serenade for heavy pots
for 56 years on and leaking vessels on the Elbe River "Willkomm Hoeft, the ship welcoming station in Wedel near Hamburg, solemnly greeted or
for 56 years on and leaking vessels on the Elbe River "Willkomm Hoeft, the ship welcoming station in Wedel near Hamburg, solemnly greeted or
The flair of the big wide world can
Up to 60 times a day, visitors can experience the ceremony for the passing ships: First echoes Richard Wagner's "stop the tax man 'watch, from huge speakers on the Elbe. Then heard the anthem of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg "in Hamburg on the Elbe Auen", followed by a "Welcome" or "goodbye" in different languages in the world. Then the flag at the 43 m high mast dipped (such as the lowering of the flag is called nautical), the international signal for "Bon Voyage" raised and played the national anthem of each passing ship. The ship "answers" by dipping its flag.
Up to 60 times a day, visitors can experience the ceremony for the passing ships: First echoes Richard Wagner's "stop the tax man 'watch, from huge speakers on the Elbe. Then heard the anthem of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg "in Hamburg on the Elbe Auen", followed by a "Welcome" or "goodbye" in different languages in the world. Then the flag at the 43 m high mast dipped (such as the lowering of the flag is called nautical), the international signal for "Bon Voyage" raised and played the national anthem of each passing ship. The ship "answers" by dipping its flag.
Welcome Point in Wedel on world-famous ship welcoming station "Welcome Point" on the banks of the Elbe Wedel since 1952 are greeted every day from sunrise to sunset, ships from around the world. Welcome to Hamburg Each pot over 500 gross tons, is proceeding to the Port of Hamburg, over the term of address system Schulauer welcomes Ferry Station or adopted. The duty captain in the cabin used for the huge archive National Anthem, which is available on a shelf. 284 cartridges provide for the assessment of each ship in the local language. A Ceremony adapted to each ship. Every day, the least about 50 to 60 pieces. A flag greeting by "dipping" of the Hamburg flag completes the ritual. The function of nostalgia in speeches and anthems of each country are still coming from the magnetic tape cassette of waiting. Or your computer. Because after 46 years, nostalgia has become the technique in Willkomm Hoeft recovered. However, not everyone can be friends with the "high tech device." And so it is now in the hands of the on-duty captains, if the sound is played analog or digital. is particularly expensive but in any case, the greeting in the native language, you think of unusual languages such as Ukrainian, Russian or Malay. Otherwise you can hear the welcome words and the melodies very well out there on the web, or in our garden of Schulauer Ferry Station. A visit to the Welcome Point provides, therefore, at best to pause, in conjunction with a visit to the ship-and shell museum, which is also located in Schulauer ferry.
Hamburg 2009 Station Schulau
Ship welcoming station in the golden evening light - recorded in late August 2009 in Wedel - Schulau
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