Kiel-Holtenau locks

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The Kiel-Holtenau locks are a major lock complex at the Baltic Sea entrance of Germany’s Kiel Canal, enabling ships to transition between the canal and the Baltic at different water levels.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal lock
lock complex
administrativeRegion State of Schleswig-Holstein NERFINISHED
connectsTo Baltic Sea NERFINISHED
Kiel Canal NERFINISHED
constructionMaterial concrete
steel gates
country Germany NERFINISHED
expanded 1914
hasAccess pilot services
tug assistance
hasFunction enables ships to transition between the Kiel Canal and the Baltic Sea at different water levels
hasNavigationAid signal lights
traffic control systems
hasPart new lock chamber pair
old lock chamber pair
hasSafetyFeature emergency closing devices
lock monitoring systems
isTerminusOf eastern end of the Kiel Canal
locatedAt Baltic Sea entrance of the Kiel Canal
locatedIn Holtenau, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany NERFINISHED
locatedNear Kiel Fjord NERFINISHED
Kiel-Holtenau Lighthouse NERFINISHED
locatedOnWaterway Kiel Canal NERFINISHED
maximumVesselType Panamax-size ships (approximate)
nearbyCity Kiel NERFINISHED
nearbyInfrastructure Kiel Canal ferry crossings at Holtenau
Kiel-Holtenau high bridge NERFINISHED
numberOfLockChambers 4
opened 1895
operatedBy Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes NERFINISHED
ownedBy Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED
partOf Kiel Canal infrastructure NERFINISHED
partOfRoute North Sea–Baltic Sea shipping route via Kiel Canal NERFINISHED
region Baltic Sea region NERFINISHED
serves commercial shipping
passenger ships
recreational vessels
strategicImportance shortest sea route between North Sea and Baltic Sea via Kiel Canal
traffic high-volume international maritime traffic
usedFor safe passage of seagoing vessels
water level regulation between canal and sea
waterLevelDifference variable difference between Baltic Sea and Kiel Canal
waterwayClass major international shipping route

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Kiel Canal hasLock Kiel-Holtenau locks