Maritime College In Elsfleth, the shipowners pressed and persuaded the Grand Duke of Oldenburg to establish a school for maritime navigation. Successfully. On the 20th of August 1832, the Grand Duke Paul-Friedrich-August founded the desired facility. Up until then, the training of prospective maritime officers had neither been binding nor uniform. Former captains and maritime pilots instructed on a private basis, the students paid tuition. In 1943, the war forced the closing of the facility. It was reopened three years later. In 1961, the school building was erected in the street Weserstraße. In 2001, the modern simulator house was opened along the pier, the Maritime Campus followed in 2009. Today, the Maritime Transportation Faculty of the Jade School of Applied Sciences is the largest of its kind in Western Europe. [More]
Sailing Ship - Großherzogin Elisabeth The "Großherzogin Elisabeth" (Grand Duchess Elisabeth) started her life as the "San Antonio". The gaff-rigged schooner was launched on the 19th of August 1909 in Ablasserdam (Netherlands) and was worldwide the first cargo sailing ship which was equipped with a diesel motor. In 1982, the ship, known as "Ariadne" at the time, was purchased by the School Ship Society Grand Duchess Elisabeth, her current owner. She is warmly referred to as the “Lissi”. Moreover, she reminds us of the fully-rigged ship of the same name, a vessel built in 1901 and which served in a training capacity for a long period of time. The latter vessel is the "Duchesse Anne", now located in the French harbor of Dunkirk.The „Lissi“ is 63.70 m long, has a beam of 8.23 m and a sail area of 1010 m². Apart from the summer season, the vessel serves the Faculty of Navigation at the Jade College of Applied Sciences as a training ship. Additionally, it is open to the public for guest cruises and may be viewed along the pier of Elsfleth. [More]