Horkheim lock

location

Coordinates

49 ° 7 '3 " N , 9 ° 9' 58" E Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '3 " N , 9 ° 9' 58" E

Country:

Germany

Place:

Heilbronn

Waters:

Neckar

Water kilometers :

km 117.54

Data

lock

Type:

Chamber lock

Usable length:

110 m

Usable width:

11.90 m

Height upstream :

161.41 m

Average
height of fall :

7.37 m

Others

Associated weir:

Horkheim weir

Associated power plant:

Run-of-river power plant 4.3 MW

The Horkheim lock system is a canal barrage. It consists of a double lock in the Horkheim side canal . The corresponding dam regulating weir Horkheim is located at the upper end of the Altneckar.

Seen from the Rhine , the lock is the 13th facility.

literature

Julius Fekete , Simon Haag, Adelheid Hanke, Daniela Naumann: Heilbronn district . (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Baden-Württemberg, Volume I.5.). Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1988-3 , pp. 201-202 .

Web links

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

Federal waterways and shipping administration, Office for Neckar Development Heidelberg, Horkheim lock