Rathenow city lock
| Rathenow city lock | ||
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 View from the bridge into the lock |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 36 '24 " N , 12 ° 20' 8" E | |
| Place: | Rathenow | |
| Waters: | Lower Havel waterway / Rathenower Havel (city canal) | |
| Water kilometers : | km 104.56 | |
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| Owner: | Federation | |
| Operator: | WSV Brandenburg | |
| Responsible WSA : | WSA Brandenburg | |
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| Type: | Inland lock | |
| Usable length: | 71.50 m | |
| Usable width: | 8.45 m | |
| Average height of fall : |
1 m | |
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The Rathenow city lock is a lock on the Lower Havel waterway in the city of Rathenow . Various weirs and locks are located in the Havelarmen Schleusenkanal, Rathenower Havel, Wehrarm Hinterarche, Wehrarm Vorderarche, Nebenarm Hellers Loch and Stadtkanal. In their entirety they form the Rathenow barrage. The mean water level difference between the upper and lower water is one meter. A road bridge leads over the lower head of the lock.
history
The first mention of a change in the Havel runoff in Rathenow due to the establishment of mill dams dates back to 1288. In the same year the fossatum ipsius civitatis , the city moat, is described for the first time . In the period from 1548 to 1559 a boiler lock was built in Rathenow, thus guaranteeing a continuous passage for shipping. At the same location, the first city lock was built as a chamber lock in 1732. Again and again, especially in the years from 1883 to 1912, extensive renovation and renewal measures took place. Until 1977 the lock had wooden gates, which were then replaced by steel mitred gates . In 1988 the lock heads were renewed and the steel gates replaced. The company building directly at the lock bridge was repaired and restored in 2006. Today's lock, roughly in the construction from 1884, is 71.50 meters long and 8.45 meters wide. It is designed as a chamber lock with steep chamber walls. The lock walls are made of clinker masonry and sandstone. The heads and the bottom of the chamber are made of concrete. The upper gate and the lower gate are steel mortise gates with goal scorers. Stop logs with needles serve as revision locks.
Towards the end of the 19th century, the old lock was no longer capable of performing well. This led to the construction of an artificial shipping canal with a 220 meter long lock, the main lock at Rathenow . Today, the city lock is almost exclusively used by pleasure craft and occasionally by passenger ships.
See also
literature
- Manfred Reschke: The Havel. Nature and culture between Müritz and Havelberg . Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2012. ISBN 978-3-89794-206-6 .
- Hans-Joachim Uhlemann: Berlin and the Märkische waterways . DSV-Verlag, Hamburg 1994. ISBN 3-88412-204-5 .
cards
- Folke Stender (editor): Sportschifffahrtskarten inland 1 . Nautical publication publishing company. ISBN 3-926376-10-4 .
