Upper Havel waterway
The Obere Havel-Wasserstraße (OHW) is a federal waterway in the federal states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , which over a length of 97.4 km mainly includes the congestion-regulated upper reaches of the Havel with many lakes. From Neustrelitz to Zehdenick it belongs to waterway class I, from there to the Havel-Oder waterway to class II. Responsibility lies with the Eberswalde Waterways and Shipping Office .
The kilometers begin at the junction of the old Finow Canal (" Langer Trödel ") in Liebenwalde and run uphill. The dimensions of the waterway and the locks, designed for the Finow dimension (43 m × 5 m), are much too small for modern inland waterways, so that the waterway is only used by passenger ships and sport shipping today.
The Malzer Canal (MzK), the connecting route from Liebenwalde to the confluence with the Havel-Oder waterway (at km 40.5 of the HOW, about three kilometers south of Liebenwalde ), together with the Liebenwalde lock, is legally part of the Upper Havel waterway.
Sections
The OHW comprises the following sections uphill:
- Malzer Canal km 43.95 (HOW) to 46.9 (= OHW km 0)
- The part of the Upper Havel waterway that branches off from the Havel-Oder waterway north to the Voss Canal at kilometer 40.50 is called the Malzer Canal , the official abbreviation of the MzK . Before the construction of the Oder-Havel Canal , the Malzer Canal ran until shortly before Oranienburg, where it reunited with the Havel. Parts of the lower section were integrated into the Oder-Havel Canal. A non-navigable remnant still exists below the former Malz locks.
- Voss Canal , also Voss Canal , km 0.00 from the Liebenwalde lock to km 14.90 Zehdenick
- Obere Havel including Woblitzsee up to km 86.8 (at km 72.5 (Priepert) the Müritz-Havel waterway joins)
- Kammerkanal between Woblitzsee and Zierker See up to km 92.0
- Zierker See to km 94.4 (Neustrelitz)
Lakes
The OHW runs through or brushes against a number of lakes, down the valley these are:
- Zierker See
- Woblitzsee
- Drewensee (legally not part of the OHW)
- Finowsee
- Wangnitzsee (legally only partly part of the OHW)
- Kl. And Gr. Priepertsee
- Ellbogensee without the western part (see Müritz-Havel-Wasserstraße )
- Ziernsee
- Menowsee
- Röblinsee
- Baalensee
- Schwedtsee
- Stolpsee
Locks
The Zehdenick, Schorfheide, Zaaren, Regow, Bredereiche and Voßwinkel locks are automated; automation is being planned for other locks.
- Liebenwalde lock , km 45.3 (MzK = mileage of the old HOW before 1914), (51.3 m × 10.5 m, drop height 2.0 m)
- Bischofswerder lock , km 4.5 (85.0 m × 10.6 m, drop height 3.3 m)
- Zehdenick lock , km 15.9 (44.9 m × 9.5 m, drop height 3.0 m)
- Schorfheide lock , km 32.6 (51.5 m × 6.6 m, drop height 0.6 m)
- Zaaren lock , km 36.1 (44.3 m × 5.6 m, drop height 1.1 m)
- Regow lock , km 42.2 (43.6 m × 5.5 m, drop height 1.0 m)
- Bredereiche lock , km 47.8 (55.0 m × 6.5 m, drop height 2.6 m)
- Fürstenberg lock , km 60.7 (42.6 m × 5.3 m, drop height 1.7 m)
- Steinhavel lock , km 64.3 (41.9 m × 5.3 m, drop height 1.6 m)
- Wesenberg lock , km 81.7 (55.6 m × 6.6 m, fall height 2.4 m)
- Voßwinkel lock , km 88.0 (43.1 m × 5.3 m, drop height 1.8 m)
Side waters
As federal waterways still legally belong to the OHW:
- Wentow waters (WtG) (Kl. And Gr. Wentowsee , Wentow Canal) with a journey to Tornow and Tornowfließ, confluence at km 24.9 at Burgwall , with a length of 11.2 km
- Templiner Waters (TlG) (Zaarsee, Fährsee, Bruchsee, Templiner Stadtsee, Templiner Kanal, Röddelinsee , Kl. Lankensee, Kuhwallsee, Templiner Wasser) with Gleuensee (Gleuenfließ) and Gr. Lankensee, confluence at km 32.1 below the Schorfheide lock, 22.0 km in length
- Lychener Gewässer (LyG) (Stadtsee, Gr. Lychensee, Woblitz , Haussee), confluence at km 54.8 at Himmelpfort , with a length of 8.2 km
- Quassower Havel (QHv) with Gr. Labussee, confluence with Woblitzsee at km 85.8, with a length of 4.9 km
history
Up to the confluence of the Templin waters, the waterway has existed since the 17th century, the further expansion to Neustrelitz only took place in the first half of the 19th century. The Wentow Canal (Wentow Waters) was built in 1732. To improve shipping conditions, the Voss Canal was built between Zehdenick and Liebenwalde from 1880 to 1882 as a side canal on the east side of the winding Schnellen Havel .
In the area between Zehdenick and Burgwall there are numerous clay pits and former brickworks , a large part of the bricks used in 19th century Berlin were manufactured here and transported to the city via the Voss Canal, Malzer Canal and the Havel.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Reichsverkehrsblatt A 1936 p. 31
- ↑ a b c Directory E, serial no. 39 of the Chronicle ( Memento of the original of July 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
- ↑ a b Lengths (in km) of the main shipping lanes (main routes and certain secondary routes) of the federal inland waterways ( Memento of the original from January 21, 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. , Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
- ↑ Directory F of the Chronicle (other federal inland waterways) ( Memento of the original from July 22, 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.
