List of German federal inland waterways

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The list of German inland waterways of the federal government names all main stretches of the 64 inland waterways of the federal government, which serve general traffic, according to § 1 of the Federal Waterways Act (WaStrG). For this purpose, the total length, the free-flowing and the impoundment-regulated river route, the canal route, the number of fall steps, the former waterways and shipping directorate (WSD) and the class of the waterway.

stretch

Overview list

Waterway from km up to km
All (Al) 0.25 117.17
Beetzsee-Riewendsee waterway (BRW) 0.26 21.80
Brandenburger Niederhavel (BHv) 56.24 64.83
Brandenburg City Canal (BrK) 54.37 58.47
Datteln-Hamm Canal (DHK) 0.06 47.20
Danube (Thu) 2201.7 2414.7
Dortmund-Ems Canal (DEK) 0.00 225.82
Elbe (El) 0.00 km 607.50
Elbe-Havel Canal (EHK) 325.64 380.90
Elbe-Lübeck Canal (ELK) 0.00 61.55
Elbe Lateral Canal (ESK) 0.00 115.18
Finow Canal (FiK) 57.36 89.27
Havel-Oder waterway (HOW) 0.00 135.31
Havel Canal (HvK) 0.29 34.59
Hohennauener Wasserstraße (HnW) 111.85 10.40
Ilmenau (Im) 0.00 25.25
Ketziner Havel (KHv) 0.00 3.36
Coastal Canal (KüK) 8.05 69.63
Lahn (La) 137.30 12.22
Lychener Waters (LyG) 0.00 8.31
Main (Ma) 0.0 384.07
Main-Danube Canal (MDK) 0.07 170.78
Malzer Canal (MzK) 33.40 35.55
Malzer Canal (MzK) 43.95 46.90
Mittelland Canal (MLK) with branch canal Ibbenbüren (SKI), branch canal Osnabrück (SKO), connecting canal north to Weser (VKN), connecting canal south to Weser (VKS), branch canal Hannover-Linden (SKL) with connecting canal to Leine (VKL), branch canal Misburg (SKM), Hildesheim branch canal (SKH), Salzgitter branch canal (SKS) 0.00 318.40
Mittelland Canal (MLK) 318.40 325.7
Moselle (Mon) 0.00 242.20
Estuary of the Lower Havel (MUH) 145.80 156.75
Müritz-Elde-Wasserstraße (MEW) 0.00 120.5
Müritz-Havel-Wasserstraße (MHW) 0.00 31.80
Neckar (Ne) 0.00 203.01
Nigripper connection channel (NVK) 0.11 1.50
Kiel Canal (NOK) 0.00 98.26
Upper Havel waterway (OHV) 0.00 94.40
Or (Od) 542.40 704.10
Oranienburger Havel (OHv) 0.00 4.00
Oranienburger Kanal (OrK) 20.80 28.77
Pareyer connection channel (PVK) 0.00 3.54
Potsdam Havel (PHv) 28.79 0.00
Rathenower Havel (RHv) / Rathenower City Canal 56.24 64.83
Rhine (Rh) 170.00 642.20
Rhine (Rh) with Rhine-Kleve (SRK) shipping route 639.26 857.67
Rhine-Herne Canal (RHK) with Duisburg-Ruhrort port canal 0.16 45.60
Rheinsberg Waters (RbG) 0.00 13.20
Rothenseer connecting canal (RVK) 319.84 325.12
Ruhr (Ru) 0.01 12.21
Saale (Sl) 0.00 124.16
Saar (Sa) 0.00 lothr. km 64.98
Schwedter Querfahrt (SQF) 0.00 3.50
Stör waterway (StW) 0.00 44.70
Templin Waters (TlG) 0.00 22.00
Lower Havel waterway (UHW) 0.00 156.14
Velten branch canal (VSK) 0.00 3.15
Wentow waters (WtG) 0.00 11.00
Werbelliner waters (WbG) 2.73 20.00
Wesel-Datteln Canal (WDK) 0.24 60.23
Weser (We) 0.00 354.20
West or (WOd) 0.00 17.10
Wriezener Alte Oder (WAO) 0.00 2.50
Zechliner Waters (ZeG) 0.00 8.17

Detail list

  • Waterway: gives the name of the waterway.
  • Total length (km): Indicates the length of the waterway in kilometers.
  • Free flowing (km): Specifies the length of the free flowing river sections in kilometers.
  • Governed storage (km): Returns the length of by barrages regulated river stretches in kilometers.
  • Canal (km): Indicates the length of the canal routes in kilometers.
  • Fall steps : Indicates the number of barrages / canal steps of the main route with one or more locks / a lift.
  • WSD: Names the formerly responsible waterways and shipping directorates, now the locations of the general directorate for waterways and shipping . 39 waterways and shipping offices are subordinate to them.
  • Class: A working group of the Economic Commission for Europe has defined classes in a classification system that has been in place in Germany since 1993.
Waterway (abbreviation) Total length (km) Free flowing (km) Congestion controlled (km) Canal route (km) Fall levels (number) WSD Class (s)
All (Al) 112.13 64.53 47.60 0 4th center from the Verden III railway bridge, before that II
Altmuehl (Am) 0.58 0 0.58 0 0 south 0 (not classified)
Berlin-Spandauer Schifffahrtskanal (BSK) with 11.78 0 0 11.78 1 east
  • HOW to Schl. Plötzensee IV
  • Schl. Plötzensee to SOW: III
  • WVK: IV
  • WHK: Vb
  • CVK: IV
Dahme-Wasserstraße (DaWanda) with 24.94 0 24.94 0 1 east
  • Prieros to Niederlehme railway bridge: I
  • continue to SOW: IV
  • SkG: I.
  • MzS: IV
  • WdS (SOW to DaWanda): III
Datteln-Hamm Canal (DHK) 47.14 0 0 47.14 2 west IV
Danube (Thu) with the southern branch of the Danube in Regensburg from the eastern edge of the Iron Bridge to the confluence with the northern branch of the Danube 203.14 70.25 132.89 0 6th south
  • Kelheim to MDK: II
  • MDK to Schwabelweis railway bridge: Vb
  • further to Straubing lock: VIb
  • continue to Vilshofen bridge: VIa
  • further to border: VIb
  • Regensburg southern arm: Va
Dortmund-Ems-Canal (DEK)
with Ems-Hase-Canal Hanekenfähr and Ems-Hase-Canal Meppen 		223.45 12.29 49.38 161.78 15th west Port of Dortmund to WDK: Vb, otherwise IV
Eider (egg) 88.51 32.85 55.66 0 3 North II
Elbe (El) without delegation route Hamburg, with 695.55 662.11 33.44 0 1 East , north
  • from Wittenberge to Oortkaten VIb, otherwise Va
  • BSE: 0
  • RuS: 0
  • WSE: I.
  • Each: 0
Elbe-Havel Canal (EHK) with 55.20 0 0 55.20 4th east
  • Vb, in undeveloped areas IV
  • NVK: IV
  • PVK, RAK and Bel: III
  • CTE: 0
Elbe-Lübeck Canal (ELK) 61.55 0 0 61.55 7th east IV
Elbe Lateral Canal (ESK) 115.14 0 0 115.14 2 center Vb
Elisabethfehn Canal (SFAO) 14.8 0 0 14.8 4th west 0
Ems (Em) 39.69 0 39.69 0 5 west Hanekenfähr to Meppen: 0
Unterems 67.76 67.76 0 0 0 northwest Papenburg to the North Sea: Vb
Ems-Jade Canal (EJK) 5.44 0 0 5.44 0 northwest 0
Ems Lateral Canal (EmK) 9.06 0 0 9.06 1 northwest III
Estonian (Es) 12.25 12.25 0 0 0 North I.
Freiburg Harbor Priel (FHP) 1.95 1.95 0 0 0 North 0 (not classified)
Fulda (Fu) 32.00 0.35 31.65 0 5 center 0
Gieselau Canal (GiK) 2.81 0 0 2.81 1 North II
Bunny (ha) 0.87 0 0.87 0 0 west 0
Havel Canal (HvK) 34.17 0 0 34.17 1 east
  • HOW up to km 20.7: IV
  • km 20.7 to 22.9: 5b
  • km 22.9 to 34.59: IV
Havel-Oder-Wasserstraße (HOW) with 149.35 14.40 38.92 96.03 4th east
  • HOW: IV, various upgraded routes Va
  • TgS: IV
  • VSK: IV
  • OHv: III
  • MzK from Schleuse Malz to HOW: IV, otherwise 0
  • WbG: I.
  • WAO: III
  • VKH: IV
  • SQF: III
  • Wod: III
Hunte (hu) 24.63 24.63 0 0 0 northwest Va
Ilmenau (Im) 28.84 4.59 12.65 11.60 3 east Above drive wood lock I, below III
Krückau (Kr) 11.30 11.30 0 0 0 North 0
Coastal Canal (KüK) with 69.56 1.22 0 68.34 2 West , northwest KüK and SKD: IV
Lahn (La) 123.13 1.14 121.99 0 20th southwest 0
Leda (Ld) and Sagter Ems (Sem) 24.79 24.79 0 0 0 northwest
  • Sem and Leda to Jümme: 0 (Ems estuary shipping regulations)
  • Leda from Jümme to Leer port: II
  • further to the Ems: Vb
Leine (Le), Ihme (Ih) and Schneller Graben 6.64 2.08 4.56 0 - center
  • Ihme from Schneller Graben to Kraftwerk: 0
  • Ihme from the power station to the mouth of the Leine and on to the Herrenhausen weir: IV
  • Leine above the confluence of the Hademstorf lock canal to Aller: II
Lesum (Ls) 9.85 9.85 0 0 0 northwest III
Lühe (Lü) 12.67 12.67 0 0 0 North I.
Main (Ma) 387.41 2.13 385.28 0 34 Southwest , south
  • Hallstadt railway bridge to MDK: III
  • further to Lengfurt lock: Va
  • further to the Rhine: Vb
Main-Danube Canal (MDK) 170.71 0 50.48 120.23 16 south Vb
Mittelland Canal (MLK) with 325.32 0 0 325.32 3 Middle , east Vb vb
Moselle (Mon) 242.20 0.91 241.29 0 12 southwest Vb
Müritz-Elde-Wasserstraße (MEW) with 180.00 0 160.13 19.87 17th east
  • MEW, StW and ZgS: I
Müritz-Havel-Wasserstraße (MHW) with 32.02 0 22.55 9.47 4th east MHW, MAS, PeS, RbG: I.
Neckar (Ne) 203.01 4.84 198.17 0 27 southwest
  • from the Rhine to the upper port of Plochingen: Vb
  • another 1.52 km: 0
Kiel Canal (NOK) with 98.26 0 0 98.26 2 North
  • NOK: vb
  • OES, FhS, AwK: 0
Obere Havel-Wasserstraße (OHW) with 97.36 0 71.89 25.47 11 east
  • from Neustrelitz to Zehdenick: I.
  • further to MzK: II
  • MwS, SwS: I
  • LyG, TlG, GlS, GLS and WtG from road bridge Dannenwalde to OHW: I
  • remaining WtG: 0
Or (Od) with 161.70 161.70 0 0 0 east IV
Oste (Os) 5.26 5.26 0 0 0 North IV
Peene (Pe) 95.66 95.66 0 0 0 North
  • from the Baltic Sea to Kahldenbrücke in Demmin: IV
  • continue to confluence with the Malchiner Peene Canal: III
Pinnau (Pi) 18.81 18.81 0 0 0 North
  • from the Pinneberg railway bridge to Uetersen: 0
  • further Pagensander Nebenelbe: II
Regen (Rg, only 100 m from the Regensburg lock canal) 0.10 0 0.10 0 0 south 0
Regnitz (Re) 2.22 0 2.22 0 0 south 0
Rhine including defense arms Burkheim, Weisweil, Ottenheim, old people's home and weir section Freistett, with 694.68 573.90 120.78 0 10 Southwest , west
  • from Switzerland to Bad Salzig: VIb
  • from Bad Salzig to the Netherlands: VIc
  • River route (Altrhein) Märkt - Breisach from km 218.9 to 226.42, Lampertheimer Altrhein from km 2.6 to 0, and Stockstadt-Erfelder Altrhein from km 7.4 to 0: III
  • all other Rhine routes: 0
Rhine-Herne Canal (RHK) with 45.44 0 0 45.44 5 west
  • up to km 39.97: Vb
  • continue to DEK: IV
  • VKR:
Rüdersdorfer Gewässer (RüG) with 10.35 0 10.35 0 1 east
  • III
Ruhr (Ru) 12.21 2.44 9.77 0 2 west
  • Rhine to VKR: Vb
  • VKR to north bridge Mülheim: Va
  • Mülheim north bridge to Mülheim castle bridge: I
Ryck (Ry) 5.55 5.55 0 0 0 North from Steinbecker Bridge in Greifswald to the Baltic Sea, Greifswalder Bodden: IV
Saale (Sl) 124.16 19.44 104.72 0 12 east
  • from the Elbe to above the port of Halle-Trotha: IV
  • further to Bad Dürrenberg: I.
Saale-Leipzig Canal (SLK) 0 0 0 0 0 ? ?
Saar (Sa) 104.70 0 104.70 0 9 southwest
  • from the mouth to the Luisenbrücke in Saarbrücken: Vb
  • further to border: I.
Rhine-Kleve shipping route (SRK) with 8.46 5.67 0 2.79 1 west
  • SRK: III
  • AT ALL: ?
Swing arm (Sw) 4.61 4.61 0 0 0 North
  • Elbe to Saline loading point: IV
  • continue to Salztorschleuse Stade: II
Worry (so) ? ? ? ? ?
Spree-Oder-Wasserstraße (SOW) with 128.66 0 63.93 64.73 6th east IV
Sturgeon (St) 51.18 51.18 0 0 0 North
  • Itzehoe to Elbe: III
  • otherwise: 0
Teltow Canal (TeK) with 38.39 0 0 38.39 1 east IV
Trave (Tr) with 26.94 26.94 0 0 0 North Vb
Uecker (Ue) 2.66 2.66 0 0 0 North IV
Lower Havel waterway (UHW) with 147.62 0 129.89 17.73 6th east IV
Lower Weser 85.25 85.25 0 0 0 northwest VI (?)
Warnow (Wa) 2.04 1.39 0.65 0 1 North Peniche
Werra (Wr) 5.00 0.33 4.67 0 - center unclassified
Wesel-Datteln Canal (WDK) 59.99 0 0 59.99 6th west Vb
Weser with Kleine Weser 429.82 287.80 142.02 0 8th Center , northwest Vb
Wümme (Wü) 18.53 18.53 0 0 0 northwest III
  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah The draft required for this class is not reached or is level-dependent.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u The bridge clearance height required for this class is not reached.
  3. ↑ a b c The length required for this class for single riders is not achieved.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g The length required for this class for pushed convoys is not achieved.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Encounter restrictions or directional traffic
  6. ↑ including 9 lock groups on French territory

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Attachment 1 (to Section 1, Paragraph 1, No. 1 and Paragraph 5 and Section 2, Paragraph 2) of the Federal Waterways Act (WaStrG) (PDF; 120 kB), Federal Ministry of Justice.
  2. ↑ Lengths (in km) of the main shipping lanes (main routes and certain secondary routes) of the federal inland waterways ( memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wsv.de
  3. ↑ Allocation of the federal inland waterways serving general traffic to the waterway classes. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: wsw.de. July 2007, archived from the original on March 2, 2014 ; Retrieved February 26, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wsv.de

literature

  • Writings of the association for European inland navigation and waterways eV various years. Western European shipping and port calendar, Binnenschiffahrts-Verlag GmbH Duisburg-Ruhrort (no ISBN).

Web links

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