Bad Dürrenberg lock
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 Bad Dürrenberg lock |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 17 '41 " N , 12 ° 3' 35" E | |
| Country: |
 Germany / Saxony-Anhalt
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| Place: | Bad Durrenberg | |
| Waters: | Saale | |
| Water kilometers : | km 126.70 | |
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| Owner: | Federation | |
| Operator: | State Office for Flood Protection and Water Management Saxony-Anhalt | |
| Construction time: | 1822 | |
| Modification: | 1982/83 | |
| Listed since: | Registration number 094 66052 | |
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| Usable length: | approx. 47 m | |
| Usable width: | 5.50 m | |
| Upper gate: | Miter gate | |
| Lower gate: | Miter gate | |
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| Associated weir: | Yes | |
| Was standing: | +49 3462 80530 | |
The Bad Dürrenberg lock is a listed lock on a lock canal of the Saale in the Kirchfährdorf district of the city of Bad Dürrenberg to the west of the Saale . The first documentary mention was made in 1320 as Verendorph . Kirchfährdorf was incorporated in 1950. The brine town Bad Dürrenberg (until 1935 Dürrenberg ) is a town in the Saalekreis in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . The city lies on the Saale between Leipzig , Merseburg and Weißenfels . In the south of the city, the Ellerbach flows into the Saale on the right. In the local register of monuments , the building is listed as a monument under registration number 094 66052 .
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 Bad Dürrenberg lock was built as part of a major project to make navigable from the Saale to the Unstrut. In 1982/83 the Bad Dürrenberg lock was restored.
description
The Bad Dürrenberg lock is a chamber lock with straight chamber walls and sandstone cladding. 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 27, 2017.