Georgernes Verft is an area located on the peninsula of Nordnes in Bergen , Norway. It was named after the shipyard that used to operate in the area. Over time the surrounding area was populated by shipyard workers and is still known as Verftet . Today a large residential complex dominates the area.
8-495: The yard was established in 1784 by Georg Brunchorst and Georg Vedeler thus explaining the name "Georges' shipyard". In the 1850s the yard was taken over by Ananias Dekke who modernised the site and built a new dock. The shipyard was known to have produced some of the fastest sailships in the world and also supplied ships to the Royal Danish Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy . The production of wooden sailing ships continued until
16-603: The Norwegian Parliament from 1880 to 1882. He was a co-founder of the West Norway Museum of Decorative Art ( Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum ) which opened in Bergen during 1889. Dekke was married twice. In 1859, he first married Engel Marie Rubach (1837-1863). In 1864, he married Rebekah Arloug Stoltz (1843-1930) with whom he had eight children. He was the grandfather of Arne Dekke Eide Næss and Erling Dekke Næss . He
24-468: The Bergen area. Under his leadership, the shipyard built 41 schooners and 14 steamships. From 1857 he was the sole owner of the yard, except during the periods 1871-1874 and 1874-1882, when respectively Adolf Tidemand and Georg Smitt were co-owners. He was a member of the City Council in Bergen from 1859 to 1872 and from 1877 to 1892 and set in the presidency from 1865 to 1869. He was also an alternate to
32-516: The USF Verftet cultural center ( USF - Kulturhuset ). 60°23′53″N 5°18′30″E / 60.39806°N 5.30833°E / 60.39806; 5.30833 Ananias Dekke Ananias Christopher Hansen Dekke (22 July 1832 – 22 May 1892) was a Norwegian ship designer, ship owner, art collector and politician. He was the most significant designer of wooden sailing ships in Norway in
40-595: The United States to continue his education, mainly at the East Boston shipyard of Donald McKay . Upon his return to Bergen, he bought one half in Georgernes Verft (the other half was owned by Herman Brunchorst) and from 1854 the shipyard operated under the name Brunchorst & Dekke. That same year, Jens Gran, who had also worked with McKay, joined the shipyard at Bergen. Dekke and Gran revolutionized shipbuilding in
48-457: The late 1800s when steel ships became dominant. Upon the end of the yard its owner turned to the expanding knitting industry and established a prosperous factory of 3000 m². This building still stands largely unchanged. At the start of the 1900s, the knitting industry needed a bigger factory and had to move to a location outside Bergen. This coincided with the rapid expansion of the sardine industry and in 1910 United Sardine Factories Ltd. (USF)
56-588: The second half of the 19th century. Dekke was born in Bergen , Norway. He was the son of Johan Mungaard Dekke (1802–74) and Christine Marie Hansen (1809–1880). His father was a master baker and he grew up in his father's bakery courtyard on Strandgaten in Bergen. In 1844, he entered the Bergen Cathedral School . In 1848, he started an apprenticeship at Georgernes Verft on the peninsula of Nordnes . In 1852, after four years of apprenticeship, he traveled to
64-525: Was established. The production of canned goods also expanded the industrial area to 15000 m². Most of these buildings are still intact. The canning industry was restructured and the USF factory disbanded in 1983. The property owner AS Norwegian Preserving Company opened parts of the old sardine factory to artists in the following year. A close cooperation between the landowner and the artists resulted in an innovative and cross-genre collective of art and other culture in
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