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The Ratsteich was originally created by damming an arm of the Ilmenau as part of fortification measures. Today, the Ratsteich is a popular tourist destination: there are restaurants here, you can stroll through the park and relax on the benches. The Ratsteich meadow is also a popular place to play. I particularly liked the water fountain.

A lock tour takes place every second Saturday of the month at 3 p.m. It costs €5. The meeting point is the car park at the lock restaurant.

There is only one lock on the ESK. It is the largest economy lock in the world because it collects 70% of the lock water in 8 conservation basins during the valley lock and reuses it during the mountain lock without pumping.

If you are interested in further details, you can find everything here: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleuse_Uelzen

A path leads directly along the banks of the Ratsteich under plane trees and has many park benches that invite you to linger and look. The swans and ducks make their rounds here and sometimes lurk for food. Much to the children's delight, you can still feed here because the Ratsteich is not a stagnant body of water, but is traversed by an arm of the Ilmenau. If you follow the riverside path around the lake to the right, you will come to the small lock and the waterfall. With coffee and cake in the outdoor area of the restaurant located here, you can also listen to the sound of the waterfall. The Ratsteich was created by damming an arm of the Ilmenau in 1643. Due to the Thirty Years' War, the defenses were supposed to be strengthened, especially in the area of the Gudestor. Later it served as a fire pond, cattle trough or was used by breweries to cool beer. The adjacent Ratsteichwiese, where a small picnic is often held, used to be flooded regularly - when the winter was still winter - so that a wonderfully large ice surface was created here. Children enjoyed skating here. Source: https://www.hansestadt-uelzen.de/home/uelzen-erleben/aktive-freizeitgestalt/naturgenuss-in-der-stadt/an-der-ilmenau.aspx

Directions to the lock

Impressive lock system

Southernmost lock in Esterholz on the Elbe side canal. As a cyclist, however, you hardly notice the difference in height. It stays flat.