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Am Hebewerk 2
45731 Waltrop
Fon 0 23 63 | 9 70 70
www.schiffshebewerk-
henrichenburg.de
Geodaten
51° 37' 6" N, 7° 19' 32" O
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ÖPNV
Von Castrop-Rauxel Hbf mit Bus SB 22 bis "Datteln Wittener Straße", dann zehn Minuten Fußweg; von Dortmund Hbf mit Stadtbahn U41 bis "Brambauer Verkehrshof", dann mit Bus 284/231 bis "Kanalstraße"; von Recklinghausen Hbf mit Bus 231 bis "Kanalstraße"
Öffnungszeiten
Di - So | Feiertage 10 - 18 Uhr
Einlass bis 17.30 Uhr
Führungen
So | Feiertage 11 Uhr
Abendführung mit Abendessen Fr 19 Uhr
bei Anfrage auch Sa | So, Anmeldung erforderlich
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Hinweise für Besucher mit Behinderung finden Sie hier:
In 1856 in Dortmund a chorus of voices in favour of a new canal began to make itself felt, above all with the support of the ever more powerful steel barons. New techniques of iron smelting and steel production were also introduced into the east of the Ruhrgebiet. This increased the demand for high value foreign iron ore, the transport of which to Dortmund was both difficult and expensive, because it was so far inland. The long-cherished plan to build an uninterrupted waterway from the east of the Ruhrgebiet to the German North Sea coast, not least in order to circumvent the Dutch estuary of the Rhine in case of war, gradually became generally accepted. It was very close to becoming reality when the Kingdom of Hanover fell to Prussia in 1866. The whole area between the Ruhr and the German North Sea was now in Prussian hands.
The rapid industrialisation of the Ruhrgebiet resulted in an increased demand for transport, above all for heavy goods such as ore and steel. Up till now the River Ruhr had sufficed as a means of transport for coal and iron ore, but now larger iron freight barges and bigger waterways were needed. In 1899 Kaiser Wilhelm II in person opened the Dortmund-Ems Canal. It had taken eight years to build, along with the Henrichenburg shiplift which had been completed in only five years. The Dortmund-Ems Canal is 225 km long and its height above seal level differs by 70 meters from one end to the other. This meant that 17 different locks etc had to be built along the canal. Of these the Henrichenburg shiplift, which took the boats up and down a distance of 13.5 meters, was the largest. As a result iron ore could be transported by water in large quantities into the east of the Ruhrgebiet. The steel produced locally could then take the same route in reverse, and much of it could be used by the German North Sea dockyards to fulfil the imperial armaments and ship building programme. The connection between German industry and German politics was not unique to Henrichenburg.
