Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal

The twelve- kilometer Berlin- Spandau Ship Canal ( BSK) connects the rivers Spree and Havel. The channel is a federal waterway and lies entirely on the city of Berlin. From the Spree to the lock Plotzensee he belongs to the waterways of class III, from there to the Havel Class IV legally belong to the BSK and the federal waterways West Port connection channel and Westhafenkanal with Charlottenburg connection channel. Responsible for managing the Water and Shipping Authority Berlin.

Course

The canal branches off on a spree arc ( 14.5 km above the Spree flows into the Havel ) in the north of the River Spree and opens shortly after its inception, at the height of the main station, the Humboldt harbor. From there, the channel continues north through the North Harbour, past the power plant Moabit for West Port, then in a westerly direction through the Virgin heath and finally ends at the northern end of the Spandau Lake in the Havel (up to 1914 Tegeler into the lake ). The balance of water level differences between the Spree and Havel used the lock Plotzensee. It divides the channel into a five-kilometer Spree attitude and in a seven- kilometer Havel attitude.

History

The then called Spandau Canal waterway was built 1848-1859 according to plans by Peter Joseph. The traffic between Berlin and the eastern parts of Prussia towards Finowkanal should be facilitated. The now existing direct channel link shortened the road about six kilometers since it bypasses the tortuous lower reaches of the River Spree. The southern initial stretch of the canal following the course of the Charité trench, the spree near part of the Schönhauser trench. When Nordhafen a confluence of Schönhauser trench was created. Even in 1825 bends Schönhauser ditch at the level of what is now northern port from Southwest to Southeast from the subtree on the Spree. But already there is on the map of 1842 feeding into the Humboldt harbor and the River Spree, while the old leadership of the Schönhauser trench ( for a subtree) still existed but was probably not used anymore. In the years 1891/1892 the Spree attitude was expanded for larger vessels.

During the construction of large-scale navigable waterway Berlin -Stettin for larger vessel sizes in the years 1906 and 1914 Havel attitude was involved. Thus, the lock Plotzensee became a starting point of the Great navigable waterway. With the opening on 17 June 1914, also changed the names. Because the entire channel was about three-quarters of the area of the then independent town of Spandau, he was called to 1914 Spandau navigation channel. Now, while the attitude of the Havel Canal in 1914 the name Hohenzollernkanal received, as it Kaiser Wilhelm II had given the Großschiffahrtweg to Hohensaaten, the Spree attitude remained primarily on Berlin territory and therefore got the name Berlin - Spandau navigation channel.

In the district of Siemens City ( town location Gartenfeld ) was cut a narrow curvature in the construction of large-scale navigable waterway. So was the industrial division of Siemens plants for Garden Fields island. In addition, so that the mouth of the canal was transferred directly to the Havel; before it flowed into the Little Malche, a bay of Lake Tegel. The still existing old channel bow is a Berlin state waters and is called the Age of Berlin- Spandau navigation channel, only the short part of the Tegel lake was filled. From 1933 to 1939, Havel attitude, the Hohenzollern Canal was expanded nave and two aisles.

After 1945, the name of the Spree attitude Berlin- Spandau navigation channel was also used for entertainment Havel officially taken over and used the name Hohenzollernkanal replaced. On some maps in the public or common name Hohenzollern channel is added in brackets.

From 1945 to 1990 ran along the channel between the Sandkrugbrücke and the Kieler Straße the sector boundary. Thus, the Eastern Shore has been expanded by the construction of the Berlin Wall to the restricted area. Large parts of the disability cemetery had this soft border plants.

Waterfront

Even the plans of Peter Joseph saw along the canal a shore promenade accompanying ago, but 150 years later it was realized.

After German reunification in 1994 started the construction of a boardwalk on the vacant, the eastern bank of the canal. The promenade leads from the Sandkrugbrücke in a northerly direction on the back of the cemetery to disability over the Kiel road at the northern port interface. When completed, it will run from the Tiergarten to Rehberge Park in the district of Wedding.

The opposite western part from the art center at the Hamburg train station to the west also offers the possibility of a promenade. Enjoying the North Harbour, here was the railway connecting the Lehrter and hamburgers freight station. With the development of transport technology, it has been expanded to the container station. During the time of the Berlin Wall here was a large logistics center, which offered the trucking companies the short trip on the border crossing disability road for traffic between West and East Berlin. This convenient location lost after 1989 their advantage, because now it was possible to establish large commercial centers around Berlin.

Bridges over this channel

At various points of the canal streets and footpaths lead from one area to the other shore. From the Spree to the lock Plotzensee are:

  • Sandkrugbrücke
  • Kiel bridge
  • North Harbour bridge
  • Fennbrücke
  • Two parallel railway bridges from Krause- shore to Mettmann place
  • Torfstraßensteg
  • Föhrer bridge
  • Northern lake road bridge
  • Formerly Jungfernsteg

On the section between lock and Plotzensee Havel:

  • Hinckeldeybrücke
  • General Ganeval Bridge
  • Mäckeritzbrücke
  • Tegeler bridge
  • Saatwinkler web
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