Svendborg - Stadthafen

Marina near Svendborg

Last edited 12.03.2024 at 09:09 by Harald D., PushingTin

Latitude

55° 3’ 39” N

Longitude

10° 37’ 2.1” E

Description

Traditional trading town on the Svendborg Sound with shipyards and harbor environment and several berthing facilities for yachts.

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The approach to the commercial port is possible day and night. It is done via the well buoyed Svendborg Sund. At night, however, the complicated lighting of the fairway requires some experience.

Current: The current in the sound is irregular and very wind-dependent. However, in calm weather the current capsizes every 6 hours depending on the tide. The difference between mean high and low tide is 0.3 - 0.6m. Currents of about 2kn occur, but can reach 4 - 5kn during strong storms. (See "Surface current Little/Great Belt")

Berths

Guests will find spaces very close to the city in the commercial port on the western and northern quayside opposite the world-famous wooden shipyard "Ring Andersen". Free boxes are indicated with a green luminous sign, which changes to red when occupied. In summer, floating docks are deployed here (4- 5m). The ferry port south of the commercial port is closed to pleasure craft.

The harbor master can be found in the chic wooden building under the port-wide visible large Danebrog.

Mooring places in the "mooring prohibition area" are assigned if necessary by the port staff, or it should be asked immediately after arrival whether you may stay there.

At least in the south harbor, there is often current.

Make moorings:

- in all areas on metal brackets

- in the marina also on wooden bollards and dolphins

- in the south harbor also on heavy rings (pipes available) and a few large stone bollards

In the N-W corner of the south harbor is a busy ferry dock, the ferry turns in the harbor basin. The access road should be kept free generously - in any case ask permission after docking!

Surroundings

All utilities, yacht supplies, sailmaking and customs office. Fuel can be very conveniently bunkered in the commercial harbor.

Additional sanitary facilities (not shown on the harbor map in July 2022) in the South Harbor area (west shore) in an anthracite-colored house.

NV Land Guide

The protected location in the Svendborg Sund promoted the development of the city. Numerous merchant ships were already based here in the early Middle Ages. The clergy also provided for the upswing of Svendborg, which received city rights around 1250. The building of churches attracted craftsmen and architects to the city, whose development was repeatedly slowed down by wars and looting. The Swedes robbed Svendborg of its vitality for a long time with the storming in 1659, and a major fire again took the wind out of the sails of the Svendborgers in the 18th century.

Only with the construction of the harbor at the beginning of the 19th century was the precondition created to tie in with bygone days. But once again, the losing war against England prevented better times. This was followed by the Danish state bankruptcy in 1813. As a result of the loss of Norway, agricultural products were difficult to sell. Trade and seafaring reached a low point. In 1818, the maritime city was home to only 39 merchant ships, down from 77 in 1807. Only the shipyards profited from the war losses. Gunboats, sloops and gun yawls, among other things, were built in Svendborg. The war against England also left its mark on Svendborg in other ways: piracy was legalized in 1807, provided that it was ships of the enemy that were captured. It was the prises (captured ships) that helped to stimulate the economy in Svendborg after the end of the war. In addition, more and more large sailing ships were launched in Svendborg. 121 ships were based at the Svendborg customs office in 1834. Svendborg had become the second largest maritime city in Denmark after Copenhagen. More and more new wooden shipyards were founded. Among them was the world-famous Ring Andersen shipyard on Frederik Island in Svendborg, which still exists today, located in the middle of the industrial harbor and connected to the mainland by a bridge. Until his death in 1901, the master shipbuilder Jörgen Ring Andersen built no fewer than 84 ships.

First around 1840, sailboats were built according to outline drawings. Until then, as unbelievable as it sounds, the eye measurement was the main tool. The long planks were hewn with axes and the frames were cut with large two-hand saws.

The sailor's life was a drudgery and also dangerous, because from 1850 to 1920 no less than 31 of 134 ships disappeared without a trace(!) with man and mouse. For the seamen's families, the death of the provider was often a catastrophe that ended in the poorhouse. It was only in time that seamen's associations were founded for the benefit of the bereaved. Work in shipyards was no less arduous and, on top of that, was paid less than work at sea. That led to the fact that the ship carpenters of Svendborg organized themselves already 1889 in a trade union.

Who wants to know more about Svendborgs past as a navigation city, makes best a trip to the navigation museum to Troense on Tåsinge (see Troense). The way there leads over the 1966 inaugurated Svendborg sound bridge, the first pier bridge of Denmark.

But also Svendborg itself has enough sights to offer. So is on the island Frederiksø in the old Werftschmiede since 2016  "Danmarks Museum for Lystsejlads", a yachting museum with more than 40 vehicles in the original. Partly interactive, more than 150 years of Danish water sports history is shown on posters and screens  in the spacious halls. Opening hours meanwhile seem to be only when needed (2020) . There is also, for example, the Zoological Museum at Dronningemæn 30. Among the special features here is the 'Trip to the Ice Age'. The visitor can face musk oxen in the flesh, as they lived 12,000 years ago in Denmark, eye to eye. The enormous changes to which the landscape has been subjected up to the present day are also vividly depicted. Animal sounds are played on tape to accompany stuffed animals. The skeleton of the baleen whale stranded on Tåsinge in 1955 is 17 meters long.

Viebæltegård in Grubbemøllevej 13 is a former poorhouse and workhouse in Svendborg. Some rooms have been preserved unchanged along with the original furnishings to commemorate the poorhouse. Viebæltegård is also a prehistoric museum with finds from the Bronze Age. A large silver treasure found on Iholm in 1853 is deposited here. Old handicraft techniques are shown to the visitor in a goldsmith's workshop, a print shop, a turnery and a pottery.

Anne Hvides Gård is the oldest building in Svendborg. The half-timbered building at Truestræde 3 houses 18th and 19th century pictures and paintings, as well as furnishings. In addition, faience can be seen here.

The furnace museum in Vestergade 45 shows the history of the foundry and presents a large collection of furnaces from the years1850 to the present.

The oldest church in Svendborg is St. Nicolai Church in Gerritsgade, built around 1200. It is located in a beautiful district with old houses in Kyseborgstræde.

Svendborg's landmark, Christiansmühle, is illuminated in the evening.

A walk along the sound to Christiansminde is recommended. The commercial port is a suitable starting point for this short walk, during which you pass the customs cutter "Viking". The yacht, built in 1897 and moored on the shore path, belongs to the Svenborg Museum. It is worthwhile to make use of the excursion trips in Svendborg. The Sund trip with the museum ship "MS Helge" takes you to Vindebyøre, Christiansminde, Troense, Gråsten and Waldemar's castle. A visit to the castle is worthwhile (see also Troense). The trip can be interrupted and continued with the next boat. The ferries dock in - Drejø, Hjartø, Skarø and Ærø.

Who visits the impressive Egeskov Castle, kills two birds with one stone, because the vintage car museum there is also worth seeing. However, the distance, following the A9, is about 20 kilometers.

Vindeby:

Where today the port of Vindeby is located, was until the construction of the Svendborg Sundbrücke the pier for the ferries that ran between Svendborg and the island of Tåsinge (attractions: see Svendborg and Troense).

Marina Information

Max Depth 5.2 m

Contact

Phone +45 6223 3080
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Website http://www.svendborg-havn.dk

Surroundings

Electricity

Water

Toilet

Shower

Restaurant

Imbiss

Atm

Internet

Fuel

Grocery

Boatyard

Ramp

Public Transport

Garbage

Comments

Christian, Pogolo
Schöner Hafen, tolle Sanitäranlagen, allerdings teuer (245.- DKK für ein Boot < 9m) und sehr schwaches W-LAN.
08.09.2023 16:36
Detlef Schmuck, Lumme
Direkt und nah zur Altstadt. Toller Sanitärbereich mit Einzelbadezimmer. Super Atmosphäre ❤️
06.08.2023 10:44
Harald D., PushingTin
Bemerkenswert hilfsbereites und lösungsorientiertes Personal (Saisonkräfte?!). Sehr ordentliche Sanitäranlagen, allerdings zu wenige für die Hochsaison.
16.07.2022 09:22

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