Rischmühlen lock
| Rischmühlen lock | ||
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 Underwater Rischmühlen lock |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 21 ′ 1 ″ N , 12 ° 0 ′ 10 ″ E | |
| Country: |
 Germany / Saxony-Anhalt
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| Place: | Merseburg | |
| Waters: | Saale | |
| Water kilometers : | km 115.20 | |
| Data | ||
| Owner: | Federal waterways and shipping administration | |
| Responsible WSA : | Waterways and Shipping Office Magdeburg | |
| Construction time: | 1820 | |
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| Usable length: | 47.50 m | |
| Usable width: | 5.60 m 5.95 m |
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| Average height of fall : |
2.33 m | |
| Upper gate: | Miter gate | |
| Lower gate: | Miter gate | |
| Others | ||
| Associated weir: | Yes | |
| Was standing: | +49 3461 121216 | |
The Rischmühlen lock , also known as the Rischmühle lock , is a lock on the Saale federal waterway . It is located at Saale-km 115.22 in Merseburg . The lock was built back in 1820. Merseburg is a cathedral and university town on the Saale in southern Saxony-Anhalt .
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 lock was built in 1820 as part of the process of making navigable from the Saale to the Unstrut.
description
The Rischmühlen lock is a simple chamber lock with vertical walls. The lock chamber and its heads are made of brickwork that was faced with sandstone. The sole is laid out with sandstone blocks. The chamber is closed and opened by means of mortise gates that are driven electromechanically. The lock is filled and emptied via short side circuits. Registration for the smuggling takes place by phone. It is located in the area of responsibility of the outer district 5 (ABZ 5) in Merseburg . Between Trotha and the Leuna -Kröllwitz pipe bridge (Saale-Km 124.40) the Saale has waterway class I and is mainly used by passenger and sport shipping.
literature
- Hans-Joachim Uhlemann: Berlin and the Märkische waterways. transpress publishing house for transport, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-344-00115-9 .
- Western European shipping and port calendar. Binnenschifffahrts-Verlag GmbH. Duisburg-Ruhrort OCLC 48960431
- M. Eckoldt (Ed.), Rivers and Canals, The History of German Waterways, DSV-Verlag 1998
Web links
- Rischmühlen lock on the WSA website , accessed on January 6, 2018.