Dachau-Schleissheim Canal

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The Dachau-Schleissheim Canal was built in 1691/92 as part of the northern Munich canal system planned by Enrico Zuccalli . It provided a water connection between the Schleissheim palace complex and the Amper near Dachau with its high-altitude palace (also ducal / electoral summer residence).

location

The Dachau-Schleissheim Canal in the north Munich canal system

The canal, filled with water from both ends, connected the Schleissheim canal in the Dachauer Moos , through which water was carried from the Isar's water system to the Schleissheim palace complex and which was also used to transport building materials, with the Amper water system. The originally 8.7 km long canal crossed a pure moor landscape. It ran (and continues) over long stretches immediately south of today's federal highway 471 and state highway 2063 and Schleißheimer Strasse in Dachau; the former, now dry course is roughly followed by the municipal boundary between Dachau and Karlsfeld . It had its lowest point at the Saubach; there he discharged the water into the moor. To the west of the Schleißheim Palace Park, a chamber lock was located at the Brunnhaus, which overcame a height difference of 3 m. In Dachau the canal ended at the Holzgarten, a kind of harbor basin for the Holztrift. In addition to the transport of building materials, passengers also used gondolas on the canal.

Current condition

The canal near the intersection with the Schwebelbach
Crossing of the Schwebelbach with the canal
Section in the urban area of ​​Dachau that has fallen dry

The canal is only partially water-bearing. The middle section was abandoned around 1900. Starting from Schleißheim Castle, the water flows westwards and is diverted via the Gänsgraben, Schwebelbach and Kalterbach to the Amper. To the west of the Kalterbach, the canal has largely fallen dry (up to the Saubach) and partially filled in. Between the Saubach and the Würm, the remnants of the canal absorb the water from the deep trench and guide it to the Saubach and Würm , which soon flows into the Amper. In the urban area of ​​Dachau there is still a short section of water that comes from the Gröbenbach and is directed over the Pollnbach into the Amper.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dehio-Handbuch Munich and Upper Bavaria, 3rd edition 2006, page 998
  2. ^ A b c Adolf Kleinschroth / Helmut Michel: Water as an architectural element. The canals for the development of the palace complex in the north of Munich , Münchner Stadtanzeiger January 5, 1984, page 4
  3. Schleissheim. New castle and garden. Official guide, edited by Gerhard Hojer. 1980. Bavarian Administration of State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes, Munich, without ISBN
  4. ^ Adolf Kleinschroth / Helmut Michel: Water as an architectural element. The canals for the development of the palace complex in the north of Munich , Münchner Stadtanzeiger January 5, 1984, page 5

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Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '2.2 "  N , 11 ° 33" 17.3 "  E