List of the Neckar barrages

The list of Neckar barrages names all barrages on the Neckar , a right tributary of the Rhine .

Making navigable through locks

Through the installation of locks and weirs , the Neckar was adapted in sections for shipping in the course of the 1920s and 1930s. The previous towing and chain shipping was thereby replaced. In the meantime, 203 kilometers of the 367 kilometers of the Neckar from the confluence with the Rhine upstream to Plochingen are navigable for transport ships. At the moment the maximum size of the ships is limited to 105 meters in length and 12 meters in width. However, the Neckar is subject to an expansion program which includes an extension of the lock chambers. The chambers are a little larger than the ships (currently about 110 meters long with a maximum ship length of 105 meters). There are 27 locks on the Neckar, which offer a minimum depth of 2.80 meters for the ships. In addition to the Feudenheim lock with three chambers, most of the other locks have two chambers. The locks make it possible to reach the Neckar port cities of Heilbronn , Bad Cannstatt , Stuttgart and Plochingen. The port of Mannheim is located in the immediate vicinity of the mouth of the Neckar, but is included in the Rhine because it also depends on its (unregulated) water level.

Construction stages

The plans for a Neckar Canal by Otto Konz were directed from 1920 onwards with the Neckar Construction Directorate. In 1927 Paul Bonatz was commissioned to design the buildings. The Neckar was expanded in various construction phases. It started in the lower reaches between Mannheim and Heilbronn. Up until 1935, all locks were initially built with one chamber. However, for structural reasons, the Feudenheim and Heidelberg locks were built with both chambers. The expansion of the second chambers then took place step by step from 1954 to 1959.

In the section from Heilbronn to Plochingen, the Aldingen lock was tackled in 1942, all others only after the Second World War.

Later on, the structures up the Neckar, which still exist today, were put into operation: 1958 Port of Stuttgart, until 1962 the 2nd lock chambers in Horkheim, Lauffen and Hessigheim, in 1968 the last lock (with only one chamber) in Deizisau and in the same year also the Harbor in Plochingen.

Type of locks

The 27 locks on the Neckar were mainly designed as double locks (2 chambers next to each other). In some cases, one lock was built first and the second planned, which was then installed later. But there are two exceptions: The lock in Feudenheim is a system with a double lock with lifting gates, to which another lock was later added. So there are now 3 lock chambers here. The new lock is currently (2012) being extended. The Feudenheim facility is the lowest on the Neckar and the first when you drive down the river from the Rhine. The top lock on the Neckar in Deizisau has only one chamber. In some locks in the upper Neckar, only one chamber is in operation, for example in Oberesslingen. All locks except Hessigheim are concrete / reinforced concrete structures.

Explanation

• No .: Consecutive number of the structure.
• Name: Name of the structure.
• Location: Municipal location of the barrage
• State: State affiliation of the barrage
• Year of construction: Commissioning of the structures.
• Location: Neckar kilometers from the mouth of the Rhine.
• Lock length : length of the dam (distance between two neighboring barrages) in kilometers.
• Altitude: Height of the water level above sea ​​level with normal backlog (corresponds to the average water flow) in meters. At locks at the height of the headwater.
• Lifting height: height of fall of the barrage in meters in the case of hydrostatic accumulation . The height of fall of the Feudenheim lock depends on the water level of the Rhine.
• Lock L × W: Usable dimensions of each lock chamber in meters.
• Power: power of the hydropower plant.
• Inflow: amount of water per second.

Overview table Lower Neckar

No.	Surname	place	state	Construction year	Location (km)	Altitude (m)	Lifting height (m)	Lock L × W (m)	Power (MW)	Inflow (m³ / s)
-	Branch of the Ladenburg side canal	Mannheim	Baden-Württemberg	1925-27	4.80	98.50	-	-	-	-
1	Feudenheim lock	Mannheim-Feudenheim	Baden-Württemberg	1927/73	6.21	98.50	6.00-11.00	right: 189.50 × 12.00 left: 105.00 × 12.00	-	-
1	Feudenheim power plant	Mannheim-Feudenheim	Baden-Württemberg	1927	8.10	98.50	6.00-11.00	-	5.0	100
1	Ladenburg weir	Ladenburg	Baden-Württemberg	1927	12.00	98.50	6.00-11.00	Combination of the old arm / canal	0.3	10
-	Junction of the Wieblingen side channel	Dossenheim	Baden-Württemberg	1927	17.45	105.26	-	-	-	-
2	Schwabenheim lock	Dossenheim	Baden-Württemberg	1925/55	17.70	105.26	8.71	right: 106.80 × 12.00 left: 108.40 × 12.00	-	-
2	Schwabenheim power plant	Dossenheim	Baden-Württemberg	1925	18.00	105.26	8.71	-	6.9	105
2	Weir Wieblingen	Heidelberg	Baden-Württemberg	1925	22.40	105.26	8.71	Combination of the old arm / canal	0.8	30th
3	Heidelberg barrage	Heidelberg	Baden-Württemberg	1929	26.14	107.87	2.60	right: 109.00 × 12.00 left: 107.70 × 12.00	3.1	140
4th	Neckargemünd barrage	Heidelberg	Baden-Württemberg	1931/57	30.90	111.76	3.89	right: 108.30 × 12.00 left: 109.10 × 12.00	2.5	80
5	Neckarsteinach barrage	Neckarsteinach	Baden-Württemberg Hesse	1931/57	39.30	116.44		right and left: 110 × 12.00	3.6	100
6th	Hirschhorn barrage	Staghorn	Hesse	1933/59	47.70	121.70	5.30	right and left: 110.00 × 12.00	6.8	150
7th	Rockenau barrage	Eberbach	Baden-Württemberg	1933/59	61.43	127.73		right and left: 110.00 × 12.00	5.1	100
8th	Guttenbach barrage	Binau	Baden-Württemberg	1935/59	72.20	133.00	5.30	right and left: 108.60 × 12.00	6.8	155
9	Neckarzimmern barrage	Neckarzimmern	Baden-Württemberg	1935	85.90	138.63		right and left: 109.00 × 12.00	3.5	80
10	Gundelsheim barrage	Gundelsheim	Baden-Württemberg	1935-37 / 58	93.86	142.80	4.20	right and left: 109.00 × 12.00	2.8	80
-	Junction Kochendorf side canal	Bad friedrichshall	Baden-Württemberg	1923	102.85	105.80	-	-	-	-
11	Kochendorf lock	Bad friedrichshall	Baden-Württemberg	1925/54	103.90	150.80	8.03	right and left: 107.70 × 12.00	6.5	100
11	Neckarsulm dam	Neckarsulm	Baden-Württemberg	1921-25	107.20	145.41	4.45	-	-	-
-	Highway bridge	Neckarsulm	Baden-Württemberg	1965-67	107.90		-	Combination of the old arm / canal	-	-
12	Heilbronn barrage	Heilbronn	Baden-Württemberg	1951-52	113.59	154.04	3.18	right and left: 110.00 × 12.00	1.7	75

Overview table of the Upper Neckar

No.	Surname	place	state	Construction year	Location (km)	Altitude (m)	Lifting height (m)	Lock L × W (m)	Power (MW)	Inflow (m³ / s)
-	Branch of the Horkheim side canal	Horkheim	Baden-Württemberg	19xx	117.00	161.41	7.37	-	-	-
13	Horkheim lock	Horkheim	Baden-Württemberg	1959/60	117.54	161.41	7.37	right and left: 110.00 × 11.90	4.3	75
13	Horkheim weir	Horkheim	Baden-Württemberg	1927-29	119.90	161.41	7.37	Combination of the old arm / canal	-	-
14th	Barrage Lauffen	Lauffen	Baden-Württemberg	1951-52 / 61	125.16	169.79	8.38	right and left: 109.00 × 12.00	5.5	80
15th	Besigheim lock	Besigheim	Baden-Württemberg	1952-55	136.23	176.10	6.31	right and left: 106.00 × 11.90	-	-
15th	Besigheim weir	Besigheim	Baden-Württemberg	1952-55	136.83	176.10	6.31	-	3.4	65
16	Hessigheim barrage	Hessigheim	Baden-Württemberg	1952/61	143.01	182.27	6.17	right and left: 110.00 × 11.90	3.4	65
-	Branch of the Pleidelsheim side canal	Pleidelsheim	Baden-Württemberg	1912-14 and 1953-55	148.60	1xx, xx	-	-	-	-
17th	Pleidelsheim lock	Pleidelsheim	Baden-Württemberg	1952/55	150.11	190.32	8.05	right and left: 110.00 × 11.90	3.8	58
17th	Weir Beihingen	Hang up	Baden-Württemberg	1914	153.10 (Old: 154.34)	19X, XX	X, XX	Combination of the old arm / canal	-	-
-	Marbach side canal junction	Marbach	Baden-Württemberg	1953-55	157.40	196.31	-	-	-	-
18th	Marbach lock	Marbach	Baden-Württemberg	1953-55	157.63	196.31	5.99	right and left: 110.00 × 11.90	-	-
18th	Marbach weir	Marbach	Baden-Württemberg	1954-55	158.93	196.31	5.99	Combination of the old arm / canal	2.8	60
19th	Poppenweiler barrage	Poppenweiler	Baden-Württemberg	1954/56	165.00	203.32	7.01	right and left: 110.00 × 11.90	3.6	60
20th	Aldingen barrage	Aldingen	Baden-Württemberg	1936-42 / 56	171.99	206.92	3.60	right and left: 110.00 × 12.00	2.4	75
21st	Hofen barrage	Hofen	Baden-Württemberg	1957	176.25	213.73	6.81	right and left: 110.00 × 11.90	3.4	60
22nd	Cannstatt barrage	Bad Cannstatt	Baden-Württemberg	1927-30 1955-58	182.71	219.13	5.40	right and left: 107.50 × 11.90	2.4	55
23	Untertürkheim barrage	Untertürkheim	Baden-Württemberg	1902 1923 1958	186.45	222.78	3.65	right and left: 110.00 × 11.80	1.5	48
24	Obertürkheim barrage	Obertürkheim	Baden-Württemberg	1968	189.52	231.13	8.35	right and left: 110.00 × 11.90	4.1	60
25th	Esslingen barrage	Esslingen am Neckar	Baden-Württemberg	1968	193.98	236.33	5.20	right and left: 110.00 × 11.90	1.25	30th
26th	Barrage Oberesslingen with Oberesslingen power station	Oberesslingen	Baden-Württemberg	1968	194.84	242.24	5.91	110.00 x 11.90	2.1	45
27	Deizisau barrage	Deizisau	Baden-Württemberg	1968	199.58	247.32	5.12	110.00 x 11.90	2.0	45

Explanations

Depending on the structure, locks, weirs and power plants can exist next to each other at one point or be distributed over several kilometers of the Neckar. Then the Neckar is divided into an oxbow and a Neckar canal. In this case, the different structures have the same number. The name for an entire system is barrage.

Remarks

1. ↑ Schwäbischer Heimatbund: Neckar barrages and Bonatz buildings threatened . Retrieved January 7, 2013
2. ^ West side of Baden-Württemberg to the middle of the weir. The east side of the weir and the adjacent power plant with lock chambers are in Hesse

Web links

Commons : Neckarstaustufen  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Overview of locks and weirs on the Neckar ( Memento from December 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Office for Neckar Expansion Heidelberg