Opatowice Canal
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Opatovice Canal Opatovický canal |
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 Canal at Lázně Bohdaneč |
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| Data | ||
| location | Czech Republic | |
| River system | Elbe | |
| Drain over | Elbe → North Sea | |
| source |
Elbe near Opatovice nad Labem 50 ° 9 ′ 47 ″ N , 15 ° 48 ′ 33 ″ E |
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| Source height | 224 m nm | |
| muzzle |
Same at Semín coordinates: 50 ° 2 '41 " N , 15 ° 31' 4" O 50 ° 2 '41 " N , 15 ° 31' 4" O |
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| Mouth height | 202 m nm | |
| Height difference | 22 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.67 ‰ | |
| length | 32.7 km | |
| Right tributaries | Bukovka, Sopřečský kanál | |
| Small towns | Lázně Bohdaneč , Přelouč | |
| Communities | Opatovice nad Labem , Neratov | |
| Navigable | No | |
The Opatowitz Canal ( Czech Opatovický kanál ) is a non-navigable side canal of the Elbe in the Pardubice region in the Czech Republic . The canal is a cultural monument .
The Opatowitz Canal is considered an important hydraulic structure of the late Middle Ages . It was dug as an irrigation canal between 1498 and 1514 in order to channel water from the Elbe into about 250 fish ponds around Pardubice, which were created by the chief steward Wilhelm II von Pernstein . In addition, it served as a rafting route for wood from the densely wooded Giant Mountains , which the silver mining around Kuttenberg needed. Later it also gained regional importance for the generation of electrical energy.
The master builder of the canal was the fish master Kunat Dobřenský von Dobřenitz , who was in the service of Pernstein and was also the teacher of the pond builder Josef Štěpánek Netolický . The canal stretched over a length of 34.42 km, today it is 32.69 km.
course
The Opatowitz Canal is a right-hand side canal of the Upper Elbe in Eastern Bohemia , whose direction of flow at the Pardubice Elbe Bend swings from south to west. The canal branches north of the knee, between the towns of Březhrad and Opatovice nad Labem ( Opatowitz ad Elbe ) to the south-west, before flowing back into the Elbe from the right at Semín. The width of the canal is between 15 m ( at the beginning of the canal ) and 2.5 m ( at the confluence with the Elbe ).
use
Originally 32 water mills were built on the canal . Today only one of these still exists in Břehy , where there is a small hydropower plant and another mill in Lázně Bohdaneč . The canal currently supplies water to the ponds Černý Nadýmač , Buňkov , Bohdanečský rybník, among others . At Semín there is the so-called Semin aqueduct (Semínský akvadukt) , where the canal crosses the Sopřečský potok (also called Mulda ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mapy.cz ( 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.
- ↑ Mapy.cz ( 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.
- ↑ Jan Muka (Red.) Et al .: ABC kulturních památek Československa . Praha 1985, p. 346
