Main islands in Schweinfurt
Of its total length of 527 kilometers, the Main flows for around 8 km, roughly between river km 336 and 328 through Schweinfurt . There are three main islands and part of a peninsula in the urban area.
Maininsel pale lawn
geography
The Main Island Bleichrasen (6.93 ha; Main-km 331.76-332.65) is the largest of the three Schweinfurt Main Islands, also just called Main Island , and until the post-war period it was also referred to as Bleichrasen .
The island lies at the height of the north Main town of Schweinfurt , between the lock canal of the Mainschleuse Schweinfurt in the north and Saumain in the south . To the west (downstream) of the island is a 360 m long pier that separates the lower lock outer harbor from the Saumain. This is a non-navigable, very natural tributary of the Main with a lower water level, which is identical to the Saumain nature reserve in the city of Schweinfurt ; (see: List of nature reserves in the city of Schweinfurt ) . In it there is a rapids and numerous smaller islands.
The western part of the island, at the level of the Mainschleuse Schweinfurt , is owned by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Authority Schweinfurt . Row houses for lock keepers were also built here in the 1960s. At the upper sluice port on the island there is a landing stage for river cruise ships up to 130 m long .
history
In historical times the island was an unpopulated military zone south of the city. In the 17th century it was expanded with jumps to form a bridgehead in the South Main region. Until the post-war decades, the island was structured completely differently than it is today. The largest part was taken up by the new construction of the municipal slaughterhouse from the 1950s, which was closed, and the Volksfestplatz, which was relocated next to the Willy Sachs Stadium in 1958 . After that, the island only lived a shadowy existence, despite its preferred location, until the Maininsel Conference Center (KMI) with a larger four-star hotel next to older residential buildings was opened under the aegis of the former Lord Mayor Gudrun Grieser . Retirement homes and other residential buildings in the luxury segment followed and the city bus route 81 finally drove across the island. Since the founding of the imperial city , the island only became an integral part of the city in the 21st century . A second hotel, with the higher category four-star-plus, is desired by the city on the island because the Schweinfurt hotels are booked out during conferences, but no investor has been found so far.
The approach to the island leads over the Marienbrücke and first from the direction of the old town over the Maxbrücke or from the opposite south over the Ludwigsbrücke .
Böckleinsinsel
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View over the main arm of the Main to the Böckleinsinsel, with a grain mill and high silos, in winter ...
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The Böckleinsinsel (2.70 ha; Main-km 332.63-332.96) was popularly known in the past as Pfaueninsel and is located immediately east of the Maininsel Bleichrasen, at the level of the north Main district of Zurich , where the Marienbach flows into the Main. The island lies between the main branch of the Main in the north and the southern branch Saumain , with the Saumain nature reserve in the city of Schweinfurt ; (see: List of nature reserves in the city of Schweinfurt ) .
The island can only be reached from the main island Bleichrasen via another small bridge. This means that the Böckleinsinsel can only be reached via a total of three bridges. Next to the bridge is the prototype of the world's first roller weir from MAN (1903) , which is still in operation today . The Böckleinsinsel has been family-owned since 1806 and is not accessible to unauthorized persons. On the island there is a small wood and a grain mill (Cramermühle), with high silos for the EC stockpiling of the Federal Agency for Basic Agricultural Supply (BALG) and a land as a transfer point for the mill. A whitewater system for canoes has been set up in the mill channel .
Lock island
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The Schleuseninsel (4.37 hectares; Main km 331.48–332.55) lies between the northern main arm of the Main and the southern lock canal. According to the geographical definition, it is not an island , as it was created artificially and was separated from the once larger Main Island Bleichrasen by the construction of the lock canal. To distinguish it, it is generally referred to as the lock island. The island is fully owned by the Schweinfurt Waterways and Shipping Office, not open to the public and not accessible to unauthorized persons. The Schweinfurt run-of-river power plant is located on top of it, and a clearing route for a second lock runs over it , north of the existing lock, so that it can be expanded into a double lock if necessary. In addition, a free route for another Main Bridge ran across the island, as well as across the western end of the Main Island Bleichrasen (see: Main bridges in Schweinfurt, abandoned project Fourth Main Bridge ). The monumental sculpture Anker stands on the eastern end of the island .
Monuments
There are several industrial monuments in the area around the Main Islands; see: Monuments and fountains in Schweinfurt .
peninsula
A nameless peninsula (approx. 0.9 km²; Main km 332.33 – approx. 334.25) connects to the east of the three Main Islands. Only about a third of it belongs to the area of the city of Schweinfurt to the north of it. The greater part belongs to the south Main municipality of Sennfeld . The peninsula is barely noticed by the public, although it is completely surrounded by water with the exception of an approx. 120 m narrow strip at the eastern end: from the main arm of the Main in the north, from the Saumain in the northwest and from the Sennfelder Seenkranz with its connecting brooks in the south and east.
The area belonging to Schweinfurt is almost completely taken up by the weir systems (city park). The peninsula is connected to the Böckleinsinsel by a dam , the so-called elephant hump. In the west is the municipal waterworks and in the border area of both municipalities there is a water protection area and the club area of FC Altstadt Schweinfurt . On the north bank of the peninsula there are sport boat harbors, clubs and a lakeside restaurant on a bay of the main arm of the Main, which widens here to 172 m.