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35-516: The port's history begins in the first decade of the 20th century with the building of the Rhine-Herne Canal . On 14 July 1905 the company Kanalhafen Wanne-Gelsenkirchen-Land is born, with the aim of making a coal port for the surrounding mines on the canal. In 1913 the nearby town of Herne also participates in the project and the companies name is changed to Hafenbetriebsgesellschaft Herne-Wanne mbH The west harbour opened in 1914 and,

70-403: A Pneumatic barrier . Port Luck ( Hafen Luck ) belongs to the construction and building materials company Luck located on the east bank, a little more than 2 kilometres upstream of Rütgers Chemicals. Port Marmorit ( Hafen Marmorit ) is the port of cement and lime mortar manufacturer and distributor Marmorit Knauf GmbH located north of a disused canal side channel and just north of

105-492: A few tens of kilometers of track, and connects to the companies own ports as well as the RAG and Deutsche Bahn rail networks. As of 2005 approximately ten locomotives are operated of the heavy shunter / freight type, with over 100 wagons, the companies workshops are located at Westhafen Wanne , and perform maintenance and repairs. In 2005 locomotives were then of MaK 1200 series type(1 MaK G 1202 BB , 2 MaK G 1204 BB ), and three of

140-708: A grain loading plant installed: new mills and silos have been installed. The Hafen der Zeche Friedrich der Große (Frederick the Great mine port) is directly south of the Port of the King Ludwig mine , as of 2009 the port is the site of an industrial estate named the Industriegebeit Friedrich der Große . The harbour which is cut parallel to the canal is still extant, but without fixed infrastructure, cranes etc. The Hafen der Zeche König Ludwig served

175-563: A railway connecting the two. Today the quayside still has coal traffic and associated industries. The docks of the port at Wanner West were filled in to make room for the Güterverkehrszentrum Emscher - a logistics (road, rail and river) centre working in association with other companies. The Wanne-Herner Eisenbahn und Hafen GmbH (WHE) operates both the remaining canal side docks and the associated railway. The Osthafen Wanne (Port Wanne east) are also operated by

210-604: A subsidiary of Stadtwerke Gelsenkirchen . Hafen Grimberg (Port Grimberg) is on the south canal bank in Gelsenkirchen , near the city boundary to Herne . It was named after the nearby Castle Grimberg , of which today only the foundations remain. Built in 1914 by the Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks AG (GBAG) to provide a link to the GBAG mines of Rheinelbe , Alma and Pluto as well as supplying

245-702: A usable length of 190 metres (620 ft) and a breadth of 12 metres (39 ft) were commissioned, so that bigger ships with lighters (barges) as specified in Euro class II can pass through the sluice gates. The canal begins in Duisburg along with the Schifffahrtskanal ; connected to land by three bays of the Kanalhafen , and to the rest of the world via the Rhine. The Rhine–Herne Canal headquarters

280-505: A year later a narrow gauge railway Wanne-Gelsenkirchen-Land connected it to the mine Shamrock 3/4 nearby. Not long after other rail connections were made to the mines Carolinenglück in Bochum und Teutoburgia in Herne . Rapid growth of freight transport ensued with the million ton mark reached in 1916. The Bochumer Krupp-Zechen and Hibernia AG mines were connected by the port railway in

315-732: Is a 45.6-kilometre-long (28.3 mi) transportation canal in the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany , with five canal locks . The canal was built over a period of eight years (5 April 1906 – 14 July 1914) and connects the harbour in Duisburg on the Rhine ( 51°26′59″N 6°46′1″E  /  51.44972°N 6.76694°E  / 51.44972; 6.76694 ) with the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Henrichenburg ( 51°37′1″N 7°19′19″E  /  51.61694°N 7.32194°E  / 51.61694; 7.32194 ), following

350-710: Is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area , Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen ( c. 13 km or 8 mi). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage . Oberhausen was named for its 1847 railway station which had taken its name from the Oberhausen Castle . The new borough

385-536: Is an important transhipment point. The port of the city of Gelsenkirchen ( Stadthafen Gelsenkirchen ) was opened in July 1914 and is the oldest port on the Rhine–Herne Canal. The port has two docks branched from the canal situated just east of the lock at Gelsenkirchen and has a water surface of 117,800 square metres (1,268,000 sq ft). The industrial port is ~900 by 60 metres (2,950 by 200 ft) and

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420-586: Is in the Meiderich district of Duisburg , it serves as the water and shipping management canal and its locks from Essen to Herne. From here maintenance and repair work are organised and performed. The Oberhausen marina is a yacht port opened in 2004 in close proximity to the CentrO shopping centre. The port has a water depth of 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) and over 13 bridges. Also at the Oberhausen marina are

455-605: The Oberhausen Manifesto . Population development since 1862: The age breakdown of the population (2013) is: There were 12.5% non-Germans living in Oberhausen, as of 2014. The unemployment rate is 10.4% (Jul 2020). Migrant communities in Oberhausen as of 31 December 2017: The current mayor of Oberhausen is Daniel Schranz of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2020. The most recent mayoral election

490-552: The PDC Unibet European Championship of darts in 2020. The city has established itself as a popular destination for professional wrestling in Germany, with Essen -based promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) regularly running shows in Oberhausen's Turbinenhalle . wXw's 16 Carat Gold Tournament is considered one of the most prestigious independent wrestling tournaments in the world and

525-498: The Waltrop lock park . Fish that inhabit the canal include European eel , European carp , zander , carp bream , common roach and common rudd , as well as the less common pike and rainbow trout . 51°31′52″N 7°3′25″E  /  51.53111°N 7.05694°E  / 51.53111; 7.05694 Oberhausen Oberhausen ( / ˈ oʊ b ər h aʊ z ən / , German: [ˈoːbɐhaʊzn̩] )

560-446: The 1920s. Originally there was a basin on the western side as part of the port, for boat manoeuvering, but this was filled in around the 1990s and now is the site of a logistics centre. In the 2000s the companies primary business is still the transportation and handling of coal, along with ISO containers and other bulk products. Both ports have rail links as well as the equipment associated with bulk cargo handling. The railway has

595-574: The Rhine into the canal at each stage. As well as this, water from the Lippe river to the east is brought in through the Datteln-Hamm Canal . In 1980 the current sluicegate was completed, including a 24-metre-high (79 ft) under-gate and control platform, which has now become a visible yellow landmark in the Ruhr landscape. The intended harbour of the old lock is today underwater and part of

630-470: The WHE; the ports and rail link serves a major scrap metal works. Originally the city of Recklinghausen had no access to the canal; through an exchange of land with the city of Herne the city gained access to the canal. In recent decades, the port was abandoned. However through the actions of the company 'United Mills' grain shipments were made using a mobile crane. Since late 2007, the port has expanded and

665-692: The attractions Sealife Oberhausen and Oberhausen Modellbahn World . The Stadthafen Essen (City port of Essen ) is the youngest port on the Rhine–Herne Canal opened in 1934 by the city of Essen, and operated since 1987 by Stadtwerke Essen . The port consists of a doubled sided canal side quay together with a harbour port at right angles onto the canal, which together form a water area of 63,000 square metres (680,000 sq ft) with associated dock-land of 300,000 square metres (3,200,000 sq ft) The dock handles bulk goods such as solid mineral fuels, petroleum and chemical products, stone, earth and iron and steel as well as recyclable materials, and

700-732: The banks of the Rhine–Herne Canal . The city had a professional ice hockey team between 1997 and 2007, the Revierlöwen Oberhausen . The team initially played at the Arena Oberhausen when playing in the top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga but later moved to the Emscher-Lippe-Halle in Gelsenkirchen following financial woes. The Rudolf Weber-Arena has hosted many international indoor sporting events including MMA event UFC 122 in 2010 and

735-502: The bridge carrying Wartburgstraße (Wartburgstreet). The actual facility consists of little more than a pier. Here after 45.6 kilometres (28.3 mi) ends (or begins) the Rhine–Herne Canal, which meets the Dortmund-Ems canal (at the 14.7-kilometre mark) near the old Henrichenburg boat lift (replaced in 1962 by a newer lock, and in 1989 by a new larger lock). The terminal is used as a mooring for pleasure craft. It forms part of

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770-531: The coal transported from, and deliveries to the former King Ludwig mine. It is located at kilometer 38 of the canal, just upstream of the Herne Ost lock, on the north bank opposite the Hafen der Zeche Friedrich der Große (Frederick the Great mine port). The 6,900-square-metre (1.7-acre) harbor basin was built from 1897 to 1898 when the section of the canal (the then branch channel of the Dortmund-Ems Canal ),

805-401: The foundations of the canal walls. This harbour was meant to be a possible spot for the eventual significant reconstruction of the lock, but it was never used for this purpose. A possible reconstruction of the sluice gate was commissioned in 1914 with the canal opening. Instead of the old sluice of 165 metres (541 ft) in length and 10 metres (33 ft) in breadth a new sluice chamber with

840-408: The harbour is now a walking and biking trail. The Victor Harbor ( Hafen Victor ) was created to serve the former colliery 'Victor' which finished all operations in 1973. The port is in the city of Castrop-Rauxel in the vicinity of Schloss Bladenhorst (Castle 'Blade Horst'), about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) upstream from the Hafen der Zeche Friedrich der Große also on the south bank. Today

875-682: The intersection situated just above the East Herne lock. After the closure of the last part of the Henrichenburg to Herne canal, the Henrichenburg-Herne section of the Dortmund-Ems was added to the Rhein-Herne Canal. The distribution of water in the canal is realised through five pump stations. Located at Duisburg - Meiderich , Oberhausen , Gelsenkirchen , Wanne-Eickel and East Herne, they pump water from

910-517: The ironworks of ' Schalker group ' with imported ore. Around the same time, and up to 1929 the industrial railway of Erzbahn was built, serving the Schalker and Bochum group iron and steelworks. Between 1937 and 1968 Grimberg harbour was one of the major ports on the canal. In 1968 steel production at the southern end of the Erzbahn at Bochum ended, in 1982 the Schalker works closed - with this

945-482: The port still handles coal with the help of two gantry cranes. Port Rütgers ( Hafen Rütgers ) is the port of Rütgers Chemicals (founded by Julius Rütgers) and is about 500 metres (1,600 ft) upstream of the Port Victor on the east side of the canal after the canal makes a slight bend to the north. The main product dealt with here is pitch obtained from coal tar from the refining of coal. The port has

980-470: The similarly specified MaK G 1600 BB (a variant of the DB V 90 series), all of around 1000 kW power, as well as some much less powerful specialised equipment (rail mobile light crane etc.) Much of the companies rolling stock carries an orange livery with blue horizontal stripe, coal wagons carry just the letters WHE. Rhine-Herne Canal The Rhine–Herne Canal ( German : Rhein-Herne-Kanal )

1015-734: The trading port ~500 by 75 metres (1,640 by 246 ft). A private railway of length 18.4 kilometres (11.4 mi) is operated which is linked to the tracks of the Deutsche Bahn Formerly the port dealt mainly with coal and mining products, now the port is a major hub for petroleum products and second-largest inland port for cereals in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is operated by the Gelsenkirchener Logistik-, Hafen- und Servicegesellschaft (Gelsenkirchener logistics, harbour and service company.)

1050-401: The use of the port for transport of iron ore ended. Such was the emphasis on iron ore that much of the port now stands empty, part of it nowadays is used for the processing of recycled materials for the building industry, as well as a storage facility. Like many other the port of Westhafen Wanne ( Wanne west harbour) was originally built for the mutual benefit of the mines and canal, with

1085-643: The valley of the Emscher . It was widened in the 1980s. The Rhein-Herne canal ship was designed specifically for this canal; normally of about 1300–1350 ton capacity, it has a maximum draft of 2.50 metres (8.2 ft), a length of approximately 80 metres (260 ft), and maximum beam of 9.50 metres (31.2 ft). Originally the Rhine-Herne canal ended in Herne , where it met a branch of the Dortmund-Ems-Kanal running from Henrichenburg to Herne,

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1120-451: Was a bombing target of the oil campaign of World War II , and the US forces reached the plant by 4 April 1945. In 1973, Thyssen AG employed 14,000 people in Oberhausen in the steel industry, but ten years later the number had fallen to 6,000. In 1954 the city began hosting the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen , and the 1982 Deutscher Filmpreis was awarded to a group that wrote

1155-501: Was already flooded. In 1912, at the colliery port handled 360,096 tonnes of goods. In 1913 the docks expanded. Because of mining subsidence by 1954 the quaywall had to be increased by 2.50 metres (8.2 ft). In the 1980s, it was leased to Automobil- und Motorbootsport-Club Castrop-Rauxel e. V (The car and motorboat club of Castrop-Rauxel ) and is used from recreational boating, being no longer used by Ruhrkohle AG , and contains many small boats. The former mine railway, which starts at

1190-421: Was formed in 1862 following inflow of people for the local coal mines and steel mills. Awarded town rights in 1874, Oberhausen absorbed several neighbouring boroughs including Alstaden , parts of Styrum and Dümpten in 1910. Oberhausen became a city in 1901, and they incorporated the towns of Sterkrade and Osterfeld in 1929. The Ruhrchemie AG synthetic oil plant ("Oberhausen-Holten" or "Sterkrade/Holten")

1225-467: Was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September, and the results were as follows: The Oberhausen city council governs the city alongside the mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: Oberhausen is home to Regionalliga West football team Rot-Weiß Oberhausen , who play at the Niederrheinstadion situated on

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