House Flags of German Shipping Companies (l) - part 2

Deutsche Reedereiflaggen (l) - Teil 2

Last modified: 2019-08-15 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Libra
• Ernst Hermann Lindemann
• Ernst Lindemann
• Wilhelm Lischau
• Gebrüder Löffler Reederei
• G. W. Löwe
• Lohmann Bereederungen
• J.H.Lorentzen & Co
• Lübeck Linie
• Lübeck-Bremer Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft
• Lübeck-Wyburger Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft
• J. G. Lübken
• Lüdders und Wehrt
• J.P.W. Lütgens
• W. Lüdke & Co.
• J. P. Lüdtke
• Lühe Schulau ferry
• Gebrüder Lülsdorf
• Lues & Wilhelms GmbH
• Gebrüder Lülsdorf
• Gebr. Luwen Schiffahrt und Handelsgesellschaft

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Libra

Libra: It's a blue flag with a white "L" in its centre. The angle between both bars is 66 2/3^o.
The company seems to be part of the Chilean company CSAV. This is also valid for Norasia, which uses the same logo as CSAV.
Source: image spotted at companies doorplate at Hamburg Herrengraben 3 on 16 March 2007.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 May 2007

Ernst Hermann Lindemann

Schutenvermietung Ernst Lindemann, a barge rental company, based in Hamburg. The flag was white with a red 5-point star in centre, flanked by dotted, serifed, black initials "E." (top), "H." (hoist) and "L."(fly).
Source: Schnall funnel chart 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Aug 2019

Ernst Lindemann

Schutenvermietung Ernst Lindemann, a barge rental company, based in Hamburg. The flag was white with a red 5-point star in centre.
Source: Schnall funnel chart 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Aug 2019

Wilhelm Lischau

The company was based in Lübeck. The flag had five horizontal stripes alternating of white and red, in centre was a white diamond fimbriated black and charged with a Gothic initial "L".
Source: Massary 1928, series 1, image no.385
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 7 Aug 2019

Gebrüder Löffler Reederei

Gebrüder Löffler Reederei
The company was located in Hamburg-Altona. It is a blue flag with a white bordure. In its centre is a white disc containing a blue anchor superimposed by a capital white "L", fimbriated blue.
Source: "Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen", 2nd ed.; Hamburg; 1956; p.27.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 Apr 2009

G. W. Löwe

The company was based in Wismar. The flag was a blue-red horizontal bicolour, charged with a throughout yellow lozenge, charged with a black inscription "G.W.L.". The flag colours are those of Mecklenburg.
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.20, image no.496
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2019

Lohmann Bereederungen

Maybe, ist just a logo. Description: The white field has a blue fimbriation. In the centre is a yellow object fimbriated blue like a lower "b" without hole. On the yellow object are two horizontal, blue, wavy lines superimposed by two vertical lines and a l-shaped line all in blue. Below the object is the name of the company in blue letters.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 July 2012

J.H.Lorentzen & Co

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,3 July 2012

3:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,3 July 2012

Since 1879 It was a white flag with a blue bordure. In the centre was a black lozenge touching all sides of the bordure (see left image above). For "J.H.Lorentzen & Co - Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft Anglia" until 1878 there was a white flag with a red bordure. In the centre was a black lozenge touching all sides of the bordure (see right image above).
Sources: Gratis Beilage zu Deicken und Behrmann's Neuen Monatsheften Neue Ausgabe Sommer 1897 Hamburg and Otto Mathies: "Hamburgs Reederei 1814 - 1914", p.61
Jorge Candeias, 30 Dec 2004, Jan Mertens, 20 Dec 2006 and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 July 2012

Lübeck Linie

Lübeck Linie - The company was located in Lübeck.
It is a white flag with two horizontal red stripes. At the hoist both stripes have double width. So the stripes are forming some kind of "LL".
Source: Arnold KLUDAS: "Die Geschichte der deutschen Passagierschiffahrt" (5 Bde.), Hamburg 1986; Reprint Laibach Slovenia-Buch Nr. 03617-8; flagchart p.224.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2007

Lübeck-Bremer Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 July 2019

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 4 Aug 2019

The company was based in Lübeck and ran two vessels on the line Lübeck-Danzig-Memel transporting passengers. The company was established in 1890. One of its two vessels disappered in 1914. Nevertheless business boomed after the end of WW1, when the connection by land between Eastern Prussia and the rest of Germany had been cut and a new vessels was bought in 1926. Due to a crisis in shipping business the company was dissolved in 1931.
The flag (see left image above) was white, divided by a red centred cross, in the canton was a black inscription "LB"(1st line) "DG" (2nd line). As J. A. Suckau there is the same flag, but initials are dotted (see right image above).
Sources: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.12, image no.100, German WIKIPEDIA and Massary 1928, series 1, image no.279
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 11 July 2019 / 4 Aug 2019

Lübeck-Wyburger Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft AG

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2007

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Aug 2019

The company was based in Lübeck, had in 1933 three freighters and offered a line service to Finland: Lübeck-Wyborg(!)-Kotka. The first version of the flag (see left image above) was white, divided by a broad, red, centred cross. In the corners are blue, serifed capitals "L" (upper hoist), "W" (upper fly), "D" (lower hoist) and "G" (lower fly). In the centre of the flag is a blue lozenge containing white capitals "FOK". The other version of the flag (see right image above) was white, parted by a red centred cross, with yellow letters, fimbriated black, in the quarters "W" (upper hoist), "L" (upper fly), "G" (lower hoist) and "D" (lower fly). The centre of the cross is superimposed by a white lozenge with yellow inscription, fimbriated black "F.O.K.", probably referring to the owner.
Sources: "Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen", 2nd ed.; Hamburg; 1956; p.27, Lloyd 1933, p.13 image no.74 and Massary 1928, series 1, image no.206
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 13 June 2007

J. G. Lübken

The company was based in Elsfleth. It was a horizontal 5-stipes flag blue-red-white-red-blue. The broader white stripe was charged with a black serifed initial "L" in the middle.
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.16, image no.302
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 July 2019

Lüdders und Wehrt

Lüdders und Wehrt GmbH
This shipping, transport and storage  company was located in Hamburg at the Kehrwieder and was dissolved. But I don't know when.
The flag is divided by a dark blue saltire into green (hoist and fly) and white(top and bottom).
Source: I spotted a timetable of the company at Turmweg fleemarket in Hamburg on 6 September 2008.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 Feb 2009

J. P. W. Lütgens

Ewerführerei J.P.W. Lütgens GmbH, a tug skippers service in legal form of a Ltd., based in Hamburg. The flag was green with white horizontal edges.
Source: Schnall funnel chart 1997
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Aug 2019

W. Lüdke & Co.

The company was based in Stettin. The flag was red with a broad white 6-point star in centre, having a black serifed inscription "WL&:Co."
Source: Flaggenbuch 1905, part V, p.19, image no.457
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2019

J. P. Lüdtke

The company was based in Schacht-Audorf. Horizontal dark blue over red bicolour with throughout white lozenge, charged with a black initial "L".
Source: I spotted an image of this flag on 25 September 2008 in Tamm-Museum Hamburg
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 23 July 2019

Lühe Schulau ferry

Lühe-Schulau Fähre - The ferry is crossing the river Elbe and is connecting Lower saxony (Lühe) with Schleswig-Holstein (Schulau). The ferry is made for the transport of passengers and a few cars. I could see only one ferry, but may be, there is a second one.
The ferry has an own flag, divided horizontally into yellow over white, the yellow stripe is smaller. The canton is a  Schleswig-Holstein tricolour (blue over white over red) and of same height as the yellow stripe. In the fly end red capitals "LSH" are superimposing both stripes.
Source: I spotted this flag on 23 July 2007
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 24 Apr 2009

Gebrüder Lülsdorf

image by Jarig Bakker, 3 Jan 2006

image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 22 July 2012

The "Ausbau des Rheins" brochure again " present on the inside cover is a white pennant with a red lozenge bearing a white italic initial "L".
Established at Niederkassel-Mondorf, this company ("Lülsdorf  Brothers") is mentioned as having strengthened the Rhine river banks and/or having built breakwaters near Leverkusen, Düsseldorf, and Duisburg (1974-77).
Unfortunately no photo seems to show a Lülsdorf flag (pennant) but given above tasks we may assume it was indeed a house flag (pennant...) having flown aboard (a) specialized vessel(s).
As yet I have not found anything on this firm from another source.(see left image above)
Jan Mertens, 19 Apr 2007

In my former message I had to admit knowing next to nothing about this firm, except that at some point it had been active in strengthening Rhine river banks and building breakwaters. Almost all we had was the pennant. The proverbial German eBay offer changed this somewhat: a Lülsdorf pennant was put up by "seeteufelchen01" till the 26 Oct 2007 (item no. 220162249026). The red rim is rather prominent; I did not mention this in my original message assuming that the much thinner line there served as a holding line against a white background.
When seeing the drawing accompanying the previous message you might be forgiven for thinking the 'L' being somewhat slanted, but here it is manfully upright. Another detail is the identification as "Lüllsdorf Wasserbau-Schiffahrt Monsdorf" mentioning shipping as an additional activity.
Jan Mertens, 23 Oct 2007

Some facts gleaned from the Lülsdorf website (German only), located by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg (thanks again):
The (current) company name is 'Herbert Lülsdorf Schiffahrt und Uferbefestigungen GmbH' (i.e. H.L. Shipping and Bank Reinforcements), seated at Niederkassel on the Rhine, to the north of Bonn. The firm is family owned, now into its fourth generation - apart from Herbert, a Martin Lülsdorf is also named.
Starting out as a river transporter of fruit and vegetables to Bonn and Köln (Cologne) (beginning of 19th Century), the company reoriented itself towards waterway construction (banks and quays reinforcement, construction of breakwaters, dredging, and the like). Click 'Arbeitsfelder' (left menu) to look at the photos in the various sections which will give you a good idea of the activities. The first photo (b/w, clickable) of the first section shows the pennant on the vessel CHRISTINE.
Of additional interest is the fleet section (left menu 'Schiffe und Ausrüstung'), first photo (colour, clickable) of first section again showing CHRISTINE flying the flag. The pennant is also in evidence on the site, as a drawing.
Jan Mertens, 25 Oct 2007

Lues & Wilhelms GmbH

The company was based in Hamburg. The flag was divided per saltire of white and blue. The white quarters were charged with red initials, "L" (hoist) and "W" (fly).
Source: Massary 1928, series 1, image no.219
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Aug 2019

Gebr. Luwen Schiffahrt und Handelsgesellschaft

The company today is a travel agency. In 1892 Hermann Luwen established a boiler shop in Ruhrort, which is also said to be the 1st welder company in Germany. The company was also registered as Dockyard. Around 1900 branches in Belgium and Czechoslovakia were opened. The founder died in 1920 and his sons renamed the company as Gebr. Luwen Schiffahrt und Handelsgesellschaft, i.e. Luwen brothers shipping and trading. In 1930 the technical department boomed and the company had seven tourist ships. Two tugboats and some barges had been bought in between but that business was discontinued very soon before 1930. In 1945 the dockyard and the fleet had been completely destroyed. Customer had been mainly partial shipowners (Partikuliere), who rigged their old vessels to motor vessels. In 1949 the brothers salvaged one of their sunk vessels and restored her completely until 1950, she was however destroyed by a fire in 1951. Another vessel also was destroyed by fire in 1978, probably by arson. Due to insufficient insurance the company had to end shipping and only a shipping and travel agency remained.
Source: nformation provided by Klaus-Peter Bühne (marcollect.de)
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 26 July 2019

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