Hunte

The Hunte in the Geest

The Hunte is a 189 km long left or western tributary of the Weser in Lower Saxony ( Germany ). It is named after the River Aller, the second longest tributary of the Weser. It crosses or touches the counties Osnabrück, Diepholz, Vechta, Oldenburg, Weser Marsch and the city of Oldenburg.

• 5.1 Road bridges in Oldenburg
• 5.2 railroad bridge in Oldenburg
• 5.3 Hubbrücke Huntebrück
• 5.4 Swing Bridge train Hude - Nordenham
• 5.5 Hunte barrage

Course

The river rises south of the Wiehengebirge on the northern slope of the mountain Holzhauser in the Osnabrück hill country north of Melle west of the hamlet Hustädte. The source area is located between the districts Meller Oldendorf and Buer and is part of the Terra Vita Nature Park.

In a short gorge cut the Hunte crosses the crest of the Wiehengebirge between the Linnerberg (181 m ) in the west and Little Kellenberg (161 m) and reaches about 10 km from the source of the North German Plain. At the castle Wittlage on the eastern edge of Bad Essen it is passed through under the Mittelland Canal. Part of the water is also fed into the channel.

In the Moor belt Hunte flows through Bohmte and then in the Dumber. The Dumber she leaves with two main branches, which unite again in Diepholz. The western is called Hunte, the eastern wages. The next places on the Hunte are Drebber and Barnstorf. Then she enters the Geest, where it flows through Goldenstedt and Wildeshausen and south of Dotlingen receives the floodplain. To the northwest it cuts through the scenic valley to the west of Osenberge - this section of the river is one of the most beautiful and ecologically important in the Hunte.

In Wardenburg leaving the natural park Geest. A special feature of the Lethe cruises at Hundsmühlen the Hunte: Your water is passed through culverts under the Hunte through. It so happens that the Lethe, although their catchment area of ​​the Hunte is on the left, opens orographic over the Easter Burger channel from the right ( south) at the Oldenburg district Osternburg in the Hunte.

In the southern city of Oldenburg, south of the coastal channel, the Hunte shares: The Old Hunte is passed through a culvert at KUek - km 2.4, above the lock Oldenburg, from south to north and then runs north coast of the channel. Below the city motorway extensive engineering measures were carried out, which were completed in 2006. As part of a redesign of the river bath Olantis received in this area, the Old Hunte ( which is also called " Mühlenhunte " ) a new, nature-like bed. The Old Hunte then flows to the castle garden and at the Hunte street and fed below the Stautors the Old Port. On Stautor flows, coming from the left ( west), the hair in the Hunte.

The New Hunte flows south-east coast of the channel parallel to it and opens below the Realschule Osternburg, at the lower end of the outer harbor of the lock Oldenburg, in the channel line -in. From here until the New Hunte 0.00 km belongs to the coastal channel. The New Hunte united at its beginning below the inflection port with the old Hunte. The name " New Hunte " carries the branch of the river, because his bed has been created only in connection with the canal construction.

In Oldenburg the Hunte bends to the north-east and enters the marshland. They first forms the boundary between the counties of Oldenburg and the Weser march, slightly downstream then the boundary between the southeast, and the Stedingen up against the gulf reaching Urban land. South of Elsfleth it empties into the Weser coming from the southeast. By the end of the 19th century, the Hunte led south of Elsfleth in the Weserarm Westergate, whose northern part has been allocated from then on the Hunte. Since then Elsfleth has become a port on Weserarm Westergate to a port on the Hunte.

Catchment area

The catchment area of ​​the Hunte is relatively narrow ( maximum width of about 40 km) and extends from south to north over the federal states of Lower Saxony and to a lesser extent North Rhine -Westphalia (circles Minden- Lübbecke and Herford ) over a length of about 110 km. The highest point in the catchment is the Nonnenstein in Wiehengebirge (275 m above sea level. NN ), and the lowest regions of the catchment area are in the marshes on the lower Hunte (sometimes below zero ). By far the largest part of the catchment area is located in the North German Plain, so that the Hunte mainly Moore, Geest and Marsh by flows. A small part lies in the highlands.

Terms of Hunte

In Wildeshausen and in Oldenburg are hydroelectric power plants. The power plant Wildeshausen 1913, the power plant Oldenburg ( 700 kW, 2 GWh / a ) in 1927 put into operation. Both plants use the water flowing Hunte for generating electrical energy. In addition, the Oldenburger power plant regulated at the same time the water levels of Hunte or coastal channel even at high tide.

After the Lower Saxony Fisheries Act of 1978, the Hunte is divided into four fishing districts, namely

• Fishing district Hunte I ( of the municipal boundary Hustädte - Selingsdorf to the confluence with the Dumber )
• Fishing district Dumber
• Fishing district Hunte II ( from the outflow from the Dumber to the road bridge the Federal Highway 1 near Wildeshausen )
• Fishing district Hunte III ( from the road bridge of the A 1 to Huntebrück ).

The Hunte below the connecting line of the dyke at Huntebrück is considered coastal waters as defined in § 16 paragraph 3 of the Lower Saxony Fisheries Act.

The mean Hunte as water sports and fishing area

The section between the Dumber and Wildeshausen is used by canoeists and rowers than territory. In a canoe pier near a weir immediately south of the Hunte spanning "golden bridge " that connects the districts of Vechta and Diepholz each other was in 2013 erected the steel sculpture " golden rain " of Friesoyther blacksmith artist Alfred Buller man.

The 41 km section between Wildeshausen Oldenburg and is suitable as a paddle area for beginners and occasional paddlers. The river is 12 to 20 meters wide, the flow rate is about two kilometers per hour minimum. There are no dams or other obstructions, no motorized water transport. The section above Wildeshausen has 14 weirs which require a portage of the boats. From April 1 to June 15 is considered here from a nature conservation reasons, a canoeing is prohibited in the rest of the time there is a boat size is limited to 6 m length and 1 m width.

Renatured section of the Hunte run in Hunteburg

Western transects (front) and Ochsenmoor (rear); between the Hunte

Steel statue " Golden Rain " on the Hunte between Goldenstedt and twist rings

Strongly meandering Hunte at Dötlingen

In the city of Oldenburg is the Mühlenhunte, a former branch of the Hunte. The Mühlenhunte has a size of approximately 2 acres and is on average 10 to 15 meters wide and 2.0 to 2.5 meters deep. The lake is a popular recreational and fishing area. In the city of Oldenburg, it forms the southeastern boundary of the Oldenburg castle garden.

Renatured Mühlenhunte below the A 28 in Oldenburg, near the leisure pool

Boat dock at the Old Hunte at the castle garden Oldenburg

Neoclassical houses line at the Hunte street on the outskirts of the inner city of Oldenburg

The mean Hunte as inland waterway

Above the lock Oldenburg runs the Hunte after it has been divided into the New Hunte and the Hunte mill, parallel to the coast channel, separated from it only by the road Achterdiek. Only below the lock it joins the channel. From the lower outer harbor of the lock ( 1.22 km ) to the beginning of the coastal channel 140 m below the Amalienbrücke in Oldenburg ( 0.00 km ) at the entrance to the Old Port is one of the central Hunte for federal waterway channel coast.

The lower Hunte as a shipping lane

In the 14th and 15th centuries, the ship traffic on the lower Hunte and from Oldenburg had a considerable extent. The shipping was, however, very difficult by numerous sharp bends. From 1833 to after 1952 a total of 20 punctures were created and regular dredging carried out. Thus, the length of the route shortened to Westergate from originally about 34 km around a good 12 km. At the same time, the mean tidal range in Oldenburg grew up today 2.6 m. In the 1990s and Vertiefungsbaggerungen Kurvenabflachungen were made.

The km 0.00, 140 m below the Amalienbrücke, is to the west of the starting point of the coastal canal, east of the starting point of the federal waterway Hunte (lower Hunte ) as the shipping lane (Scope of Maritime Traffic Regulations ) with the end- km 24.63 in the Lower Weser 32.09 - km. Responsible is the Waterways and Shipping Office Bremen.

Coastal Canal and lower Hunte form the waterway between the Ems and Lower Weser. The coastal channel belongs to the class IV of the inland waterways, the Hunte Class Va with restrictions. While the channel is only approved for vessels up to 2.5 m depth, the dredging of the river Hunte also smaller ships, so-called coasters allows up to 4 m draft the entrance to the port of Oldenburg. Also ships with high superstructures can use the Hunte, since from the Oldenburg harbor bridges either very high or movable ( hinged or movable bridges ).

Closed bascule bridge over the Hunte in Oldenburg

The eastern port of Oldenburg

East Harbour Bridge and the A29 on the Hunte in Oldenburg

Lift bridge over the Hunte at Huntebrück - 53 ° 12 '0 " N, 8 ° 26' 49 " O53.28.4469444444444

The Hunte barrage at the confluence of the Hunte (front) in the Weser (rear)

Hunte barrage - 53 ° 14 ' 55 " N, 8 ° 28' 29" O53.2486111111118.4747222222222

Nature Reserves

The Hunte touches in its course the following nature reserves or crosses it:

• Upper Hunte
• Ochsenmoor
• Western transects
• Dumber
• High Seven
• Hunte break and Hunte Bruchwiesen
• Pestruper Moor
• Poggenpohl Moor
• Barneführer wood and Schreensmoor
• Born Horster Hunte meadows
• Moor Hauser Polder

Structures

Road bridges in Oldenburg

The Hunte is crossed in the city of Oldenburg (excluding the Old Hunte ) of a total of five road bridges.

Downstream seen are the

• Niedersachsendamm
• Motorway bridge the BAB 28
• Cecilia bridge

• Amalienbrücke

• High bridge of the A 29

Railway bridge in Oldenburg

In Oldenburg the bridge of the railway lines Oldenburg -Bremen and Oldenburg -Osnabrück spans the Hunte. The bridge is designed as a rolling bascule bridge after Scherzer system that has two passages for ships. Both doors can open independently. The opening is hydraulic lift cylinder means after the original mechanical control had been replaced around the turn of the millennium against a hydraulic control.

The bascule bridge at this location was built from 1946 to 1954. The flap over the southern passage has already been taken in 1952 in operation, the flap over the northern passage then 1954. The bridge replaced a fixed link across the Hunte after an existing on the same site since July 1866 swing bridge was destroyed in April 1945. The destroyed swing bridge was initially replaced by a fixed link, but the boat traffic on the river Hunte disabled too strong.

The installed as part of the route electrification in 1982 catenary has a special design at this point. On the two flaps are permanently tensioned line segments that are suspended from the outer ends of the flaps on two traverses. In the middle of the bridge are also bent side separating pieces that fit into each other engage in bridge closed. Shore side, the top lines are coming out from the land a few meters before the bridge to a massive crossbeam at a right angle to the outside and worn sideways. The resulting gap, which creates space for himself lowering counterweights when opening the bridge flap is bridged by two on the crossbar along protruding metal brackets that swing out sideways with him opening bridge.

In addition to the web traffic that can cross the bridge over two tracks, the bridge can also be used by pedestrians and cyclists. The bridge, which is part of Deutsche Bahn, is controlled by a subject on the north side next to the bridge interlocking.

Hubbrücke Huntebrück

The Lower Saxon monument Hubbrücke Huntebrück was until 1953 for the B212 from Huntebrück built in 1951 ( to Berne ) and is one of the oldest continuously operating lift bridges in Germany. The carriageway of the road runs in a steel grid trough with an electric motor in the bridge center of 42 kW ( 57 hp) is moved. The counterweights in the Hubtürmen each weigh 155 tons. At high tide the middle headroom in the two lifting steps 8.23 m and 24.53 m. The lifting time is 2 minutes, when using the Quick Step 30 seconds.

During the construction of the national road 212 ( 212 B n) be the lift bridge will be dismantled and replaced by a new bascule bridge.

Swing bridge of the railway Hude - Nordenham

About a kilometer down the lift bridge is a steel mesh swing bridge of the railway Hude - Nordenham.

Hunte barrage

At the confluence of the Hunte in the Weser at Elsfleth to storm surge barrier, built 1976-1979 Hunte barrage. Two powerful, convex curved barrier gates ( radial gates ) in each 20 m wide flow openings and two two-piece miter gates in each 26 m wide navigation openings can be closed when storm surge and protect the hinterland against flooding. The barrage is built over a bascule bridge, which is closed during the day and every hour for five minutes allows the crossing of the Hunte for pedestrians and cyclists, if the waterway permits. To hinder navigation on the river Hunte as little as possible, the Hunte barrage is normally open.

Project " River Landscape Hunte "

On 6 April 2008, the project was " Hunte River Landscape " launched by the counties Diepholz, Vechta and Oldenburg. Its goal is to develop across the river in its total length district back to a lifeline for people and nature. In the years 2008 to 2010, several measures in the fields of water management, nature conservation and tourism were realized. To finance the project, the three counties and all Hunte riparian communities have made ​​a total of 600,000 euros. The project management, while Diepholz (technical service district development ) is located, is funded with 40,000 euros by the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area.