Poppenweiler barrage

View of the Poppenweiler barrage with lock (left) and hydroelectric power station (right)

location

Coordinates

48 ° 54 '43 " N , 9 ° 14' 47" E Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '43 " N , 9 ° 14' 47" E

Country:

Germany

Place:

Ludwigsburg

Waters:

Neckar

Water kilometers :

km 165.00

Data

lock

Type:

Chamber lock

Usable length:

110 m

Usable width:

11.90 m

Height upstream :

203.32 m

Average
height of fall :

7.01 m

Upper gate:

Lifting sector

Lower gate:

Swing gate

Others

Associated power plant:

3.6 MW run-of-river power plant

The Poppenweiler barrage is a river barrage and consists of a double lock on the left bank, a hydroelectric power station on the right bank and a three-field weir in the middle of the river Neckar . This construction is typical of the 1950s. The barrage is located between the Ludwigsburg districts of Poppenweiler and Neckarweihingen .

technology

Lock of the barrage

The jamb depth of the locks is 3.20 meters. The gate of the lock chamber up the Neckar is a lifting sector and can be raised about a meter to fill the chamber. The gate located downstream is a swing gate and can be folded down. It has counterweights on ropes and is raised hydraulically.

location

The Poppenweiler barrage is the 19th system seen from the Rhine .

Boat tow

A boat tow is available on the left , which is approx. 470 m long.

Web links

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Upstream	Crossing the Neckar	Downstream
Aldingen barrage	Poppenweiler barrage	Marbach weir