Love padlocks at the Willkomm-Höft/Greeting Point, Wedel, Germany
N 53° 34.095 E 009° 42.150
32U E 546523 N 5935716
Padlocks at the gangway at Willkomm-Höft in Wedel just outside Hamburg.
Waymark Code: WMTR2X
Location: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Date Posted: 01/01/2017
Views: 12
At the entrance to Hamburg habour this point called Wilkomm-Höft or Greeting Point is located. At the railing on the gangway you will find lots of love padlocks mounted to the wire.
About the Wilkomm-Höft:
The Schiffsbegrüßungsanlage Willkomm-Höft (literally, Ship Greeting Station Welcome Point, Höft being Low German for headland or point) is a facility at the Schulauer Fährhaus (Schulau Ferry Building, a restaurant) in Schulau, the southern district of Wedel on the Lower Elbe. It was founded by Otto Friedrich Behnke on June 12, 1952. Currently, it is sponsored by Nautische Kameradschaft HANSEA.
Ships heading upriver for or downriver from the port of Hamburg are welcomed or bid farewell by dipping the Hamburg flag and by hoisting the international flag signal for "bon voyage" (letters U and W). For vessels over 1,000 GT leaving German waters, the national anthem of their country of registry is additionally played between 8:00 AM and sunset or 8:00 PM. Occasionally, the ship will return the greetings by dipping her flag or sounding her whistle.
For the welcomes and farewells, there are recordings of 152 different national anthems of maritime nations, or rather of those that keep a register of shipping, and welcoming and farewell messages in the local language. These are available on compact cassette (red lettering for welcome, black lettering for farewell) and computer. Both systems can be used interchangeably.
The ship welcoming station is notified on arriving and departing vessels by the Hamburg nautical registration office once an inbound ship has passed Stadersand or an outbound ship, Hamburg Finkenwerder. Visitors are briefed on each ship by loudspeaker. Information includes name, nationality, date of construction, builder, operator, length, beam, and draught. Plus, if applicable and known, container capacity and trivia. These data are stored in a constantly updated, handwritten card index on about 17,000 ships.
The ceremony of ship welcoming and farewell is performed by six so-called "welcoming captains."
Source:wikipedia.org
Structure/Location: gangway at ferry boat
Approximate number of padlocks at this location: 300
Approximate year of the first padlock at this location: Not listed
Website of some background information about the padlocks at this location: Not listed
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