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Schifffahrtsmuseum Fischhalle

Wall 65, 24103 Kiel, Germany

How to find us:

Street
Wall 65
Zip, City
24103 Kiel
Country
Germany
Phone
0431 901-3428
Web
https://www.kiel.de/de/kultur_freizeit/museum/schifffahrtsmuseum_fischhalle.php
Email
stadt-undschiffahrtsmuseum@kiel.de
Tags
#Schifffahrt #Maritim

Description

At the Sartorikai in Kiel, the Schifffahrtsmuseum Kiel has used the historic fish auction hall as an exhibition venue since 1978 and presents the city's maritime history there.

 

Moored directly at the neighbouring Museumsbrücke Seegarten are several historic ships, including the sea rescue cruiser Hindenburg, a fireboat, the passenger vessel Stadt Kiel and the buoy tender Bussard from 1906. In front of the museum building the lantern of the lightship Kiel has been placed; this ship later became known as the sail training ship Alexander von Humboldt.

 

The fish auction hall itself was opened in 1910 to concentrate the fish trade in a sheltered location. The representative building was given a high roof and inside contained two basins, each eight metres long, to organise the fishermen's stalls; around 30 individually accessible sales rooms were arranged on the exterior. The hall proved too small for auctions, and many sales outlets remained unused.

 

After the Second World War the building remained undamaged but lost its original function in 1948 when the fish market moved to the estuary of the Schwentine and it stood empty for a long time. A demolition order from 1966 was not carried out; in 1972 the building was granted listed status and entered in the register of cultural monuments of the city of Kiel. The Schifffahrtsmuseum opened on 30 April 1978. After extensive renovation work a reorientation of the exhibition began in 2010 and was reopened on 25 April 2014. Permanent themes include Kiel's fishing history, the Kiel Canal, marine painting, numerous ship models and nautical equipment. Among the exhibits is a salvaged wreck segment of the midget submarine Seehund, which was raised from the Kiel Fjord in 1995 during construction work on the third ferry terminal. In August 2020 the new permanent exhibition "Marine, Werften, Segelsport" was opened.

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