Brandenburg Waterways and Shipping Office

Brandenburg Waterways and Shipping Authority (WSA Brandenburg)
State level	Federation
position	Local authority
Supervisory authority	Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping
founding	1990
Headquarters	Brandenburg on the Havel
Authority management	Gerrit Riemer
Servants	approx. 300 (as of June 2016)
Web presence	wsa-brandenburg.wsv.de

The Waterways and Shipping Office Brandenburg (WSA Brandenburg) 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

The Brandenburg Waterways and Shipping Office is responsible for the federal waterways in the area of ​​the western city limits from Berlin to the Elbe .

Area of ​​responsibility

The tasks of the Brandenburg 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

Elbe-Havel Canal in Genthin

Havel Canal near Paretz

The Brandenburg Waterways and Shipping Office includes the suburbs in Potsdam , Brandenburg , Rathenow and Genthin and the Brandenburg building yard. In addition to maintaining various facilities and buildings, the outskirts are also responsible for maintaining and operating the barrages (weirs and locks) in the respective administrative area.

• The outskirts of Potsdam are responsible for the Untere Havel waterway (from km 16.4 to km 40.7), the Havel Canal , the Potsdamer Havel, the Wublitz , the Ketziner Havel, the Föhse, the Alte Fahrt and the Petziensee, the Schwielowsee and the Glindowsee.
• The Brandenburg suburb is responsible for the Lower Havel waterway (from km 40.7 to km 92.3), the Brandenburg City Canal , the Beetzsee-Riewendsee waterway , the Brandenburg Niederhavel , the Elbe-Havel Canal (from km 378, 96 to 380.9) and the Breitlingsee , the Möserscher See , the Kleiner Wendsee and the Wusterwitzer See .
• The outskirts of Rathenow are responsible for the Lower Havel Waterway (from km 92.3 to km 148.43), the Rathenower Havel, the Hohennauen Waterway, the Mühlenarm, the Vorderen and Hinteren Archearm, the Quitzöbel piercing and the Untere-Havel estuary .
• The outskirts of Genthin are responsible for the Elbe-Havel Canal (from km 326.67 to 378.96), the Pareyer connecting canal , the Roßdorfer Altkanal , the Niegripper Altkanal , the Bergzower Altkanal , the Altenplatower Altkanal and the Woltersdorfer Altkanal .
• The Brandenburg building yard is responsible for maintenance and repair work on ships and facilities belonging to the Brandenburg Waterways and Shipping Office.

Small vehicle license plate

The small watercraft in the area of ​​the Brandenburg Waterways and Shipping Office are assigned small vehicle registration numbers with the identifier BRB .

See also

• List of ships of the waterways and shipping authorities

Web links

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

• Brandenburg Waterways and Shipping Office

Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 33 ″  N , 12 ° 33 ′ 24 ″  E