Blohm+Voss
Blohm+Voss, also written historically as Blohm & Voss, Blohm und Voß etc, is a German shipbuilding and engineering company. Founded in Hamburg in 1877 to specialise in steel-hulled ships, its most famous product was the World War II battleship Bismarck.Photo: Ajepbah, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
- Type: Industry
- Description: German shipbuilding and engineering company
- Also known as: “B+V”, “Blohm & Voss”, “Blohm & Voss A.G.”, “Blohm & Voss AG”, “Blohm + Voss”, and “Blohm und Voss”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elbe Philharmonic Hall and Soviet submarine B-515.
Elbe Philharmonic Hall
Theater building
Photo: Pimpinellus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Elbphilharmonie, popularly nicknamed Elphi, is a concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River. Elbe Philharmonic Hall is situated 1½ km east of Blohm+Voss.
Soviet submarine B-515
Museum
Photo: Afflex, Public domain.
B-515 is a Tango-class submarine of the Soviet and Russian Navies. It remained in active service until 2001. It is currently docked in Hamburg and is open to the public as a museum exhibit. Soviet submarine B-515 is situated 1 km northwest of Blohm+Voss.
St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel
Photo: Wolfi1946, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Old Elbe Tunnel or St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel, which opened in 1911, is a pedestrian and vehicle tunnel in Hamburg. The 426 m long tunnel was a technical sensation; 24 m beneath the surface, two 6 m diameter tubes connect central Hamburg with the docks and shipyards on the south side of the river Elbe. St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel is situated 1 km northeast of Blohm+Voss.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Steinwerder and Portugiesenviertel.
Steinwerder
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Steinwerder is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany in the borough Hamburg-Mitte on the southern bank of the river Elbe. It is a primarily maritime industrial location, with a resident population in 2017 of only 39.
Portugiesenviertel
Neighborhood
Photo: Northside, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portugiesenviertel is a neighborhood.
Altona-Altstadt
Suburb
Photo: Wmeinhart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Altona-Altstadt is a quarter in Hamburg that belongs to the Altona borough. The quarter's boundaries are congruent with the historic center of what has been the city of Altona until 1937.
Blohm+Voss
- Categories: business and shipyard
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Hamburg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.5381° or 53° 32′ 17″ northLongitude
9.96011° or 9° 57′ 36″ eastInception
April 5th, 1877Open location code
9F5FGXQ6+62OpenStreetMap ID
way 19059511OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q218715
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Blohm+Voss” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلوم+فوس”
- Asturian: “Blohm+Voss”
- Basque: “Blohm + Voss”
- Catalan: “Blohm & Voss”
- Catalan: “Blohm + Voss”
- Catalan: “Blohm i Voss”
- Catalan: “Blohm und Voss”
- Catalan: “Blohm+Voss”
- Chinese: “布洛姆-福斯”
- Chinese: “布洛姆-福斯”
- Chinese: “布洛姆-福斯公司”
- Chinese: “布洛姆+福斯”
- Czech: “Blohm & Voss”
- Czech: “Blohm + Voss”
- Czech: “Blohm und Voss”
- Dutch: “Blohm & Voss AG”
- Dutch: “Blohm & Voss”
- Dutch: “Blohm + Voss”
- Dutch: “Blohm und Voss”
- Dutch: “Blohm+Voss”
- Esperanto: “Blohm + Voss”
- Esperanto: “Blohm kaj Voss”
- Esperanto: “Blohm und Voss”
- Esperanto: “Blohm&Voss”
- Esperanto: “Blohm+Voss”
- Estonian: “Blohm+Voss”
- Finnish: “Blohm & Voss”
- Finnish: “Blohm + Voss”
- Finnish: “Blohm&Voss”
- French: “Blohm & Voss”
- French: “Blohm + Voss”
- French: “Blohm und Voss”
- Galician: “Blohm & Voss”
- Galician: “Blohm + Voss”
- German: “Blohm & Voss”
- German: “Blohm & Voß”
- German: “Blohm + Voss”
- German: “Blohm und Voss”
- Greek: “Blohm & Voss”
- Greek: “Blohm & Voß”
- Greek: “Blohm + Voss”
- Greek: “Blohm und Voss”
- Hebrew: “בלום אונד ווס”
- Hebrew: “בלום אונד פוס”
- Hebrew: “בלום ו־ווס”
- Hebrew: “בלום ווס”
- Irish: “Blohm & Voss”
- Italian: “Blohm & Voss”
- Italian: “Blohm + Voss”
- Italian: “Blohm und Voss”
- Italian: “Blom Und Voss”
- Japanese: “ブローム・ウント・フォス”
- Japanese: “ブローム・ウント・フォス社”
- Japanese: “ブローム&フォス”
- Japanese: “ブローム+フォス”
- Korean: “블롬 플루스 포스”
- Low German: “Blohm & Voss”
- Low German: “Blohm un Voß”
- Malay: “Blohm + Voss”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blohm & Voss”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blohm & Voß”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blohm und Voss”
- Norwegian: “Blohm und Voss”
- Polish: “Blohm + Voss”
- Portuguese: “Blohm & Voss”
- Portuguese: “Blohm + Voss Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik”
- Portuguese: “Blohm + Voss”
- Portuguese: “Blohm Voß”
- Portuguese: “Blohm+Voss”
- Russian: “Blohm & Voss”
- Russian: “Blohm + Voss”
- Russian: “Blohm und Voss”
- Russian: “Blohm+Voss”
- Russian: “Блом + Фосс”
- Russian: “Блом унд Фосс”
- Russian: “Бломм+Фосс”
- Slovenian: “Blohm + Voss”
- Spanish: “Blohm & Voss”
- Spanish: “Blohm + Voss”
- Spanish: “Blohm und Voss”
- Spanish: “Blohm”
- Swedish: “Blohm & Voss”
- Swedish: “Blohm + Voss”
- Swedish: “Blohm und Voss”
- Swedish: “Blohm+Voss”
- Turkish: “Blohm & Voss”
- Turkish: “Blohm + Voss”
- Ukrainian: “Blohm & Voss”
- Ukrainian: “Blohm + Voss”
- Ukrainian: “Блом унд Фосс”
- Urdu: “بلوم پلس ووس”
- Venetian: “Blohm + Voss”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dock 5 and Feuer- und Rettungswache Blohm+Voss.
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