Müritz-Havel waterway
The Müritz-Havel-Wasserstraße (MHW) is a 32 km long federal waterway of waterway class I in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which connects the Müritz-Elde-Wasserstraße (MEW) with the Upper Havel-Wasserstraße (OHW). Responsibility lies with the Eberswalde Waterways and Shipping Office .
Course and meaning
At km 32.02 it branches off from the Kleine Müritz at km 171.68, continues through the Mirower Canal with Sumpfsee and Ragunsee, through the Zotzensee , Mössensee , eastern part of Vilzsee , Kleine Peetschsee, Labussee , Canower See , eastern part of the Kleiner Pälitzsee , northern part of the Großer Pälitzsee , western part of the Ellbogensee and joins the OHW at km 72.45 at km 0.00 in the Ellbogensee near Priepert . The kilometers run against the direction of flow. The lakes are connected by canals, some of which are short, at Mirow, Diemitz , Canow and Strasen with sluices to descend a total of 7.20 m from the Müritz to the Havel at medium water levels.
Legally, the federal waterways still belong to the MHW: from the old MHW the Bolter Canal and the Mirower See , further the western part of the Vilzsee and the Mirower Adlersee, the Great Peetschsee and the southwestern part of the Great Pälitzsee and in the state of Brandenburg the Rheinsberg waters with the Wolfsbrucher Canal, Great Prebelowsee , Zechliner waters and Dollgowsee.
The MHW is used today for recreational shipping. Commercial shipping with cargo ships no longer takes place. Due to their location between the Mecklenburg Lake District and the Mecklenburg Small Lakes, the locks of the MHW have to deal with extensive sport boat traffic, especially in the summer months. For years, more than 40,000 pleasure craft have been funneled into the Diemitz lock every year.
Locks
There are four locks in the Müritz-Havel waterway:
- Strasen lock , 2.70 kilometers of water; Fall height 1.42 m
- Canow lock , 9.50 kilometers of water; Fall height 1.30 m
- Diemitz lock , waterway kilometers 13.20; Fall height 1.29 m
- Mirow lock , waterway kilometers 22.30; Fall height 2.98 m
history
The Alte Müritz-Havel waterway, which was laid out in 1831–1836, branched off from the Müritz at Bolt with the Bolter lock, 7 km further north than today, and ran through several lakes in a southerly direction to Mirow. With the construction of the Mirower Canal in 1935/36, the lines in the uppermost part of the MHW were significantly changed.
See also
Web links
- Eberswalde Waterways and Shipping Office
- Inland waterways order, Chapter 24: MHW
- Lock operating times ( ELWIS )
Individual evidence
- ^ Reichsverkehrsblatt A 1936 p. 31
- ↑ a b Directory E, serial no. 36 der Chronik ( Memento of the original of July 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Directory F of the Chronicle ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
- ↑ Eberswalder official area remains the most popular sport boat area in Germany. (PDF) WSA Eberswalde, May 13, 2016, accessed on May 18, 2016 .
- ↑ M. Eckoldt (Ed.), Rivers and Canals, The History of German Waterways, DSV-Verlag Hamburg 1998
Coordinates: 53 ° 16 ′ 51 ″ N , 12 ° 46 ′ 45 ″ E