Oeblitzschleuse
The Oeblitzschleuse is a listed lock on a lock canal of the Saale in the city of Schönburg . Schönburg is a municipality in the Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt ( Germany ). The community belongs to the Wethautal community . In the local register of monuments , the building is listed as a monument under registration number 094 84391 .
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 11 '14 " N , 11 ° 52' 15" E | |
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 Germany / Saxony-Anhalt
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| Place: | Schoenburg (Saale) | |
| Waters: | Saale | |
| Water kilometers : | km 151.80 | |
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| Owner: | Federation | |
| Operator: | State Office for Flood Protection and Water Management Saxony-Anhalt | |
| Construction time: | 1790 | |
| Listed since: | Registration number 094 84391 | |
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| Usable length: | Max. 47 m | |
| Usable width: | 5.50 m | |
| Upper gate: | Miter gate | |
| Lower gate: | Miter gate | |
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| Associated weir: | in the hall | |
| Was standing: | Tel. +49 3443 200228 | |
history
The use of the Saale for goods or passenger transport has been documented since 981. It is reported in chronicles of the Saale shipping that the water of the Saale river was dammed as early as the second half of the 14th century . The accumulated amount of water was used to operate mills and rafts . The first craft in Bernburg that was reported about was a mill on the Saale. On October 21, 1530, Emperor Karl V granted the Archbishopric of Magdeburg the privilege of free navigation on the Saale and permission to expand the river. The first wooden locks were used by the boatmen to handle freight traffic. From 1790, shipping on the Saale was expanded further. The Elector of Saxony, Friedrich August III. ordered the upper hall and the Unstrut to be made navigable. The Oeblitzschleuse was built as part of the major project to make navigable from the Saale to the Unstrut. The lock was completed in the 1790s.
description
The Oeblitz lock is a chamber lock with sloping chamber walls. To close the lock chamber, stem gates are used, which are opened and closed via gate poles and a mechanical drive. The lock was approved for ships up to a length of about 47 meters, which corresponds to the unstrut size that is no longer used today . Since the river is no longer a federal waterway here, tourist use is in the foreground. Water sports enthusiasts with boats up to a meter deep should still be able to navigate the Saale here.
Web links
- Accessibility of the upper Saale locks , accessed on December 23, 2017.