Eckersmühlen lock
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 12 ′ 40 " N , 11 ° 10 ′ 34" E | |
| Country: | Germany | |
| Place: | Eckersmühlen | |
| Waters: | Main-Danube Canal | |
| Water kilometers : | km 94.937 | |
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| Operator: | WSA Nuremberg | |
| Responsible WSA : | WSA Nuremberg | |
| Construction time: | March 1980 - September 1985 | |
| Start of operation: | 1991-06-15 | |
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| Type: | Inland lock | |
| Is controlled by: | WSV control center Hilpoltstein | |
| Usable length: | 190 m | |
| Usable width: | 12 m | |
| Height upstream : | 381.33 m above sea level NN | |
| Average height of fall : |
24.67 m | |
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The Eckersmühlen lock was built between 1980 and 1985 as part of the construction of the Main-Danube Canal federal waterway and put into operation on June 15, 1991. It lies partly in the area of the town of Roth , district Haimpfarrich , and the town of Hilpoltstein , district Heuberg , and is designed as a savings lock with three savings basins south of the lock basin. From the upper water of the lock, water from the Eckersmühlen holding can be fed into the Rothsee via a 300 m long tunnel . In the underwater of the lock, the Kleine Roth is passed in a 200 m long culvert under the canal, but can also release water from the Rothsee via an inlet structure if required.
lock
The chamber of the single lock is at canal kilometer 94.937, has a chamber length of 200 m, a usable length of 190 m and a usable width of 12 m. The upper water has a height of 381.33 m above sea level. NN , the underwater lock is at 356.66 m above sea level. NN . As with the sluices in Hilpoltstein and Leerstetten , the sluice drop height is 24.67 meters, making it the highest drop height that has ever been built in Germany. The level of the chamber floor is 352.66 m above sea level. NN .
The chamber has a volume of 60,639 m³, 24,698 m³ of water are required per lock. The lifting and lowering speed of 1.5 m / min results in a lock time of around 16 minutes.
Initially, a ship lift was planned instead of the Hilpoltstein and Eckersmühlen locks , as only locks with smaller heads had been built until then. Later it was decided to divide the almost 50 meter difference in height between two locks.
control
The lock has its own command post, but has been remote-controlled from the WSV's district control center in Hilpoltstein since 2007 . The locks in Bachhausen , Leerstetten and Hiltpoltstein are also remotely controlled from there. From 2024, twelve locks will be controlled from the Nuremberg control center , and later all 16 canal locks.
Except in the event of malfunctions such as accidents, maintenance work or ice drifts, the lock is ready for operation around the clock all year round and is illuminated at night. The upper and lower water each-ports for which there are commercial vessels , waiting places with station for the recreational boating and boat ramps for small vehicles . Small vehicles are only handled during the day and usually together with large shipping. Muscle-powered watercraft are not channeled; A transport trolley with a deposit is available for manual transfer at the slip points.
Breakdowns
On January 23, 2012, a motor ship rammed the upper gate of the lock. Shipping came to a standstill until the gate was replaced. The ship remained undamaged.
Web links
- Route atlas Main-Danube Canal (PDF; 11.9 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Route Atlas Main-Danube Canal. (PDF; 11.9 MB) Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration, p. 6 , accessed on February 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Main-Danube Canal timetable. Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration, accessed on February 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Descent structures on federal waterways. (PDF; 44 kB) Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration , p. 4 , accessed on February 23, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Eckersmühlen lock. Hans Gruener, accessed on February 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Series of publications by the Bavarian State Ministry for State Development and Environmental Issues, Issue 27, The Canal Transition Subsystem (1993)
- ↑ Main-Danube Canal, Section 12
- ↑ Hilpoltstein lock: One of the highest in Germany. In: nordbayern.de . May 27, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
- ^ Ship accident in Eckersmühlen in January 2012