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The Finow Canal Region

Visit the oldest navigable artificial waterway in Germany!

Zweckverband

Brücke

km

Durchfahrtshöhe

Klappbrücke Liebenwalde

0,16

1,50 m zu

Hubbrücke Zerpenschleuse

7,72

1,50 m zu; 4,20 m offen

Klappbrücke Zerpenschleuse

9,29

1,50 zu

Eisenbahnbrücke Zerpenschleuse

57,52

4,65 m

Schleusenbrücke Ruhlsdorf

59,26

3,95 m

Straßenbrücke Ruhlsdorf

59,48

4,05 m

Fußgängerbrücke Schleuse Ruhlsdorf

61,14

4,27 m

Krugbrücke Marienwerder

61,56

3,95 m

Straßenbrücke Grafenbrück

63,36

4,63 m

Autobahnbrücke A11

66,10

4,36 m

Straßenbrücke Schöpfurth

67,56

4,26 m

Straßenbrücke Finowfurt

68,04

4,12 m

Fußgängerbrücke Finowfurt

68,45

4,32 m

Messingwerkbrücke

70,50

3,91 m

Werkbahnbrücke

70,66

4,14 m

Fußgängerbrücke Schleuse Heegermühle

71,04

4,08 m

Straßenbrücke Heegermühle

71,24

4,39 m

Werkbahnbrücke

72,33

3,96 m

Fußgängerbrücke Schleuse Wolfswinkel

72,92

4,14 m

Hubbrücke Eberswalde

73,51

1,24 m zu; 4,20 m offen

Fußgängerbrücke Schleuse Drahthammer

73,89

3,86 m

Straßenbrücke Kupferhammer

75,43

4,51 m

Fußgängerbrücke Schleuse Kupferhammer

75,92

4,41 m

Eisenbahnbrücke

76,38

9,86 m

Wilhelmsbrücke

77,02

6,39 m

Fußgängerbrücke

77,43

4,14 m

Straßenbrücke Eberswalde

77,80

3,95 m

Fußgängerbrücke Schleuse Eberswalde

77,96

4,34 m

Eisenbahnbrücke

79,38

4,72 m

Fußgängerbrücke Schleuse Ragöse

81,02

4,01 m

Fußgängerbrücke Schleuse Stecher

84,42

4,22 m

Klappbrücke Niederfinow

86,32

2,04 m zu

Fußgängerbrücke Schleuse Liepe

88,94

4,24 m

Opening hours bascule bridge L 21 (Liebenwalde)
Clearance height closed 1.50 m, clearance width 7.10 m

08:30 h
Hourly 09:45 hrs to 16:45 hrs
18:10 h
19:30 h

Opening hours lift bridge Forststraße (Zerpenschleuse)
Clearance height closed 1.50 m, open 4.20 m; clearance width 7.10 m

10:15 h
13:15 h
4:15 p.m.
And as required

Opening hours bascule bridge L 100 (Zerpenschleuse)
Closed clearance height 1.50 m; clearance width 7.10 m
Hourly 09:35 h to 17:35 h

Opening hours lift bridge Eisenspalterei
The lift bridge Eisenspalterei at the Familiengarten in Eberswalde opens every two hours during the 2023 season from 07 April to 08 October.

Monday to Sunday and public holidays first lift 8:00 a.m., last lift 6:00 p.m.

 

Zerpenschleuse lock
Location: Fik km 10.19
Dimensions: Lock chamber 41.50 m long; 6.00 m wide
Stroke: 1.85 m
Down lock: hourly 09:10 AM til 06:10 PM
Up-locking: hourly 08:50 AM til 05:50 PM

Ruhlsdorf lock
Location: Fik km 59.23
Dimensions: Lock chamber 41.07 m long; 9.54 m wide
Upper and lower gate: each 5.75 m wide
Stroke: 1.70 m

Leesenbrück Lock
Location: Fik km 61.11
Dimensions: Lock chamber 41.25 m long; 9.50 m wide
Upper and lower gate: each 5.25 m wide
Stroke: 2.50 m

Grafenbrück Lock
Location: Fik km 63.30
Dimensions: Lock chamber 41.62 m long; 9.60 m wide
Upper and lower gate: each 5.75 m wide
Stroke: 3.60 m

Schöpfurth Lock
Location: Fik km 67.50
Dimensions: Lock chamber 41.05 m long; 9.60 m wide
Upper gate 5.25 m wide; lower gate 5.29 m wide
Stroke: 3.60 m

Heegermühle Lock
Location: Fik km 71.01
Dimensions: Lock chamber 41.05 m long; 9.65 m wide
Upper and lower gate: each 5.25 m wide
Stroke: 2.60 m

Wolfswinkel Lock
Location: Fik km 72.88
Dimensions: Lock chamber 41.00 m long; 9.60 m wide
Upper and lower gate: each 5.27 m wid
Stroke: 2.60 m

Drahthammer Lock
Location: Fik km 73.90
Dimensions: Lock chamber 41.30 m long; 9.60 m wide
Upper and lower gate: each 5.29 m wide
Stroke: 3.60 m

Kupferhammer Lock
Location: Fik km 75.90
Dimensions: Lock chamber 43.30 m long; 9.60 m wide
Upper and lower gate: each 5.27 m wide
Stroke: 4.00 m

Eberswalde city lock
Location: Fik km 77.90
Dimensions: Lock chamber 41.30 m long; 10.04 m wide
Upper gate 5.25 m wide and lower gate 5.29 m wide
Stroke: 3.50 m

Ragöse Lock
Location: Fik km 81.00
Dimensions: Lock chamber 41.30 m long; 9.60 m wide
Upper and lower gate: each 5.30 m wide
Stroke: 2.30 m

Stecher Lock
Location: Fik km 84.39
Dimensions: Lock chamber 41.42 m long; 9.55 m wide
Upper and lower gate: each 5.27 m wide
Stroke: 3.00 m

Liepe Lock
Location: Fik km 88.91
Dimensions: Lock chamber 43.07 m long; 9.60 m wide
Upper and lower gate: each 5.30 m wide
Lift: 2.40 m

Niederfinow boat lift
Location: OHK km 79.00
Lift: 36 m

This technical structure, which has been in operation since 1934, is today Germany's oldest active ship lift. In just six minutes barges and motorboats can overcome a height difference of 36 metres between the Barnim plateau and the Oder valley.

East - West Locks Hohensaaten
Location: OHK km 92.40
Dimensions:
East lock: lock chamber 175.30 m long; 11.50 m wide
West lock: Lock chamber 175.30 m long; 11.92 m wide
Lift: East lock 0.80 to 4.00 m (depending on water level)
West lock 0.50 to 1.20 m (depending on water level)

The lock system on the Oder-Havel waterway consists of the east lock, built in 1986, and the west lock, commissioned in 1988. The east lock connects the Oder-Havel canal with the Oder river. The West Lock connects the Oder-Havel Canal with the Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthal Waterway.

Opening hours bascule bridge L 21 (Liebenwalde)
Hight closed 1,50 m, Passage width 7,10 m
08:30 AM
hourly 09:45 AM til 04:45 PM
06:10 PM
07:30 PM

Opening hours lift bridge Forststraße (Zerpenschleuse)
Hight closed 1,50 m, opened 4,20 m; Passage width 7,10 m
10:15 AM
01:15 PM
04:15 PM
upon need

Opening hours bascule bridge L 100 (Zerpenschleuse)
Hight closed 1,50 m, Passage width 7,10 m
hourly 09:35 AM til 05:35 PM

Opening hours lift bridge Eisenspalterei
The lift bridge Eisenspalterei at the Familiengarten in Eberswalde opens in the 2021 season from 23 April to 24 October daily every two hours

first lift 8:00 AM
last lift 18:00 AM

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