Bernburg lock
| Bernburg lock | ||
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 Underwater of the Bernburg lock |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 47 '47 " N , 11 ° 44' 5" E | |
| Country: |
 Germany / Saxony-Anhalt
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| Place: | Bernburg (Saale) | |
| Waters: | Saale | |
| Water kilometers : | km 36.14 | |
| Data | ||
| Owner: | Federal waterways and shipping administration | |
| Responsible WSA : | Magdeburg | |
| Construction time: | 1934-1938 | |
| Start of operation: | September 10, 1938 | |
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| Category: | Class IV (Europawasserstraße) | |
| Is controlled by: | Revierzentrale Bernburg | |
| Usable length: | 103.0 m | |
| Usable width: | 12.0 m | |
| Average height of fall : |
3.28 m | |
| Upper gate: | Lift gate | |
| Lower gate: | Lift gate | |
| Others | ||
The Bernburg lock is a lock on the Saale federal waterway . The Bernburg lock system is located in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in the city of Bernburg near Saale at km 36.14. It was built between 1935 and 1938. The Magdeburg Waterways and Shipping Office is responsible for operation and maintenance . Since July 1, 2010, the lock has been remote-controlled via the Bernburg Revierzentrale and is therefore no longer manned. Registration for the smuggling takes place by phone.
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. A first weir was built in Bernburg. Prince Wolfgang von Anhalt , regent of Bernburg, signed a contract in 1559 at the urging of Archbishop Sigismund to expand and secure shipping on the Saale. In 1560 the construction of a lock began in the city of Bernburg. In 1696, Prince Victor Amadeus von Anhalt-Bernburg ordered the construction of a new stone lock. Not until almost 100 years later, from 1790 onwards, shipping on the Saale was further expanded. The Elector of Saxony, Friedrich August III. ordered the upper hall and the Unstrut to be made navigable. The demolition work in preparation for the construction of the large lock in Bernburg began in January 1934. As part of the Elbe / Saale waterway expansion, the total length was shortened by straightening in the years 1933 to 1942 from 427 kilometers to around 413 kilometers. From km 124.16 near Bad Dürrenberg to km 0.00 confluence with the Elbe (at km 290.78) the Saale is a federal waterway,
description
The current lock at Bernburg is a tow lock. The laterally offset lock gates are typical of this type of lock. The entrance width of the upper and lower head, ie the gate width, is 12 meters. They widen towards the middle and the usable width is then 20 meters. As a result, several barges of a tugboat can lie next to each other in the lock and can be locked together. The usable length of the lock chambers is around 100 meters. Compared to the other four large Saale locks, the floor plan of the Bernburg lock is mirrored. The reason for this is the cramped location in the center of the city. The lock walls are made of concrete and are vertical. The lock heads are also designed as heavy-weight concrete walls. The bottom of the lock chamber consists of natural rock. Both lock gates were built as lifting gates . The lift gates have no openings for filling the lock. The lock chamber is emptied and filled by lifting the gates. A lock bridge with a passage width of 12 meters leads over the lower part of the lock.
photos
- Bernburg lock
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
- Martin Eckoldt (Ed.): Rivers and canals. The history of the German waterways. DSV-Verlag Busse Seewald, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-88412-243-6 .
cards
- W. Ciesla, H. Czesienski, W. Schlomm, K. Senzel, D. Weidner: Shipping maps of the inland waterways of the German Democratic Republic 1: 10,000. Volume I, editor: Wasserstraßenaufsichtsamt der GDR. Berlin 1988. OCLC 830889996
Web links
- Bernburg lock on the WSA website accessed on December 11, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Directory E, Ser. No. 51 of the Chronicle ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
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