Waterways and Shipping Office Berlin

Waterways and Shipping Office Berlin (WSA Berlin)
State level	Federation
Supervisory authority	Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping
founding	1990
Headquarters	Berlin-Tempelhof
Authority management	Katrin Urbitsch
Web presence	wsa-b.de

The Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Berlin (WSA Berlin) is a waterways and shipping office in Germany. It belongs to the service area of ​​the General Directorate for Waterways and Shipping , formerly the Waterways and Shipping Directorate East .

Area of ​​responsibility

Berlin-Spandau shipping canal

Berlin-Spandauer Schifffahrtskanal, view of the Humboldthafen

Britzer connection channel

Landwehr Canal in Berlin-Kreuzberg

The Berlin Waterways and Shipping Office is responsible for the federal waterways in Berlin , the Rüdersdorfer Waters, the Dahme Waterways , the Storkower and Teupitz Waters and the Spree-Oder Waterways to the Oder in Eisenhüttenstadt .

Area of ​​responsibility

The tasks of the Berlin Waterways and Shipping Office include:

• Maintenance of federal waterways in the official area
• Operation and maintenance of structures such as B. Weirs , locks and bridges
• Extension and new construction
• Maintenance and operation of the navigation signs
• Measurement of water levels
• Takeover of electricity and shipping police tasks.

Outskirts

The suburbs in Spandau , Neukölln , Erkner , Kummersdorf and Fürstenwalde as well as the Grünau building yard belong to the Berlin Waterways and Shipping Office . The outskirts are in addition to the maintenance of various facilities and buildings u. a. also responsible for the maintenance and operation of the barrages (weirs and locks) in the respective office area.

• The suburbs in Spandau is responsible for the Berlin-Spandau Canal , the Charlottenburg Canal , the Wannsee , the Havel-Oder waterway , the Ruhlebener oxbow lake, the Spree-Oder Waterway (from km 0.0 to km 14.5) , the Tegeler See , the Untere Havel waterway , the Westhafenkanal and the Westhafen connecting channel.
• The outskirts in Neukölln are responsible for the Spree-Oder waterway from the Humboldthafen (km 14.5) to the mouth of the Britz connecting canal (km 26.4), the Rummelsburger See , the Neukölln shipping canal , the Britzer connecting canal , the Landwehr canal from the Spreekreuz (km 0.0) to the Osthafen (km 10.74), the Teltow Canal from Potsdam (km 0.0) to Grünau (km 37.83), the Griebnitz Canal including Stölpchensee , Pohlesee and Kleiner Wannsee .
• The outskirts in Erkner are responsible for the Große Krampe , the Langerhans Canal , the Löcknitz, the Müggelspree (from km 0.0 to km 11.85), the Rüdersdorfer waters, the Spree-Oder waterway (from km 26.4 to km 60.0) and the Seddinsee and Gosener Canal .
• The outskirts in Kummersdorf are responsible for the Dahme waterway , the Notte , the Zernsdorfer Lanke, the Möllenzugsee, the Wernsdorfer Seenkette and the Storkower waters ( Scharmützelsee , Wendisch Rietzer Fließ, Dolgensee, Großer Storkower See , Storkower Canal , Stahnsdorfer Fließ , Wolziger See , Bloßiner Fließ and Langer See ) and Teupitzer waters ( Teupitzer See , Schweriner See , Zemminsee , Schulzensee , Großer Moddersee , Klein Köriser See , Hölzerner See and Schmöldesee ).
• The suburbs in Fürstenwalde is responsible for the Brieskower channel, Drahendorfer Spree, the little Müllroser lake , the Neuhauser supply duct that Müggelspree (from km 44.85 to km 45.10) and the Spree-Oder Waterway (from km 60, 0 to km 130.15)
• The Grünau building yard is responsible for maintenance and repair work on ships and facilities belonging to the Berlin Waterways and Shipping Office.

Locks

• Charlottenburg lock ( Spree , Spree-Oder-Wasserstraße km 6.1)
• Mühlendamm lock (Spree, Spree-Oder-Wasserstraße km 17.8)
• Spandau lock ( Havel , Havel-Oder waterway km 0.58)
• Oberschleuse, Berlin ( Landwehr Canal km 10.75)
• Lower lock, Berlin (Landwehr Canal km 1.67)
• Plötzensee lock ( Berlin-Spandau shipping canal km 7.45)
• Neukölln lock ( Neukölln connecting canal , managed by the City of Berlin)
• Kleinmachnow lock ( Teltow Canal km 8.34)
• Former lock Great Tränke (Spree-Oder waterway km 68.75 - dismantled in 2004)
• Fürstenwalde lock (Spree-Oder waterway km 74.75)
• Kersdorf lock (Spree-Oder waterway km 89.73)
• Kummersdorf lock ( Storkower waters km 10.25)
• Storkow lock (Storkow waters km 15.42)
• Wendisch-Rietz lock (Storkower waters km 22.74)
• Wernsdorf lock (Spree-Oder waterway km 47.60)
• Woltersdorf lock ( Rüdersdorfer waters km 3.78)
• Neuhaus lock ( Neuhaus feeder channel km 2.75)
• Neue Mühle lock ( Dahme waterway km 9.50)
• Eisenhüttenstadt twin shaft lock (Spree-Oder waterway km 127.3)
• Former city lock ( Spree Canal km 0.9 - available, but closed by a concrete plobe, parallel to the Mühlendamm lock)

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  Müggelspree

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  View of the Stölpchensee

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  Teltow Canal

Small vehicle license plate

The water small vehicles in the area of waterways and shipping office Berlin are small license plate number with the ID B assigned.

See also

• List of ships of the waterways and shipping authorities

Web links

Commons : Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Berlin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Waterways and Shipping Office Berlin

Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′ 7 ″  N , 13 ° 23 ′ 17 ″  E