Bahnitz lock
| Bahnitz lock | ||
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 The lock in winter, taken from the lock bridge |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 30 '4 " N , 12 ° 25' 2" E | |
| Country: |
 Germany Brandenburg
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| Place: | Bahnitz district, Milower Land municipality | |
| Waters: | Lower Havel waterway | |
| Water kilometers : | km 81.95 | |
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| Owner: | Federation | |
| Responsible WSA : | WSA Brandenburg | |
| Start of planning: | 1904 | |
| Start of operation: | 1910 | |
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| Type: | Inland lock | |
| Is controlled by: | remotely controlled from the Rathenow lock operations center | |
| Usable length: | 215.00 m | |
| Usable width: | 23.00 m | |
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| Was standing: | VHF 04 or +49 3385 539830 | |
The Bahnitz lock is a lock in a breakthrough in the course of the Lower Havel waterway in the Bahnitz district of the Milower Land municipality .
history
In 1904 it was stipulated by law that in the area of the Lower Havel below the city of Brandenburg the drainage conditions were to be improved so that river meadows that are not diked should have dried up by June 1st of each year at the latest. As a first construction measure, the river cross-section was widened in many places. Furthermore, punctures were made in the area of river bends . One such breakthrough occurred near the village of Bahnitz. In order to counter adverse effects in dry periods due to the accelerated drainage due to the shortening of the flow distance, dams were built at Bahnitz, Grütz and Garz . These dams consist of large needle weirs in the middle of the river, which are supposed to maintain the required water level, and small weirs on the edges. These were created with a flow width of 6.40 meters for fine adjustments. Furthermore, barge locks for smaller watercraft were built. The Bahnitz barge lock was built not far from the Bahnitz lock . The weir systems at Bahnitz were completed in 1912.
In order to enable the Havel shipping to overcome the weirs, tow locks were built in the breakthroughs. These each have a length of 215 meters, a chamber width of 23 meters and a gate width of 10 meters. The slope built up by the weirs and to be overcome by the locks is only slight. The Bahnitz lock was completed in 1910, two years before the weirs.
literature
- Manfred Reschke: The Havel. Nature and culture between Müritz and Havelberg . Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2012. ISBN 978-3-89794-206-6 .
- Hans-Joachim Uhlemann: Berlin and the Märkische waterways . DSV-Verlag, Hamburg 1994. ISBN 3-88412-204-5 .
cards
- Folke Stender (editor): Sportschifffahrtskarten inland 1 . Nautical publication publishing company. ISBN 3-926376-10-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Joachim Uhlemann: Berlin and the Märkische Wasserstraßen , VEB Verlag für Verkehrwesen, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-344-00115-9 , p. 138 f
