Herbeder lock

Herbeder lock

Day trippers at the inn next to the lock

The Herbeder Schleuse is a lock on the Ruhr in the Witten district of Heven , North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). It was built on this river from 1776 to 1778 at the instigation of King Friedrich II (as one of 16).

From 1801 onwards, shipping on the Ruhr was stopped above Witten because the movement of goods slowed down and the lock had suffered from flooding and ice drift. In 1811 a new lock was built, which was renovated in the 1830s. The lock keeper's house, a single-storey half-timbered house with a half-hipped roof, was built in 1835. In 1890 shipping came to a standstill again. The wooden lock fell into disrepair and was destroyed by the flood wave of the Möhnesee bombing in 1943 . The reconstruction took place between 1981 and 1983 so that the MS Schwalbe II can operate between Kemnader See and Witten- Bommern .

To the south, in the Herbede district, are the ruins of Hardenstein Castle and the nature reserve of the same name .

Near the Herbeder Schleuse there is a ferry for non-motorized road users called Hardenstein , which began operating in 2006 as part of the Ruhr Valley Cycle Route .

On the night of January 23rd to 24th, 2015, the historic lock keeper's house ( monument no. 231 ) was badly damaged by a fire. It has since been rebuilt.

The Herbeder Schleuse belongs to the route of industrial culture .