is built with bricks as a rotunda from the […]
Cuxhaven 2013
Cuxhaven Harbor (2013-05-12) Some shots from the Marina area in Cuxhaven and the now unused CSC crane. Cuxhaven Harbor (2013-05-26) Seajack’s Leviathan and Eide Barge 33 Panama were present at the new part of the harbor to pick up some material for Offshore Windmills.. Cuxhaven Kugelbake (2013-09-05) Some shots midday in Cuxhaven Döse […]
Cuxhaven 2012
Cuxhaven Harbor (2012-01-08) Shipment of parts for Offshore Windmill park. Sunset at the beach (2012-08-22) Nice clouds in the sky. However quite cold outside due to strong wind. Some shots taken at the beach while sun sets at the horizon. At the harbor (2012-09-01) Some impressions from Cuxhaven Harbor. Windmill pedestal ready for […]
Cuxhaven 2011
Cuxhaven Harbor (2011-07-17) Swim crane “Samson” in Cuxhaven. Cuxhaven Harbor (2011-12-09) Stormfront “Friedhelm” came with some high water but no serious damage done.
Cuxhaven 2010
Cuxhaven Sahlenburg (2010-01-16) Relaxing at Sahlenburg beach. Cuxhaven Harbor and Marina (2010-01-31) Not very often snow in this area. Oxstedt near Cuxhaven (2010-05-23) Canola field using Leitz 50mm. Cuxhaven Grimmershörn (2010-08-04) Sailing ship Gorch Fock on its way to Hamburg. Cuxhaven Abschnede (2010-12-18) After a cold night, some frozen trees.