Hilpoltstein lock
| Hilpoltstein lock | ||
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 View from the Hilpoltstein Revierzentrale to the underwater of the lock (2005) |
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 11 '40 " N , 11 ° 13' 28" E | |
| Country: | Germany | |
| Place: | Hilpoltstein | |
| Waters: | Main-Danube Canal | |
| Water kilometers : | km 98.99 | |
| Data | ||
| Operator: | WSA Nuremberg | |
| Responsible WSA : | WSA Nuremberg | |
| Construction time: | October 1983 - April 1989 | |
| lock | ||
| Type: | Inland lock | |
| Is controlled by: | WSV control center Hilpoltstein | |
| Usable length: | 190 m | |
| Usable width: | 12 m | |
| Height upstream : | 406 m above sea level NN | |
| Average height of fall : |
24.67 m | |
| Others | ||
The Hilpoltstein lock was built between October 1983 and April 1989 as part of the construction of the Main-Danube Canal federal waterway . It is designed as a savings lock with three savings basins south of the lock basin and the northern limit of the canal's apex .
lock
The chamber of the single lock is at canal kilometer 98.99, 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 406 m above sea level. NN , the underwater lock is at 381 m above sea level. NN . As with the locks in Eckersmühlen and Leerstetten , the lock drop height is 24.67 meters, making it the largest drop height that has ever been built in Germany.
The chamber has a volume of 60,442 m³, 24,619 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. Instead, the almost 50 meters difference in altitude was divided into two locks.
control
The lock has its own command post, which has also served as the WSV's control center since 2007 . The locks in Bachhausen , Eckersmühlen and Leerstetten 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 drift, the lock is operational 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.
Hydropower plant
The Hilpoltstein power plant of the Bayerische Landeskraftwerke , which is part of the Danube-Main crossing, has been in operation at the lock since 1993 . The hydropower plant uses a Francis turbine with an expansion capacity of 3,000 kW to recover energy from the transfer water pumped through the apex. On average, 5.4 million kWh per year can be fed into the regional power grid there.
Further power plants on the north ramp of the transition are located in the inlet and outlet of the Rothsee , at the Leerstetten lock and the diversion of the Main-Danube Canal into the Schwarzach near Wendelstein.
Breakdowns
On February 4, 2015, a Czech motor ship drove into the lock chamber on a ship that had already entered the port.
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 .
- ↑ a b 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 Hilpoltstein lock. Hans Gruener, accessed on February 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Main-Danube Canal, Section 12
- ↑ Hilpoltstein lock: One of the highest in Germany. In: nordbayern.de . May 27, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
- ^ Hilpoltstein power station. Bayerische Landeskraftwerke , accessed on February 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Hilpoltstein ship accident in February 2015