Geisling lock

location

Coordinates

48 ° 58 '38 " N , 12 ° 20' 38" E Coordinates: 48 ° 58 '38 " N , 12 ° 20' 38" E

Place:

Wörth on the Danube

Waters:

Danube

Water kilometers :

km 2354.285

Data

Operator:

WSA Regensburg

Responsible WSA :

WSA Regensburg

lock

Type:

Inland lock

Is controlled by:

WSV control center Regensburg

Usable length:

230 m

Usable width:

24 m

Height upstream :

327.3 m above sea level NN

Average
height of fall :

7.30 m

Upper gate:

double-leaf mortise gate

Lower gate:

double-leaf mortise gate

Others

Associated weir:

Geisling barrage
48 ° 58 ′ 38.1 ″ N , 12 ° 20 ′ 37.74 ″ E

Associated power plant:

Geisling power plant

The Geisling lock was built with the Geisling barrage as a whole .

It was completed in 1980, is located on the left bank of the Danube in the area of the city of Wörth an der Donau and is separated by an island from the Geisling weir and power plant , which are located in the municipality of Pfatter .

View from the upper water to the Oberhaupt in east direction

The chamber of the single lock is located at Danube kilometer 2354.285, has a chamber length of 264 m, a usable length of 230 m and a usable width of 24 m. The chamber was built in concrete and is closed at the top and bottom by a two- wing mortise gate .

The drop height of the lock is 7.30 m. The chamber is filled and emptied via circulation channels with two gates each on the top and bottom as a closure. The expansion target at the associated weir of the Geisling power plant is 327.3 m above sea level.

The gauge in the upper water shows the water level 327.2.

The lock is remotely controlled from the control center of the waterways and shipping administration in Regensburg . The Straubing , Regensburg and Bad Abbach locks are also remotely controlled from this control center . Originally, the Geisling lock was controlled from the lock tower on site.

MS Morgenstern at the entrance to the lock

For maintenance and repair work on gates and locks, the lock has a gantry crane with a load capacity of 100 t , which can be moved over the entire length of the lock. There is no bridge over the lock chamber or one of the outer harbors.

Web links

Commons : Schleuse Geisling - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Locks in the area of the WSD SÜD, coordinates of the approaches to the lock area for navigation systems in land vehicles. (PDF) General Directorate for Waterways and Shipping - Branch Office South - January 2008, accessed on February 8, 2015 .
↑ Data and facts. Technical parameters. Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration , archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; Retrieved October 8, 2013 .
↑ ^a ^b Information board on the site of the Straubing barrage, viewed on October 13, 2013

[WSD1-1] Locks in the area of the WSD SÜD, coordinates of the approaches to the lock area for navigation systems in land vehicles. (PDF) General Directorate for Waterways and Shipping - Branch Office South - January 2008, accessed on February 8, 2015 .

[WSV-2] Data and facts. Technical parameters. Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration , archived from the original on November 29, 2014 ; Retrieved October 8, 2013 .

[Infotafel-3] Information board on the site of the Straubing barrage, viewed on October 13, 2013