Ludwigslust Canal

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Ludwigslust Canal
Ludwigsluster Canal running parallel to Ludwigsluster Kanalstrasse

Ludwigsluster Canal running parallel to Ludwigsluster Kanalstrasse

Data
Water code DE : 593644
location Southwest Mecklenburg
River system Elbe
Drain over Rögnitz  → Sude  → Elbe  → North Sea
source from New Canal near Tuckhude
53 ° 24 ′ 43 ″  N , 11 ° 32 ′ 42 ″  E
Source height approx.  33  m above sea level HN
muzzle at Menkendorf in the Rögnitz coordinates: 53 ° 15 '50 "  N , 11 ° 17' 23"  E 53 ° 15 '50 "  N , 11 ° 17' 23"  E
Mouth height approx.  18  m above sea level HN
Height difference approx. 15 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.54 ‰
length 28 km
Catchment area 102 km²
Small towns Ludwigslust

The Ludwigslust Canal is a flowing water ( canal ) created in the middle of the 18th century in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

course

The Ludwigslust Canal branches off at Tuckhude from the New Canal , which in turn is fed via ditches from the Stör waterway and the Lewitz drainage ditches , flows south into the Ludwigslust Palace Park and runs from Ludwigslust first in a westerly direction, then in a south-westerly direction. West of Ludwigslust the watercourse of the Rögnitz approaches up to about 30 meters. At this point there is a distribution weir with a piped connection and, since 2009, two bypass channels that are intended to enable fish to pass through. The name of the flowing water changes sides here. Finally, after running parallel to it for several kilometers, the Ludwigsluster Canal flows into the Rögnitz near Menkendorf , which drains into the Elbe via the Sude .

The length of the canal is about 28 kilometers. The catchment area extends over 102 km². From the beginning ( 33  m above sea level.  HN ) to the mouth of the body of water overcomes a height difference of 15 meters.

history

Cascade in front of Ludwigslust Castle

The canal was built from 1756 to 1760 in order to be able to operate water features and water courses in the park of the residential palace to be built for the Mecklenburg dukes in Ludwigslust. It formed an extension of the Drellengraben, which was built before 1756. A natural body of water was not available for this purpose. The main attraction of the water features is the cascade in front of the castle, built from granite blocks in 1780 , which replaced a wooden previous building. On it are three late baroque allegorical sandstone groups of figures by the sculptor Rudolph Kaplunger . The middle sculpture symbolizes the river gods the Stör and the Rögnitz. The cascade and its figures were renovated from November 2006 to July 2008.

Old maps and descriptions suggest that there must have been canal construction work and watercourses renamed in the Lewitz area at different times. According to the Geographical-Statistical-Historical Handbook of the Meklenburger Land published in 1837, the Ludwigsluster Canal flowed out of a cross lock after the Hüttengraben had been merged with the Banzkower Canal and the New Canal. According to the fourth edition of Meyer's Konversationslexikon (1885–1892), the Ludwigsluster Canal drains the water after the Stör Canal and the New Canal, which was led from the Elde near Garwitz to the Stör Canal, meet . The Ludwigslust Canal was once also used for rafting wood. Various maps up to the 1970s show that the artificial watercourse later branched off directly from the Stör Canal.

Web links

Commons : Ludwigsluster Kanal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Michael Bergemann: Complete list of flowing waters in the Elbe catchment area . Authority for Environment and Energy, Hamburg July 1, 2015 ( PDF; 802 kB [accessed on November 29, 2015]).
  2. ↑ Schweriner Volkszeitung: Back to the Future , June 12, 2009
  3. ↑ Geoportal Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, aerial photo
  4. ↑ Geodata viewer of the Office for Geoinformation, Surveying and Cadastre of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( information )
  5. ↑ Hans Mulsow, Origin and Development of Lewitz , Diss. Rostock 1941 ( Memento from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (masch.schr .; PDF; 5.8 MB) together with a picture attachment ( Memento from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 709 kB)
  6. ↑ “Large cascade on Schlossplatz” on www.mv-schloesser.de ( memento of the original from September 28, 2013 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mv-schloesser.de
  7. ↑ Restoration of the cascade completed  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Operation for construction and real estate Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.mv-schloesser.de  
  8. ^ Gustav Hempel : Handbuch des Meklenburger Land , Frege, 1837
  9. ↑ Mecklenburg (waters etc .; climate; population) in Meyers Konversationslexikon , Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig and Vienna, fourth edition, 1885–1892
  10. ^ District map of Schwerin from 1973 and Auto-Atlas "Neues Deutschland" from 1957