Forgotten plans: Emden's Ladestrasse on the Delft that never became!

Forgotten plans: Emden's Ladestrasse on the Delft that never became!

Am Delft, 26723 Emden, Deutschland - in Emden was planned in 1952 a charging road at Delft, which should allow fishermen to sell their goods directly from the cutter. This innovative idea was designed by the municipal building council Alfred Langeheine, but the city administration finally decided to build a promenade instead of Ladestrasse. This discovery, which was brought to light by the civil engineer Dietrich Janßen, throws new light on the plans of the past. The original draft stipulated that the charging road at the level of today's harbor gate should begin and reached to Burgstrasse.

Although initial construction work on Ladestrasse had started, the city administration changed the course in 1959. The plans were out of date because the rapid growth of the port industry brought larger ships and more envelope after the Second World War. Photos from 1954 show a section of the never -perfect charging road, while the subsequent promenade today shapes the historical picture of the Delft. A remarkable footnote in the history of this region remains that the economic considerations of once were no longer up to date, so that the original concept of a charging road was forgotten while the promenade flourished. More Details can be found in an article on www.nwzonline.de .