Ems-Vechte Canal
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 Ems-Vechte Canal |
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| abbreviation | EVK |
| location | Germany: Lower Saxony |
| length | 23 km |
| Beginning | Emskilometer 84.3 at Hanekenfähr |
| The End | Coupling lock in the Vechte |
The Ems-Vechte Canal (abbreviation: EVK) connects the Vechte in Nordhorn with the Ems in Hanekenfähr south of Lingen .
course
The EVK is about 22.95 km long and has two locks. The profile was built as a normal profile and has a sole width of 8.5 m and a depth of 1.8 m. At the surface, the width is 16 m. The Ems lock in Hanekenfähr is 33 × 6.3 m in size with a jamb depth of 2 m. The coupling lock at the west end in Nordhorn descends into the Vechte . In Nordhorn there is a connecting canal in a westerly direction to the Nordhorn-Almelo Canal . To the north there is a connection via the South-North Canal to the Coevorden-Piccardie Canal , the Schöninghsdorf-Hoogeveen Canal and the Haren-Rütenbrock Canal . The Ems-Vechte Canal has ten bridges, most of which were built as swing bridges .
history
In order to use the large bog areas, the member of parliament from Beesten proposed the construction of three canals: one from the Ems near Hanekenfähr to the Vechte in Nordhorn (Ems-Vechte Canal), one from the Ems near Haren to Rütenbrock, connected to the Groning Canal (Haren-Rütenbrock Canal) and the third canal to connect the two aforementioned from Nordhorn to Rütenbrock (South-North Canal).
The proposal met with general approval in the state parliament, also to use the labor of the prisoners of war from the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 . A barrack camp for 2,000 men was set up in a very short time near Hanekenfähr. The “Volksbote” published in Lingen reported on September 23, 1870 that French prisoners of war were coming to build the canal. The Ems-Vechte Canal was opened in July 1879 after it had been built under great privation; Its construction costs the lives of numerous prisoners of war. Furthermore, two locks and ten bridges as well as bridge and lock keeper's houses were built.
Today's Ems-Vechte Canal is part of the Left Ems Canal network that was built between 1870 and 1904. Up to the 1960s, up to 240 small barges passed the waterway in both directions every year. In 1973 shipping was stopped. In addition to transporting goods for ships with a load capacity of 200 tons, the canal also served to drain the moors. This is why the canal has a slight current to the west and the boatmen used to be able to drift their boats from Lingen to Nordhorn at night and go to sleep. After the cessation of shipping, the water level was lowered; Today the EVK is mainly used for drainage and the sport boat hobby.
Some of the lock systems and the bridge and lock keeper's houses have been placed under monument protection. The houses were gradually sold to private individuals.
The Ems-Vechte Canal was re-opened for boats up to 12 meters in length by District Administrator Friederich Kethorn on November 14, 2005 through the initiative of the Graf-SHIP association . In the summer months, an excursion boat runs irregularly on the Ems-Vechte Canal, from the “Hanekenfähr” holiday area in Lingen over the Ems through the Ems-Vechte Canal to Nordhorn. In addition, the water required for the locks from the Haren-Rütenbrock Canal is provided via the Ems-Vechte Canal and the South-North Canal.
The southern towpath on the Ems-Vechte Canal is now used as a cycle and hiking path from the canal bridge in Elbergen to Nordhorn.
See also: Overview of the channels in Germany
Kilometrage
0 Start at Emskilometer 84.3, lock
17 Connection channel to the Vechte
20.1 Branch of the south-north canal
21.9 coupling lock in the Vechte, end of the canal
The beginning of the canal in Hanekenfähr.
Hanekenfähr lock
in Nordhorn to the east
Evers-Kotting Bridge in Nordhorn
The confluence of the South-North Canal.
The coupling lock from above.
The level at the west end of the canal.
The coupling lock from below.
literature
- German river hiking book . DKV Wirtschafts- und Verlags GmbH, Duisburg 1985, ISBN 3-924580-10-3 .
- 1100 years Elbergen, 890 - 1990: ISBN 3-927099-14-7
Web links
source
A canal vision - reactivation of old waterways "left of the Ems" http://www.dtmv-online.de/site/index.php?id=62
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.emsland.com/emsland/orte/lingen-ems/detail-lingen/detail/fahrgastschiffe-haneken-santa-maria-und-stadt-lingen.html
Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ' N , 7 ° 19' E