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Nordhorn Connection Canal Lock

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Nordhorn Connection Canal Lock

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Location: Nordhorn, Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. Vechtesee – Nordhorn Connection Canal Lock loop from Nordhorn

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2. Nordhorn Connection Canal Lock – Banks of the Vechte loop from Altendorf

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3. Vechtesee – Nordhorn Connection Canal Lock loop from Altendorf

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Jutta und Thomas

March 2, 2021

In 1887, as part of the work on the Linksemsisches canal system in the Nordhorn city area, a connecting canal was created to connect the Ems-Vechte Canal or the Vechte with the Nordhorn-Almelo Canal and, in particular, to connect the Nordhorn textile companies to the canal system.

The lock of the connecting canal, which is less than a kilometer long, is the largest in the LEK system with a chamber length of 40 meters. Their size results from the special requirements of the Nordhorn textile industry. Because of its poor condition, the lock could only be opened in exceptional cases for years until the Nordhorn association Graf-SHIP campaigned for its repair, whereupon it was partially restored by the NLWKN in 2009 at the expense of the city of Nordhorn and returned to a functional condition. Since then, recreational boaters have been able to sail again from the Ems-Vechte Canal to the Nordhorn-Almelo Canal and to Klukkert Harbor. The lock is operated manually by employees of the municipal building yard. Due to the low clearance height of the Seeuferstrasse bridge of just 1.60 meters, there is little boat traffic. This repeatedly leads to siltation of the lock and canal in the area on the Vechte side.

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Svenja

June 18, 2022

Very nice old lock.

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February 26, 2023

An interesting monument to the shipping in Nordhorn.

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Location: Nordhorn, Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. Vechtesee – Nordhorn Connection Canal Lock loop from Nordhorn

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