Waterways and Shipping Office Nuremberg

Waterways and Shipping Office Nuremberg (WSA Nuremberg)
State level	Federation
position	Local authority
Supervisory authority	Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping
resolution	2nd May 2019
Headquarters	Nuremberg

The Waterways and Shipping Office Nuremberg (WSA Nürnberg) 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 South .

By merging the waterways and shipping authorities in Nuremberg and Regensburg , it was merged into the new waterways and shipping authority Donau MDK on May 2, 2019 .

Jurisdiction

Kriegenbrunn lock

Canal bridge over the Zenntal

The Nuremberg Waterways and Shipping Office was responsible for the Main-Danube Canal .

tasks

The tasks of the Waterways and Shipping Office in Nuremberg included:

• Maintenance of federal waterways in the official area
• Operation and maintenance of structures such as B. 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

Gösselthalmühle building

The outskirts in Neuses , Nuremberg , Hilpoltstein and Riedenburg as well as the Nuremberg building yard were subordinated to the new WSA Donau MDK.

The Gösselthalmühle operations center, which was responsible for the water management of the canal, for which water can be drawn from the Altmühl and Danube via a total of five pumping stations, is the responsibility of the outskirts of Riedenburg.

The Gösselthal district headquarters has also been housed in the Gösselthalmühle building since 2012 and is responsible for over 700 km of waterways with the Main-Danube Canal and the rivers Main (above Hanau ) and Danube (near Passau ).

Control centers

The control centers in Neuses , Kriegenbrunn , Hilpoltstein and Dietfurt belonged to the Nuremberg Waterways and Shipping Office . From there, four locks were remotely controlled and looked after at the same time.

Small vehicle license plate

The water small vehicles in the area of waterways and shipping office Nuremberg were small license plate number with the identifier N allocated.

See also

• List of waterways and shipping offices with their small vehicle registration numbers
• List of Main-Danube locks

Web links

• Waterways and Shipping Office Nuremberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New waterways and shipping office for Danube and Main-Danube Canal opened! Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping , May 2, 2019, accessed on May 2, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Inauguration of the Gösselthal Revierzentrale on July 8, 2012 , Nuremberg Waterways and Shipping Office, accessed on August 2, 2018.

Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 5 ″  N , 11 ° 5 ′ 8 ″  E