How much does it cost to use the lock in the Koschen Canal? When is the lock open? How long does it take to pass through the lock? What types of boat are per­mit­ted on the canal?

There is no charge to use the Koschen Canal between Lake Geier­swalde and Lake Sen­ften­berg. Dur­ing high sea­son, the lock is open from 9am to 10pm. The lock-keeper is avail­able until 7pm and can pro­vide assis­tance if you have any prob­lems or ques­tions. After 7pm boaters have to oper­ate the lock them­selves.

It takes approx­i­mately 15 min­utes to pass through the lock, and around 50 min­utes to get from one end of the kilo­me­tre-long canal to the other. The lock cham­ber has usable dimen­sions of 29 x 6 metres.

The canal is open to all types of water­craft but it is impor­tant to remem­ber that they must be no more than 6 metres wide, 3.5 metres tall and 29 metres long. Sail­ing boats must be able to fold down their masts.

The lock-keeper is the per­son to con­tact for all mat­ters relat­ing to the lock and the canal.

Open­ing times

• Every day from April to Octo­ber (includ­ing pub­lic hol­i­days).
• April 9am to 8pm
• May 9am–9pm
• June 9am to 10pm
• July 9am to 10pm
• Aug 9am to 10pm
• Sep 9am to 8pm
• Oct 9am to 6pm

Con­tact

Zweck­ver­band Lausitzer Seen­land Bran­den­burg
Lock-keeper Mr Hart­mann
Tel. +49 (0)3573 810 7782
hart­mann@​zwe​ckve​rban​d-​lsb.​de
www.​sen​ften​berg​er-​see.​de