List of locks in the Danube

The list of locks in the Danube includes all locks (barrages) in the Danube in 2013 .

The order is based on the kilometrage from the source to the mouth , so here in downward counting. The list is based on the publication of the Danube Commission.

In addition to the locks for large cargo or passenger ships, there are usually separate systems for pleasure craft . Also fish ladders or fish channels have been built.

photography	Name of the lock	country	Place or object	at km	Fall height in m	Length and width in m	Remarks	location
	Bad Abbach lock	Germany	Bad Abbach	2397.17	005.70	190 012	The lock is connected to the Bad Abbach run-of-river power plant in the Poikam district.	location
	Regensburg lock	Germany	regensburg	2379.68	005.20	190 012	The lock for large shipping is connected to the Regensburg power plant . It is located in the so-called Europakanal and works by radio remote control. The picture shows the sport boat lock.	location
	Geisling lock	Germany	Geisling	2354.29	007.30	230 024	The lock is located on the northern side of the Danube and is separated from the power station by an island . The lock can be seen on the right.	location
	Straubing lock	Germany	Straubing	2324.13	007.00	230 024	The associated Straubing power plant was built in 1992–1994. The location of the lock is indicated differently (both at km 2330 and at km 2322) because there is a gap of around 10 meters in the kilometering of the total length of the river.	location
	Kachlet lock	Germany	Kachlet	2230.60	009.80	226 024	The lock was built in 1922–1927 together with the Kachlet power station .
	Jochenstein lock , 2 chambers	Germany and Austria	Untergriesbach and Engelhartszell	2203.20	010.37	227 024	The lock is connected to the Jochenstein power station , which can generate 132 MW with an average work capacity of 850 M Wh .	map
	Aschach lock , 2 chambers	Austria	Aschach on the Danube	2162.67	016.90	230 024	The associated power plant in Aschach delivers a maximum of 290 MW.
	Ottensheim lock , 2 chambers	Austria	Between Ottensheim and Wilhering	2146.80	012.80	240 024	The associated power plant Ottensheim-Wilhering delivers a maximum of 170 MW. The picture below shows the lock on the right.
	Winding lock , 2 chambers	Austria	Wind down	2119.60	010.90	230 024	The associated hydropower plant delivers a maximum of 180 MW. The lock can be seen in the front left picture.
	Wallsee lock , 2 chambers	Austria	Wallsee	2095.10	012.80	230 024	The associated hydropower plant delivers a maximum of 210 MW. The lock can be seen in the left foreground.
	Persenbeug lock , 2 chambers	Austria	Persenbeug	2060.42	012.30	230 024	The associated power plant in Ybbs-Persenbeug delivers a maximum of 190 MW. It was built together with the lock in the 1950s (see picture of construction).
	Melk lock	Austria	Melk	2038.10	011.80	230 024	The associated hydropower plant delivers a maximum of 330 MW.
	Altenwörth lock , 2 chambers	Austria	Altenwörth	1980.10	016.60	230 024	The associated hydropower plant delivers a maximum of 290 MW.	location
	Greifenstein lock , 2 chambers	Austria	Greifenstein (municipality of St. Andrä-Wodge)	1949.20	014.60	230 024	The associated power plant in Greifenstein delivers a maximum of 290 MW.
	Freudenau lock , 2 chambers	Austria	Freudenau	1921.05	010.60	275 024	The associated hydropower plant delivers a maximum of 280 MW. In the foreground you can see the two lock basins. More than 10,000 ships pass through the power station's lock every year. Locking a ship here takes around 20 minutes.
	Lock to branch off the Little Danube ( Mosoni Duna ) from the main Danube	Hungary, Slovakia	east of Rajka	1853	0		also connected to a hydroelectric power station	map
	Gabčíkovo lock , 2 chambers	Slovakia	Gabčíkovo	1819.15	020.40	280 034	The associated Gabčíkovo power plant delivers a maximum of 350 MW. The picture shows two ships in front of the lock gate that is just opening.	map
	Lock Đerdap I (Iron Gate I) (double lock )	Serbia / Romania	Iron Gate (Lake) (Djerdap)	0942.95 0941.5	020.00 / 014.00	310 034	The associated hydropower plant, which went into operation in 1971, can generate a maximum of 3 GW together with Đerdap II  . The lock basin can be seen in the foreground.	map
	Lock Đerdap II	Serbia / Romania	Iron Gate (lake)	0863	010.00	310 034	The associated hydroelectric power station can generate a maximum of 3 GWh together with Đerdap I.	map

literature

• Writings of the Association for European Inland Shipping and Waterways e. V. Various years. WESKA (Western European Shipping and Harbor Calendar), Binnenschifffahrts-Verlag, Duisburg-Ruhrort. OCLC 48960431 pp. A 200 - A 287
• Herbert Böck: The construction of the Jochenstein Danube power plant. Emphasis. In: Austrian water management. Vol. 8, Vienna 1956.
• Handout (as of 2012), issued by a river boat trip.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Locks on the Danube , accessed on August 28, 2013
2. ↑ Regensburg lock at www.elwis.de ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Danube travel guide. From Passau to the Black Sea . Phönix-Reisen (Ed.), Bonn 2011; P. 81f