BALTIC SEA IDENTITY Common Sea – Common Culture? 1st Cultural Heritage Forum Gdańsk 3rd–6th April 2003 at the Polish Maritime Museum in Gdańsk Baltic Sea Identity Common Sea – Common Culture? 1st Cultural Heritage Forum Gdańsk 3rd-6th April 2003 at the Polish Maritime Museum in Gdańsk Publication subsidized by the Ministry of Culture of Poland Editor Jerzy Litwin Subeditors: Kate Newland Anna Ciemińska Designed & typeset by Paweł Makowski Copyright © 2003 Centralne Muzeum Morskie w Gdańsku ul. Ołowianka 9–13, 80-751 Gdańsk tel. (+48-58) 301 86 11, fax (+48-58) 301 84 53 www.cmm.pl, e-mail: [email protected] ISBN 83-919514-0-5 Printed in Poland by Drukarnia Misiuro in Gdańsk CONTENTS List of contributors . 7 Note by Rafał Skąpski . 9 Note by Jerzy Litwin . 10 Introduction by Christina von Arbin . 11 PART I: “COMMON SEA – COMMON CULTURE?” Merja-Liisa Hinkkanen Common Sea, Common Culture? On Baltic Maritime Communities in the 19th Century . 17 Michael Andersen Mare Balticum – Reflections in the Wake of an Exhibition . 22 Christer Westerdahl Scando-Baltic Contacts during the Viking Age . 27 Fred Hocker Baltic Contacts in the Hanseatic Period . 35 Mirosław Kuklik Selected Issues of the Sea Fishery Heritage of the Polish Baltic Coast . .. 41 PART II: UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE – Short Reports Marcus Lindholm Underwater Cultural Heritage – a short report from the Åland Islands . 49 Friedrich Lüth Underwater Cultural Heritage – present situation along the German East Coast in the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . 51 Flemming Rieck Underwater Cultural Heritage – the Danish situation . 55 Willi Kramer Report from Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) . 58 Iwona Pomian Underwater Cultural Heritage in Poland . 59 Sallamaria Tikkanen Underwater Cultural Heritage in Finland – short introduction . 60 Ants Kraut Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Estonia – current situation . 63 Juris Urtāns Report from Latvia . 65 3 Vladas Žulkus Underwater Cultural Heritage in Lithuania – recent work . 67 Frode Kvalø Management of Underwater Heritage – a short presentation of the Norwegian situation . 69 Petr Sorokin The Underwater Archaeological Heritage of North-western Russia . 71 Peter Norman Underwater Culture Heritage – short report from Sweden . 75 PART III: MARITIME HERITAGE AND COASTAL CULTURE – Short Reports on Baltic Lights Marcus Lindholm Baltic Lights – a short report from the Åland Islands . 79 Morten Hahn-Pedersen Reports on Baltic Lights – Denmark . 81 Urmas Dresen Maritime Heritage and Coastal Culture – Baltic Lights, Estonia . 84 Marja Pelanne Report on Baltic Lights – Finland . 86 Andris Biedriņš Lighthouses Along the Coast of Latvia . 88 Laisvūnas Kavaliauskas, Jonas Genys Lithuania’s Lighthouses . 91 Eivind Lande Lighthouses in Norway . 93 Robert Domżał Polish “Baltic Lights”: Resources, Conservation, Presentation . 95 Per-Olof Remmare Short Report on the Present Situation of the Lighthouses in Sweden . 97 PART IV: SUSTAINABLE HISTORIC TOWNS Margaretha Ehrström Urban Heritage of the Baltic Sea Region . 103 Ann Mari Westerlind Sustainable Historic Towns – activities in Sweden, presentation of the pilot town Ystad . 105 Gisle Erlien Sustainable Historic Towns – activities in Norway . 111 Torbjørn Eggen Presentation of the Pilot Town Røros in Norway . 113 Jim Nerdal Pilot Town Mosjøen in Norway . 115 Marianne Lehtimäki Sustainable Historic Towns – activities in Finland . 117 4 Juhani Hallasmaa Presentation of the Pilot Town Forssa in Finland . 119 Alfredas Jomantas, Jurate Jureviciene Enhancement of Druskininkai’s Urban Heritage . 122 Håkan Hökerberg Methods for Preservation Planning . 123 Hain Toss Sustainable Historic Towns in Estonia . 125 PART V: BUILDING PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE IN PRACTICE Hans Sandström Baltic Sea Identity – Common Objectives . 129 Tarmo Elvisto Information Centre for Building Preservation . 131 Ann Lepp Kalamaja – Possibilities of a Wooden Town . 132 Sakari Mentu Production and Use of Wood Tar (Finland) . 133 Ilmars Dirveiks Restoration of Ungurmuižā Manor House – a Latvian-Swedish co-operation project . 134 Irma Grigaitiene Traditional Building Crafts in Lithuania . 135 Tadeusz Sadkowski Log Houses at the Open Air Museum in Wdzydze Kiszewskie, Poland . 136 Jorn Andreasen The Nordic Centre for Traditional Crafts . 141 Tatyana Saprykina The Mir Castle Complex . 143 PART VI: SHIPS: HISTORY, PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION Jerzy Litwin Shipbuilding Techniques from the Medieval Age Onwards . 147 Åsmund Kristiansen Ship Preservation and Ship Preservation Centres in Norway . 156 Romaldas Adomavičius The Return of the Kurėnas: Sailing Boats of the Fishermen of the Curonian Lagoon . 161 PART VII: COASTAL CULTURE – A RESOURCE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH Per-Olof Remmare Introduction to the Seminar Coastal Culture – A Resource Towards Sustainable Development and Growth . 167 Marcin Gawlicki Actual Problems of the Polish Coastal Landscape, Architecture and Cultural Heritage Protection . 168 5 Jo van der Eynden New Uses for Old Lighthouses . 173 Gabriele Prenzlau-Enander King Valdemar’s Sailing Route – the Oldest Sailing Route in.