Alter Fähranleger

If you take a walk through Eckwarderhörne, you'll be amazed at the old walls jutting out of the North Sea. It is the remains of an old jetty. The jetty was completed around 1909 and was used by the old steamships for mooring. 

As the military issued instructions to use the ferry and Butjenter Bahn when traveling from Wilhelmshaven to Bremerhaven, traffic naturally increased significantly. Around 1910, the two steamers "Eckwarden" and "Dr. Ziegner-Gnüchtel" made seven double trips a day. At the end of the bridge there was a movable bridge section with a pontoon so that the water levels could be equalized.

The rising water levels meant that there were increasing difficulties in getting passengers ashore. So one of the locks was converted into a jetty. However, it was also accepted that passengers would not always be able to reach land on dry land.
In 1956, the ferry landing stage was completely destroyed by ice drift due to the cold winter. After the great storm surge of 1962, the dyke in Eckwarderhörne was raised. Unfortunately, the "Haus Spreen" with its railroad station and restaurant, numerous residential buildings and the ferry landing stage had to be demolished. All that remains is the substructure, which still stands today and is popular with photographers.