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I wonder how long it's been there?

A wonderful place to linger

Pentecost 2025

The Merseburg Lock is an important hydraulic engineering site, part of the region's waterway and shipping network. It serves to regulate the water level on the Saale River and facilitate shipping between different waterways. The Merseburg Lock facilitates the transport of goods and people on the waterway and contributes to connecting the region with other parts of Germany.

Formed by human hands, they stand in a beautiful biotope on the Luppe

The first documented mention of the bridge was by Barbarossa in connection with the first documented mention of Neumarkt, today a district of Merseburg, in 1188. Most of the arches of the original bridge are said to have been built from stone from the beginning, only in the middle section was there a wooden bridge. The bridge was often the scene of war, which resulted in destruction and damage. During the Schmalkaldic War, the bridge was destroyed in 1547 and later rebuilt. The wooden bridge was given a roof; from then on it was called the roof bridge. (https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neumarktbr%C3%BCcke )

The Merseburg-Meuschau lock, also known as the Meuschau lock, is a lock on the Saale federal waterway. It is located at Saale km 113.50 in Merseburg. The lock was built in 1820. The use of the Saale for transporting goods or people has been documented since 981. Chronicles of shipping on the Saale report that the water of the Saale river was dammed as early as the second half of the 14th century. The dammed water was used to operate mills or for rafting. The first craft in Bernburg that was reported was a mill on the Saale. On October 21, 1530, Emperor Charles V granted the Archbishopric of Magdeburg the privilege of free navigation on the Saale and permission to develop the river. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleuse_Merseburg-Meuschau