Port in the heart of city
General view of the port on Mottlau
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Today, 60 years after the war, source of Danzig richness - granaries on Speicherinsel do not exist. There are only picturesque ruins there.
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Development and growth of the city were reasons that made port on Motllau river too small for citie's needs. New port was built along Vistula river to its mouth. The last part of Vistula river at the beginning called Neufahrwasser (New Stream) got the name Hafen Kanal (Port Channel), this name exactly described funktions of this part of river. The new canal was built to make shorter and easier access to harbour in the city, it was called Kaiser Hafen (Emperors Port and now it has a name Kaszubski Channel).
Entrance to the port and Port Channel:
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) | Granary in Neufahrwasser (Nowy Port). |
) | Hafen Kanal in Neufahrwasser. |
) | Granaries near Wisloujscie (Weichselmünde). |
) | Port near Wisloujscie (Weichselmünde). |
) | Port at Weichsel Bahnhof (Vistula Station). |
) | Timber port. |
) | Port at Kaiser Hafen (Kaszubski Channel). |
) | Granary Westpreussen. |
) | Ore loading equipment in port. |
) | Ore loading in port. |
) | Ship traffic in port. |
Freibezierk (Free Harbour):
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Plans of enlarging the port in danzig appeared in 1914 but the 1st world war stopped it. During Free City period port's infrastructure was renewed and enlarged. Danzig was the biggest port in Europe for timber export. This development was stopped by 2nd world war and at least in the 1970s new port was built near Wisloujscie (Weichselmünde).
Port map and development plans from 1914.
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Plan of Port of Danzig from 1929
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