Charlottenburg lock

View into the lock area in the direction of the Westhafenkanal

location

Coordinates

52 ° 31 '52 " N , 13 ° 17' 10" E Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '52 " N , 13 ° 17' 10" E

Country:

Germany

Place:

Berlin

Waters:

Spree-Oder-Wasserstraße
( Spree / Westhafenkanal )

Water kilometers :

km 6.10

Data

Owner:

State of Berlin

Responsible WSA :

Berlin , outskirts of Spandau

Start of planning:

1997

Construction time:

1998-2003

Start of operation:

December 2003

Renovation:

Replacement for "Old Lock" from 1885

Shutdown:

The neighboring old lock can be used if necessary.

lock

Type:

Inland lock

Category:

Large motor cargo ships

Usable length:

115.00 m

Usable width:

12.50 m

Height upstream :

33.1 m above sea level NN

Average
height of fall :

1.23 m

Upper gate:

Rotating segment gate with filling shell

Lower gate:

Stemmtor with shooters

Fill chamber; to empty:

15 minutes

Others

Was standing:

July 2008

The Charlottenburg lock is a lock on the Spree in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf . It connects the higher water level between the Mühlendamm barrage and the Charlottenburg barrage (with the weir in the Jungfernheide ), the Berlin-Spandauer Schifffahrtskanal , the Westhafen and the Westhafenkanal on the one hand with the lower water level of the lower reaches of the Spree to the confluence with the Havel and the Havel Havel lake area to the suburban lock Brandenburg an der Havel on the other hand. The Charlottenburg lock is located at kilometer 6.10 of the Spree-Oder-Wasserstraße federal waterway . The Berlin Waterways and Shipping Office is responsible for operation and maintenance . The total length of the facility including the outer harbors is 1585 meters, of which the total length of the lock is 152.5 meters. The water depth at underwater is 4.00 meters and is influenced by the neighboring Spree weir. A lock takes 15 minutes. The call channel is on VHF channel 82.

history

The first barrage of the Spree in what was then the city of Charlottenburg was built between 1883 and 1885. 1959–1961 the double lock was repaired and brought up to the state of the art at the time. Its two lock chambers are each ten meters wide and have a usable length of 65 and 82 meters, respectively. The old lock system is no longer used. In the mid-1950s, the lower reaches of the Spree were straightened up to the confluence with the Havel for technical reasons relating to shipping. In 1956, with the completion of the Westhafen Canal, inland vessels with a load capacity of up to 1000 tons could reach the Westhafen in Berlin. Already in the 1930s there were considerations for the construction of a new twin lock in Berlin-Charlottenburg . At that time, a plot of land was contractually reserved for this purpose.

The new Building

The new lock at Charlottenburg is part of the German Unity Transport Project No. 17 . This project includes the expansion of the waterway between Hanover via Magdeburg to Berlin. This waterway will be made economically navigable for large motor goods ships with a length of 110 meters and a width of up to 11.40 meters and push convoys with a length of up to 185 meters and the width mentioned. With the completion of the Magdeburg waterway junction in October 2003 and the commissioning of the new Charlottenburg lock in December 2003, it is now possible for these ships to reach Berlin's Westhafen from the Western European waterway network. The lock area includes coupling and waiting areas for commercial shipping as well as sports boat waiting areas in the outer harbors.

technology

The lock chamber was built using a steel sheet pile construction . It is closed at the top by a rotating segment gate with a filling valve. The lower head is closed by a stem gate with riflemen. In front of the gates in the interior of the lock chamber, there are shock protection devices in the form of removable steel cables to protect the gate against ship impact.

Accompanying measures

The accompanying measures for the construction of the new lock included the creation and expansion of continuous footpaths and cycle paths on the north side of the lock from Nonnendamm to Mörschbrücke . On the south bank of the Spree from the Charlottenburg Palace Park to the Rohrdammbrücke , the riverside path was renovated as a compensatory measure. With the construction of the new lock, an island was created between the old and the new lock. This is not identical to the location known as the “lock island” between the Spree with the Spreewehr and the old lock. With the construction of the direct connection, the eastern part of the Nonnendamm sank. In order to reach this island location, a high bridge in the south arch with steep ramps was built at the Westvorhafen. New green areas were created and trees were set in the entire lock area. The inclined banks that were created were greened and reed planted in some areas . Old structures were removed and the floor unsealed. Amphibian exits were built.

Lock and lock land
Lock area
The waterways in and around Berlin
Stemmtor in the lower head with shock protection rope
Information board with information on the state and history
Spreewehr from the Spreeweg

literature

H.-J. Uhlemann: Berlin and the Märkische waterways . DSV-Verlag, Hamburg 1994, pp. 115-118, 138 ISBN 3-344-00115-9 .
Writings of the Association for European Inland Shipping and Waterways e. V. WESKA (Western European Shipping and Harbor Calendar), Binnenschifffahrts-Verlag, Duisburg-Ruhrort. OCLC 48960431

cards

Folke Stender: Editing of Sportschifffahrtskarten inland 1. Nautical publication Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 3-926376-10-4 .
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 4. Editor: Waterways Authority of the GDR, Berlin 1988, OCLC 830889996 .

Web links

Commons : Schleuse Charlottenburg - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Press release No. 09/2003 of the WSD Ost - New lock Charlottenburg completed

[1] Press release No. 09/2003 of the WSD Ost - New lock Charlottenburg completed