This company was a Co-operative Society of private skippers, founded in 1889 in the city of Fuerstenberg (Oder), at present the city of Eisenhuettenstadt. The skippers sailed on the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Kanal (at present Oder-Spree-Kanal). They transported cargo from the river Oder to the German capital Berlin. In 1956 the co-op was nationalised and became the Firma VEB Binnenschiffahrt; in the German Democratic Republic it was a state-firm.
Jens Pattke, 11 Oct 2005
Quelle: www.fahnenversand.de
