Kriegenbrunn lock

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Kriegenbrunn lock
Main-Danube Canal Lock Kriegenbrunn.jpg
location
Kriegenbrunn lock (Bavaria)
Kriegenbrunn lock
Coordinates 49 ° 33 '23 "  N , 10 ° 58' 11"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '23 "  N , 10 ° 58' 11"  E
Country: Germany
Place: Kriegenbrunn
Waters: Main-Danube Canal
Water kilometers : km 48.66
Data
Operator: WSA Nuremberg
Responsible WSA : WSA Nuremberg
Construction time: June 1968 - April 1970
Start of operation: 23rd September 1972
lock
Type: Inland lock
Is controlled by: WSV control center Nuremberg
Usable length: 190 m
Usable width: 12 m
Height upstream : 303.1  m above sea level NN
Average
height of fall : 		18.3 m
Others

The Kriegenbrunn lock was built between July 1966 and April 1970 as part of the construction of the Main-Danube Canal federal waterway and was put into operation on September 23, 1972. Since it is in a state of disrepair, the new building has been planned since 2014 while operations continue. The planning approval decision is to be made in 2018, followed by the construction phase and trial operation will start in 2025. It is to be put into operation in 2026 and the old lock is to be dismantled from 2027 to 2029. It is designed as a savings lock with three savings basins west of the lock basin and is located immediately north of the Frauenaurach area .

Aerial photo (2019)
To the right of the lock chamber, the three savings basins .

lock

The chamber of the ship's single lock is at canal kilometer 48.66, 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 303.1  m above sea level. NN , the underwater lock is at 284.8  m above sea level. NN . The sluice drop height is 18.3 meters.

The chamber has a volume of 44,835 m³, 18,375 m³ of water are required per lock. The lifting and lowering speed of 1 m / min results in a lock time of around 18 minutes.

control

The lock has its own command post, which has also served as the WSV's control center since 2007 . The Nuremberg , Eibach and Erlangen locks 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.

Breakdowns

  • On June 22nd, 2004, a water ingress in the engine room of a freight motor ship led to a fire brigade at the Kriegenbrunn lock.
  • On October 21, 2009, a person's hand was crushed during the mooring maneuver and limbs were partially severed.
  • On January 19, 2010, a motor ship wrecked the drift ice dammed up in the lock and lost an anchor. Shipping was temporarily hindered by the rescue.
  • On May 27, 2013, a tanker with the wheelhouse that was not retracted enough got caught on a concrete pillar of the lock bridge.
  • On the night of 10/11. In September 2016, a fully occupied cruise ship crashed on a bridge north of the lock because the wheelhouse was not lowered either. Two crew members were crushed and lost their lives. The recovery of the passengers, crew and the ship afterwards turned out to be difficult.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Route Atlas Main-Danube Canal. (PDF; 11.9 MB) Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration, p. 6 , accessed on February 23, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Main-Danube Canal timetable. Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration, accessed on February 24, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Descent structures on federal waterways. (PDF; 44 kB) Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration , p. 4 , accessed on February 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Kriegenbrunn lock. Hans Gruener, accessed on February 23, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Hans Gruener: MAIN-DONAU-KANAL - LOCK KRIEGENBRUNN. Retrieved February 24, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Welcome. Retrieved February 27, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Main-Danube Canal, Section 12
  8. ↑ Control centers - traffic safety around the clock. (PDF; 0.8 MB) WSD Süd, May 2011, p. 2 , accessed on February 27, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Press report , Nordbayern.de of May 27, 2017
  10. ^ Mission report of the volunteer fire brigade in Kriegenbrunn
  11. ↑ NRZ press report from October 21, 2009
  12. ↑ Press report Mittelbayerische Zeitung January 20, 2010
  13. ↑ Merkur.de press report on the ship accident in May 2013
  14. ↑ Frauenaurach: Hotel ship crashes into bridge - two dead. In: nordbayern.de . September 11, 2016, accessed March 5, 2018 .