Pier
A pier or wharf is a structure built on wooden or concrete piles, the ( " sea " ) or built into a lake beyond from the shores of the sea coast.
Not everywhere is a port available. Since water leak häufg towards the shore flat, ships with deeper draft can not achieve this. Therefore, according to anchor far from the shore and with the help of swing boats loaded and unloaded. This cumbersome procedure can be avoided by building a pier.
Piers partly reach several hundred meters out to sea. You are no bridges in the strict sense, since they end up in the water, but they bridge the distance from the country to the point, can moor the ships. They were built earlier made of wood or iron, today is used mostly steel or reinforced concrete.
In addition to her now mostly came into the background function as landing reinforcements on the North and Baltic the Strolling of the guests, as locations for restaurants, takeaways and also hotels. In particular, the large piers in the seaside resorts of England and the Netherlands are called English " Pier" (Pleasure Pier). They serve the guests as places of amusement. Its formation resulted from the fact that the local state law did not apply in restaurants beyond the shore line.
In Heringsdorf on Usedom is the longest at 508 m pier Germany.
A ridge is a small pier represents a pier as a building in a port adds extra boat docks.
List of piers (selection)
Europe
Germany
- Pier Ahlbeck
- Pier Bad Wendorf
- Heringsdorf pier, 285 meters
- Binz pier
- Pier Bolton
- Pier Dahme
- Pier Göhren
- Pier Graal -Müritz
- Pier Großenbrode
- Pier Grömitz
- Pier Haffkrug
- Holy harbor pier
- Coastal station Heiligendamm
- Heringsdorf Pier, 508 meters
- Pier Juist
- Pier Kellenhusen
- Pier Koserow
- Pier cooling Born
- Pier Lubmin
- Pier Neustadt
- Pier Niendorf ( new 2012)
- Pier Easter Made
- Pier Pelzerhaken
- Pier Prerow
- Pier Rerik
- Pier Scharbeutz
- Pier Schönberger beach
- Pier Seeschlösschen
- Sellin Pier
- Pier Süssau
- Pier Timmendorfer beach
- Pier Travemünde
- Pier Weißenhäuser beach
- Pier Wustrow
- Pier Zempin ( 1933-2. World War)
- Pier Zingst
- Pier Zinnowitz
Belgium
- Pier Blankenberge
- Pier Nieuwpoort
- Ostend pier
Lithuania
- Palanga pier, 470 meters
Netherlands
- Pier Scheveningen
Poland
- Pier Gdańsk BrzeĹşno
- Pier Gdynia Orłowo
- Pier Jurata part of the city Jastarnia
- Pier Kolobrzeg
- Miedzyzdroje Pier
- Pier Płock
- Pier Puck
- Sopot pier
United Kingdom
- Southend Pier, 2160 m (longest Pleasure pier in the world)
Outside of Europe
Ivory Coast
- Pier Sassandra
Canada
- Halifax pier
Colombia
- Pier of Puerto Colombia
Namibia
- Swakopmund pier - jetty
New Zealand
- Pier Christchurch New Brighton