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St. Nicholas Statue – Patron Saint of Sailors (Duisburg-Ruhrort)

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St. Nicholas Statue – Patron Saint of Sailors (Duisburg-Ruhrort)

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St. Nicholas Statue – Patron Saint of Sailors (Duisburg-Ruhrort)

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Horst-Schimanski Alley (Duisburg-Ruhrort) – Duisburg Inner Harbour loop from König-Heinrich-Platz

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2. Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park – Emscher Promenade loop from Am Zuschlag

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3. Duisburg-Ruhrort Harbor – Museum Ship Oscar Huber loop from Ruhrort

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Bruno Knitter

February 3, 2021

The Mühlenweiden is not only home to the Ruhrort fair, the flea market also takes place here.

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Andreas 🚴🏻‍♂️ 🚵‍♂️

September 1, 2020

Nice point to head for, then you can have a snack on the harbor promenade.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

January 23, 2022

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The bronze statue was created by the sculptor Wolf Spitzer, Speyer, and presented to the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg on the occasion of its inauguration on October 27, 1990.

Its construction was made possible by generous financial support from Haniel, Duisburg - Ruhrort and the Initiativekreis Ruhrgebiet, as well as donations from companies, institutions and private individuals.

The establishment was suggested by Consul Dr. Gerd W. Hulsman on the occasion of his 25th anniversary at Haniel in 1988.

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"A steel band Santa Claus looks out over the Rhine in Ruhrort. The patron saint of boatmen has stood on a stele there since 1990. A statue by Wolf Spitzer. Not too long ago, the real Santa Claus was seen in his Nikolausburg, the former boatmen's children's home. Always Children without parents still live where school children were once taken care of when their parents sailed on the rivers of Germany. But who last saw the real Saint Nicholas on a ship? The lay times in the ports are too short for him to come on board can when skippers pray for his assistance.

In the past, the skippers often waited for their cargo. Ships used to lie in a harbor for days. That's why St. Nikolaus used to take the opportunity to enter the red world at the north harbor in his work coat. Iron ore was transshipped there and transported to the neighboring steel works via long conveyor belts. The red ore dust lay thick on the road that led past the harbor. Both of my grandfathers, who were born around 1900, called this road between Ruhrort and Meiderich “the Chaussee”. The word belonged to the old people.

Even the strong green of the plane trees at the north harbor could only be seen shortly after a rain. The vitality of nature is evident in the continued growth of these trees to this day. Each yellow of a company sign shimmered red-orange. Any blue of a car, any other color, instantly took on a red cast when it stood for a short time in this inhospitable world of dust.

At the end of the 1980s, the red of the street disappeared. Wind blew away the ore dust. Rain gradually washed it off. The north port became the free port, a promise for the city, which was losing job after job."

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Elevation 30 m

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St. Nicholas Statue – Patron Saint of Sailors (Duisburg-Ruhrort)

1. Horst-Schimanski Alley (Duisburg-Ruhrort) – Duisburg Inner Harbour loop from König-Heinrich-Platz

2. Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park – Emscher Promenade loop from Am Zuschlag

3. Duisburg-Ruhrort Harbor – Museum Ship Oscar Huber loop from Ruhrort

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