Beuditzmühlen lock
| Beuditzmühlen lock | ||
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 Underwater the lock |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 12 ′ 19 ″ N , 11 ° 57 ′ 1 ″ E | |
| Country: |
 Germany / Saxony-Anhalt
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| Place: | Weissenfels | |
| Waters: | Saale | |
| Water kilometers : | km 144.30 | |
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| Owner: | Federation | |
| Operator: | State Office for Flood Protection and Water Management Saxony-Anhalt | |
| Construction time: | 1790 | |
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| Usable length: | Max. 47 m | |
| Usable width: | 5.50 m chamber width 8 m | |
| Upper gate: | Miter gate | |
| Lower gate: | Miter gate | |
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| Associated weir: | Yes | |
| Was standing: | Tel. +49 3443 307155 | |
The Beuditzmühlenschleuse even Beuditzschleuse or Beuditz sluice called, is a Grade II listed lock on a tributary of the Saale in the city of Weissenfels in Saxony-Anhalt . In the local register of monuments , the building is listed as a monument under registration number 094 66139 .
history
The use of the Saale for goods or passenger transport has been documented since 981. It is reported in chronicles of the Saale shipping that the water of the Saale river was dammed as early as the second half of the 14th century . The accumulated amount of water was used to operate mills and rafts. The first craft in Bernburg that was reported about was a mill on the Saale. On October 21, 1530, Emperor Karl V granted the Archbishopric of Magdeburg the privilege of free navigation on the Saale and permission to expand the river. The first wooden locks were used by the boatmen to handle freight traffic. From 1790, shipping on the Saale was expanded further. The Elector of Saxony, Friedrich August III. ordered the upper hall and the Unstrut to be made navigable. The Beuditzmühlen lock was built as part of a major project to make navigable from the Saale to the Unstrut. The lock was completed in the 1790s. Along with the bridge mill lock and the Herrenmühle lock, it is one of three locks in the Weißenfels urban area.
Web links
- Accessibility of the upper Saale locks , accessed on December 12, 2017.