Waterways and Shipping Office Koblenz

Waterways and Shipping Office Koblenz ; (WSA Koblenz)
State level	Federation
position	Local authority
Supervisory authority	Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping
founding	1949
resolution	June 13, 2019
Headquarters	Koblenz-Lützel

WSA Koblenz building yard

The Waterways and Shipping Office Koblenz (WSA Koblenz) was a waterways and shipping office in Germany. It belonged to the service area of the General Directorate for Waterways and Shipping , formerly the Waterways and Shipping Directorate Southwest .

The authority was founded in Koblenz in 1949 . By merging the waterways and shipping authorities in Koblenz, Trier and Saarbrücken , it was integrated into the new Mosel-Saar-Lahn waterways and shipping office on June 13, 2019 .

Area of responsibility

Deutsches Eck with the office and building yard of WSA Koblenz on the right edge of the picture

The Koblenz Waterways and Shipping Office was responsible for the Moselle federal waterways from the confluence with the Rhine in Koblenz to Kinheim (border to the official area of the WSA Trier) and the part of the Lahn classified as a federal waterway from the Badenburg weir near Gießen to Lahnstein shortly before the confluence in the river Rhine.

Area of responsibility

The tasks of the Waterways and Shipping Office Koblenz included:

Maintenance of federal waterways in the official area
Operation and maintenance of structures, e.g. B. locks , weirs 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 Koblenz Waterways and Shipping Office was subdivided as follows:

The suburb of Wetzlar , responsible for the Lahn from the Badenburg weir near Gießen to Steeden (Lahn km 70.0) with the Weilburg shipping tunnel, which is unique in Germany .
The outskirts of Diez , responsible for the Lahn from Steeden (Lahn-km 70.0) to Lahnstein (Lahn-km 136.3).
The outskirts of Brodenbach , responsible for the Moselle from its confluence with the Rhine (Moselle km 0.0) to the underwater area of the Müden lock (Moselle km 36.7)
The outskirts of Cochem , responsible for the Moselle from the underwater of the Müden lock (Moselle km 36.7) to Bremm (Moselle km 76.4).
The outskirts of Bullay , responsible for the Moselle from Bremm (Moselle km 76.4) to the bridge in Kinheim (Moselle km 115.6).
The Koblenz building yard, especially for maintenance and repair work on ships and facilities of the WSA Koblenz and Bingen . The building yard has a slipway that can be used to get watercraft from the two departments out of the water.