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Introducing the Zweckverband Region Finowkanal

News from the region

malfunctions

11.01.2026

Closure due to ice formation
Closure due to ice formation
construction log

14.11.2025

Update on the 6 lock construction sites
Overview of construction progress at the six lock construction sites
construction log

01.08.2025

Gate installation Ruhlsdorf
At the Ruhlsdorf lock, the gates were inserted in the upper head.
construction log

20.06.2025

Granite stone columns
The historic granite cornerstones were restored and reinstalled in Ruhlsdorf and Leesenbrück.
construction log

02.05.2025

Clinker brick for Ruhlsdorf
The clinker facing bricks are currently being laid at the Ruhlsdorf lock.
malfunctions

17.04.2025

Current lock closures
Overview of the closed locks.
News

14.04.2025

Lock season 2025
Press release on the Finow Canal lock seasons 2025.
construction log

04.04.2025

Backfilling of Wolfswinkel outer harbor
The upper outer harbor at the Wolfswinkel lock is currently being filled in.
construction log

24.03.2025

Sole in Heegermühle
The base of the lock is currently being concreted in the excavation pit at Heegermühle.
construction log

06.03.2025

Wolfswinkel construction road
The construction road is being built at the Wolfswinkel lock.
construction log

28.01.2025

6 locks under construction
Since January 2025, 6 of a total of 12 historic locks on the Finowkanal have been under construction.
News

05.01.2025

Radio Ginseng – Interview on the lock renovation
In December 2024, you could listen to various interviews about attractions in Eberswalde on Radio Ginseng under the heading Brandenburger Orte.
construction log

18.10.2024

Shuttering chamber walls Ruhlsdorf
After completion of the lock floor, formwork work is carried out in Ruhlsdorf.
construction log

13.09.2024

Start of construction in Schöpfurt
With the start of construction at the Schöpfurt lock, a total of five locks are now under construction.
construction log

16.08.2024

Sluice chamber floor
In Ruhlsdorf, the chamber floor was concreted in four sections. This forms the foundation of the future lock.
construction log

06.06.2024

First dry excavation pit
In Ruhlsdorf, the excavation pit was pumped empty (drained) after the excavation water had been neutralized.
construction log

22.05.2024

Grafenbrück bridge
Due to a road bridge, there are two separate construction pits at the Grafenbrück lock.
construction log

05.05.2024

Underwater concreting
In the last few weeks, underwater concreting has been carried out at the first three locations.
construction log

01.05.2024

Micropiles
Micro-grouted piles were installed to anchor the underwater concrete base in a grid of 2 by 2 meters.
construction log

10.04.2024

Start of construction at Heegermühle
Construction work for the replacement of the Heegermühle lock began on Monday, 25.03.2024.
construction log

12.03.2024

Expansion of the control center
The first section of the Finowkanal, the Lange Trödel, already has a control center for controlling the three movable bridges on the Lange Trödel as well as ...
construction log

02.01.2024

Soil and structural investigations SP2
In lock package 2, the necessary subsoil and structural investigations have been carried out in recent months.
construction log

11.12.2023

HDI pillars
Review: September 2023 In Grafenbrück, a road bridge crosses the lock chamber. This will remain in place during the construction work.
construction log

06.11.2023

Underwater demolition
The old underwater lock chambers are now being demolished at the first three locks.
News

25.09.2023

Freiarche Ruhlsdorf
Information on the rediscovered Freiarche in Ruhlsdorf.
construction log

28.08.2023

Reinforcement of the excavation pit
Cross struts are inserted between the sheet piles to ensure that they can withstand the pressure of the surrounding soil.
construction log

05.06.2023

Demolition work
The demolition of the old lock chambers has begun.
construction log

17.04.2023

Start of construction from Ruhlsdorf to Grafenbrück
Construction work has begun on the western sites in Ruhlsdorf, Leesenbrück and Grafenbrück.
construction log

24.03.2023

Demolition of Ruhlsdorf factory building
The historic operations building at the Ruhlsdorf lock is being dismantled.
construction log

10.03.2023

Construction of the construction roads
The construction roads to the lock construction sites are being built.
construction log

17.02.2023

Groundbreaking ceremony
The ZRF celebrates the start of construction with representatives from politics and business with a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony.
construction log

22.06.2022

First property purchase agreement
Symbolic signing of the land purchase agreement for the Ruhlsdorf lock between the ZRF and the GDWS
construction log

04.02.2021

ILB financing agreement
The overall financing of the large, Germany-wide unique pilot project for the basic repair of the first six locks on the Finowkanal has been secured.

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