# Schleuse 71

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Schleuse 71 stands in the Eibacher Forst near Nuremberg, beside the former Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal. The surviving lock belongs to a waterway built to connect the Danube with the Main. Its chamber measured thirty-four metres long and nearly five metres wide, carrying barges through a changing landscape. A towering embankment for the A73 highway now rises nearby, showing how sharply the canal corridor changed.

The Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal overcame a height difference of 264 metres through a chain of locks between Kelheim and Bamberg. Each chamber could require up to 500 cubic metres of water, while an intermediate gate shortened some passages for standard barges. The canal was abandoned in 1950, and the section between Nuremberg and Forchheim was later built over by the A73. Bavarian monument protection brought the surviving structures under protection in 1973, while shallow water and plant growth continue to shape the remaining canal sections.

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