Waterways and Shipping Office Heidelberg

Waterways and Shipping Office Heidelberg ; (WSA Heidelberg)
State level	Federation
position	Local authority
Supervisory authority	Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping
founding	1949
resolution	March 11, 2019
Headquarters	Heidelberg-Bergheim

Former headquarters of the WSA Heidelberg

The Waterways and Shipping Office Heidelberg (WSA Heidelberg) 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 .

With the merger of the waterways and shipping authorities in Heidelberg and Stuttgart , the new Neckar waterway and shipping department was merged on March 11, 2019 .

Jurisdiction

The Heidelberg Waterways and Shipping Office was responsible for the Neckar federal waterway from Mannheim (Neckar km 4.60) to the Heilbronn district of Horkheim (Neckar km 116.44) including the side canals.

tasks

The tasks of the Waterways and Shipping Office Heidelberg 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 suburbs in Heidelberg , Eberbach , Bad Friedrichshall and the Neckarsteinach building yard belonged to the Heidelberg Waterways and Shipping Office . The building yard has a slipway with which ships of the Waterways and Shipping Office can be pulled out of the water.

Small vehicle license plate

The small watercraft in the area of the Waterways and Shipping Office Heidelberg are assigned small vehicle license plates with the identifier HD .

Neckar Canal near Bad Friedrichshall
Weir in Hirschhorn
Neckar near Neckarsteinach
Neckar in Eberbach
Neckar in Heilbronn

49.409444444444 8.6744444444444Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 34 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 28" E