Riedenburg lock
| Riedenburg lock | ||
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 View of the lock (2007) |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 58 '31 " N , 11 ° 41' 18" E | |
| Country: | Germany | |
| Place: | Riedenburg | |
| Waters: | Main-Danube Canal | |
| Water kilometers : | km 150.83 | |
| Data | ||
| Operator: | WSA Nuremberg | |
| Responsible WSA : | WSA Nuremberg | |
| Construction time: | September 1977 - November 1982 | |
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| Type: | Inland lock | |
| Is controlled by: | WSV control center Dietfurt | |
| Usable length: | 190 m | |
| Usable width: | 12 m | |
| Height upstream : | 355 m above sea level NN | |
| Average height of fall : |
8.4 m | |
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The Riedenburg lock was built between September 1977 and November 1982 as part of the construction of the Main-Danube Canal federal waterway . It is built as a river lock.
lock
The chamber of the ship's single lock is at canal kilometer 150.83, 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 355 m above sea level. NN , that of the lock underwater is 346.6 m above sea level. NN . The sluice drop height is 8.4 meters.
Contrary to the direction of flow , as a stage in the pump chain of the Danube-Main crossing , water is directed from the Danube, usually at night, into the Dürrlohsee . The Riedenburg power station of Rhein-Main-Donau AG is in the same building .
control
The lock has its own command post, but has been remote-controlled from the WSV district headquarters in Dietfurt since 2007 . The Berching , Dietfurt and Kelheim 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; For these, there is a transport trolley with a deposit on the power station side at the slip points for manual relocation.
Breakdowns
- On January 29, 2014, a motor ship loaded with coal rammed the lock at the entrance and caused a leak.
- On June 18, 2016, a cruise ship with the steering position not retracted got stuck near the lock on a bridge construction site. Passengers and crew got away with the horror, the ship stopped and there was a backlog of ships that could not pass the scene of the accident.
- On November 30, 2017, a motor ship loaded with fertilizer caught fire at the lock. Shipping traffic came to a temporary standstill.
- On June 5, 2019, the Viking Idi severely damaged the edge protection of the underwater gate of the lock at the entrance, which subsequently led to the Main-Danube Canal being closed for two weeks and a traffic jam of over 100 inland vessels.
- On June 28, 2019, a previously undetected ship damaged the edge protection of the upper gate, which resulted in a one-week closure of the canal and a traffic jam of 79 inland vessels.
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 .
- ↑ Riedenburg lock. Hans Gruener, accessed on February 23, 2018 .
- ^ Press report Nordbayern.de from May 27, 2017
- ↑ Ship accident at the Riedenburg lock in January 2014
- ↑ Press report Mittelbayerische Zeitung from June 18, 2016
- ^ Ship fire at the Riedenburg lock in November 2017
- ^ Franz Neumeier: Viking ship damaged Lock: Main-Danube Canal closed. www.cruisetricks.de, June 6, 2019, accessed June 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Broken lock Riedenburg: More than 100 ships are stuck. www.br.de, June 17, 2019, accessed on June 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Defective lock Riedenburg: 54 ships are stuck on the Danube. July 1, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .
- ^ After a ship accident in Riedenburg: lock is back in operation. www.nordbayern.de, accessed on July 7, 2019 .