Schlitzwandbaugrube für den Schleusenbau

Diaphragm wall pit for lock construction - New construction of the Gleesen lock, Dortmund-Ems Canal-km 137.9

The DEK is divided into the southern section (Datteln to Bergeshövede) and the northern section (Bergeshövede to Papenburg). In the southern section of the northern stretch, there are six canal steps between Bergeshövede and Gleesen, which are also known as the “Rheine lock steps”. Originally, the lock staircase consisted of seven locks with an effective length of around 67 m and a chamber width of around 8.60 m. Between 1914 and 1918, six additional “large locks” with a usable length of around 160 m and a chamber width of 9.80 m to 10.00 m were added to these so-called “small locks”. The large Bevergern lock was designed so that it could take over the function of two canal stages (small Bergeshövede and Bevergern locks). The large locks at Bevergern, Rodde, Venhaus, Hesselte and Gleesen are now over 100 years old and need to be replaced. The new locks will have a chamber with a usable length of 140 m and a width of 12.50 m. This will enable large motor cargo ships (GMS) and oversized large motor cargo ships (üGMS) with a width of 11.45 m to pass through the Rheine lock steps in future. The Gleesen lock is located in the municipality of Emsbüren, Gleesen district, in the south of the district of Emsland.