Rare opportunity at the North Sea Canal: Historic harbor master's office in Kiel with a direct view of approximately 30,000 ships passing through each year.

It is the old harbor master's office in Kiel's northern harbor, located at Uferstr. 62, 24106 Kiel. The property is directly adjacent to the North-Ostsee Canal and has an area of 1000 square meters. The building was constructed by the city of Kiel in 1927. Above the entrance, the city's coat of arms is embedded in a portal. The building has been a protected historical monument since 2022.
The building is fully basemented and has two full floors, as well as an attic with a vaulted ceiling.
From the property, you can also directly see the Kiel lock of the North-Ostsee Canal.
Approximately 30,000 ships of all types pass by here each year, including container ships, cargo vessels, freighters, historic sailing ships, tugboats, cruise ships, motor yachts, submarines, warships, and more. It is one of the few private properties directly on the North-Ostsee Canal. The building is a protected historical monument. The property is located in the northern harbor, in a commercial area. It is a truly unique opportunity for all lovers of shipping.
The property is 1000 square meters in size and has a large garden area with fruit trees.
The property also offers unique opportunities for restaurants and ship spotting.

The Kiel Canal (North Sea-Baltic Canal) is today the busiest artificial waterway for seagoing vessels in the world, but its origins lie far back in the 19th century. As early as 1784, the historic Eider Canal connected the two seas, but with the onset of industrialization and the increasing size of steamships, it quickly reached its capacity limits. For strategic, military, and economic reasons, the German Empire under Wilhelm I and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck pushed for a modern reconstruction. The goal was to enable the rapid deployment of the German navy and to allow merchant shipping to avoid the dangerous, stormy detour around the Danish peninsula (Skagerrak). In 1887, the foundation stone was laid. This was followed by one of the most gigantic infrastructure projects of the time. In just eight years of construction, at times up to 8,900 workers moved unimaginable amounts of earth across Schleswig-Holstein, until the canal was finally inaugurated on June 1, 1895, by Kaiser Wilhelm II, and named the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. Just a few years later, between 1907 and 1914, the waterway had to be significantly widened and deepened again as part of the naval arms race, to accommodate the new, enormous battleships. In the midst of this period of global trade and the rapid growth of the waterway, the city of Kiel built the old harbor master's office in the northern harbor in 1927. Designed as a functional and representative building, the Kiel city coat of arms, incorporated into the portal above the entrance, still testifies to the historical significance of this location. After World War II, in 1948, this historic waterway received its current name: the North-Sea Canal (internationally: Kiel Canal). As one of the few private waterfront properties, this listed building has since been a silent witness to history – and still offers an unobstructed, direct view of the approximately 30,000 ships that pass by each year, just a few meters away, directly in front of the sheet piling that borders the property. The view of the canal and its countless ships is fascinating at any time of year and day.