Werder lock
| Werder lock | ||
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 Werder lock, looking south |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 20 '55 " N , 12 ° 0' 59" E | |
| Country: |
 Germany / Saxony-Anhalt
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| Place: | Merseburg | |
| Waters: | Central channel | |
| Water kilometers : | km 1.81 | |
| Data | ||
| Owner: | Federal waterways and shipping administration | |
| Responsible WSA : | Magdeburg | |
| Start of planning: | 1935 | |
| Construction time: | 1939-1943 | |
| Shutdown: | Completion of construction work in 1943 | |
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| Type: | Tow lock | |
| Category: | planned class IV (Europawasserstraße) | |
| Usable length: | 103.0 m | |
| Usable width: | Gate width 12.0 m, chamber width 20.00 m |
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| Average height of fall : |
planned 4.20 m | |
| Upper gate: | planned lifting gate | |
| Lower gate: | planned lifting gate | |
| Others | ||
| Was standing: | Building ruins | |
The Werder lock , also called Werderschleuse , is an unfinished lock in the urban area of the cathedral and university town of Merseburg an der Saale in southern Saxony-Anhalt . It is located at kilometer 1.81 of the former project through the Merseburg bypass canal , officially also known as the central canal . The lock, the middle canal, as well as the Saale-Elster canal , started in the first third of the 20th century were never completed. The Magdeburg Waterways and Shipping Office is responsible .
history
The Werder lock in the Mittelkanal is part of the canal project started in 1933 and discontinued in 1943 , which was intended to improve navigation on the Saale. This project also included the Saale-Elster Canal , which was to connect the White Elster in Leipzig with the Saale near Leuna and thus connect Leipzig to the North German waterway network via the Saale and Elbe and to the North Sea via Hamburg . The canal was planned for ships with a load capacity of up to 1000 tons, which corresponds roughly to today's inland navigation class IV . The Werder lock was intended to replace the two Saale locks, Rischmühlen lock and Merseburg-Meuschau lock. The planned head at mean water was 4.20 meters and should summarize the heads of the two old locks. The lock is located in the newly created central canal. The Mittelkanal bypasses the urban area of Merseburg with a length of around 3.3 kilometers.
description
The Werder lock is designed as a tow lock. The laterally offset lock gates are typical of this type of lock. The planned entrance width of the upper and lower head, ie the gate width, is 12 meters. Towards the middle, the chamber widens to the usable width of 20 meters. As a result, several barges of a tugboat can lie next to each other in the lock and can be locked together. The usable length of the lock chambers is around 100 meters. The lock walls are made of concrete and are vertical. The lock heads are also designed as heavy-weight concrete walls. Both lock gates were planned as lifting gates similar to the other large locks in the Saale, such as the Bernburg lock . The lifting gates of this type have no openings for filling the lock. The lock chamber is emptied and filled by lifting the gates. Part of the Werder lock is a bridge north over the lower head of the lock. The bridge is 15.35 meters long, 5.40 meters wide and has a height of 8.87 meters. It crosses Werderstrasse over the Mittelkanal and connects the Gut Werder district with Merseburg. It was built in 1939. The Werder lock was completely constructed in concrete by 1943. Bollards and lock ladders are still preserved today. The portals and lifting gates had not yet been installed. The lock never went into operation and is still in ruins today in the landscape.
literature
- Western European shipping and port calendar. Binnenschifffahrts-Verlag GmbH. Duisburg-Ruhrort OCLC 48960431
- M. Eckoldt (Ed.), Rivers and Canals, The History of German Waterways, DSV-Verlag 1998, ISBN 978-3884122433
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Example of a picture on the WSA website , accessed on January 18, 2018.
- ↑ Werder lock at the Magdeburg Waterways and Shipping Office , accessed on January 18, 2018.