Parchim lock

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Parchim lock
Parchim lock, gate to the upper water open

Parchim lock, gate to the upper water open

location
Parchim lock (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Parchim lock
Coordinates 53 ° 25 '46 "  N , 11 ° 50' 17"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 25 '46 "  N , 11 ° 50' 17"  E
Country: Germany
Place: Parchim
Waters: Müritz-Elde waterway
Water kilometers : km 72.09
Data
lock
Is controlled by: automatic operation
Usable length: 56.2 m
Usable width: 6.9 m
Average
height of fall :
3.1 m
Others

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The Parchim lock is a lock on the Müritz-Elde waterway in Parchim . It is not operated by a lock keeper but by the person passing through it, ie it is a self-service lock .

particularities

The lock chamber has sheet piling into which the ship's fenders can slide if they are too small. Therefore you should use larger fenders or make sure that the ship does not come against the lock wall.

Individual evidence

  1. RMO: Parchim lock - MEW (Müritz-Elde-Wasserstraße). Retrieved August 11, 2018 .