River Weser (Main Line)

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has junctions with the River Weser (Drakenburg Loop) at Weser - Schleusenkanal (Drakenburg) Kreuzung (Süd); with the River Weser (Drakenburg Loop) at Weser - Schleusenkanal (Drakenburg) Kreuzung (Nord); with the Mittellandkanal - (Mittellandkanal Verbindungskanal Süd) at Weser - Verbindungskanal Süd Kreuzung and with the Mittellandkanal - (Mittellandkanal Verbindungskanal Nord) at Weser - Verbindungskanal Nord Kreuzung.
Wadden Sea Limit of the River Weser |
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Containerhafen Bremerhaven | 13.13 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Überseehafen Bremerhaven Nordschleuse |
16.67 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Columbus Kaje | 16.85 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Bremerhaven Harbor | 18.61 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven | 19.39 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Weser Mündung River Weser Estuary |
19.83 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Weser - Geeste Kreuzung Junction of the River Weser and River Geeste |
20.52 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Bremerhaven - Nordenham (Blexen) Car Ferry Crossing Point | 20.95 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Abbelhauser Sieltief | 31.74 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Weser Tunnel Road tunnel under the River Weser |
35.79 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Kernkraftwerk Unterweser | 36.89 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Weser - Lune - Schweiburg Kreuzung Junction of the Rivers Weser, Lune and Schweiburg |
38.16 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Weser - Drepte Kreuzung Junction of the River Weser with the River Drepte |
40.31 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Rechtenflether Yachthafen | 43.05 kilometres | 0 locks | |
River Schweiburg Südkreuzung Junction of the River Weser with the River Schweiburg |
45.65 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Brake - Sandstedt Car Ferry Crossing Point | 46.09 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Weser (Rechter Nebenarm) Nordkreuzung Junction of the River Weser with the River Weser (Rechter Nebenarm) |
46.33 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Braker Hafen | 50.48 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Brake Binnenhafen | 51.08 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Käseburger Sieltief | 55.98 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Weser (Rechter Nebenarm) Südkreuzung Junction of the River Weser with the River Weser (Rechter Nebenarm) |
60.48 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Elsflether Yachthafenschleuse Lock entrance to Elsflether Yachthafen |
60.90 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Hinnebecker Fleth | 61.19 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Weser - Hunte Kreuzung Junction of the River Weser and the River Hunte |
61.39 kilometres | 0 locks | |
U-Boot Bunker Valentin | 66.39 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Rekumer Loch | 66.76 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Westergate | 68.71 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Berne - Bremen Farge Car Ferry Crossing Point | 69.86 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Warflether Arm | 70.43 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Motzener Kanal | 73.95 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Motzen - Bremen Blumenthal Car Ferry Crossing Point | 74.01 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Ritzenbütteler Kanal | 75.45 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Lemwerder - Bremen Vegesack Car Ferry Crossing Point | 79.44 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Schönebecker Aue Bremen Vegesack |
79.55 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Weser - Lesum Kreuzung Junction of the River Weser and the River Lesum |
79.78 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Lemwerder Hafen | 79.97 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Weser Yacht Club Bremen | 80.14 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Weser - Ochtum Kreuzung Junction of the River Weser and the River Ochtum |
85.38 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Sportboothafen Moorlosen-Kirche | 86.71 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Wassersporthafen Hasenbüren | 87.16 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Stahlwerk ArcelorMittal Bremen | 88.55 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Klöcknerhafen | 88.92 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Industriehafen Access to the harbour through Schleuse Oslebshausen |
90.34 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Kap-Horn-Hafen | 92.23 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Werfthafen | 93.35 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Neustädter Hafen | 93.75 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Waterfront Bremen Formally Space Center Bremen |
94.04 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Überseehafen | 94.36 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Europahafen | 96.37 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Hohentorshafen | 98.74 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Eisenbahnbrücke Bremen Bremen–Oldenburg line |
99.69 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Stephanibrücke | 99.83 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Beck's Brauerei | 100.11 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Kleine Weser | 100.39 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Bürgermeister-Smidt-Brücke | 100.61 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Teerhofbrücke | 100.90 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Martini Anleger | 101.21 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Wilhelm Kaiser Brücke | 101.43 kilometres | 0 locks | |
DLRG Lifeboat Station | 101.66 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Sielwall Passenger Ferry Crossing Point | 103 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Café Sand | 103.02 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Café Ambiente | 103.87 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Café Weserbogen | 104.06 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Weser Stadion Home of SV Werder Bremen |
104.13 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Karl-Carstens-Brücke | 105.85 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Schleuse Weserwehr | 106.70 kilometres | 0 locks | |
Allerhafen | 107.53 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Werrahafen | 107.95 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Fuldahafen | 108.47 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Wassersport-Verein Hemelingen | 108.85 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Hemelinger See | 109.34 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Halbhausener Hafen | 110.04 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Arberger Kanal | 110.27 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Bremer Motorbootyachtclub Marina Oberweser | 110.43 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Arstener Autobahnbrücke | 111.16 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Arstener Alte Weser | 112.24 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Eisenbahnbrücke Dreye Hamburg-Venloer line |
112.77 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Dreyer Alte Weser Original route of the Weser |
114.23 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Marina Wieltsee | 115.21 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Dibbersener Kiessee | 123.43 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Bierdener Kiessee | 124.33 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Weserbrücke Achim-Uesen | 128.36 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Ruderriege des Gymnasium Achim | 129.31 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Weser - Schleusenkanal (Langwedel) Kreuzung (Nord) Junction of the canalized section with the weir exit |
130.65 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Schleuse Langwedel | 134.41 kilometres | 1 lock | |
Weser - Schleusenkanal (Langwedel) Kreuzung (Süd) Junction of the canalized section with the weir entrance |
140.51 kilometres | 2 locks | |
Ritzenbergener Fähre | 141.73 kilometres | 2 locks | |
Weser - Aller Kreuzung Junction of the River Weser with the River Aller |
142.05 kilometres | 2 locks | |
Weserbrücke Groß-Hutbergen | 144.99 kilometres | 2 locks | |
Weser - Schleusenkanal (Doerverden) Kreuzung (Nord) | 153 kilometres | 2 locks | |
Schleusen Doerverden | 154.02 kilometres | 2 locks | |
Weser - Schleusenkanal (Doerverden) Kreuzung (Süd) | 156.08 kilometres | 3 locks | |
Weserbrücke Hoya | 164.78 kilometres | 3 locks | |
Eisenbahnbrücke Hoya | 164.93 kilometres | 3 locks | |
Weserfähre Schweringen Schweringen car ferry |
173.35 kilometres | 3 locks | |
Weser - Schleusenkanal (Drakenburg) Kreuzung (Nord) Junction of the canalized section with the River Weser (via Drakenburg) and Prahmschleuse |
175.78 kilometres | 3 locks | |
Sebbenhausener Brücke | 176.32 kilometres | 3 locks | |
Schleuse Drakenburg | 177.29 kilometres | 3 locks | |
Balger Brücke | 178.43 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Holzbalger Brücke | 179.71 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Buckhorster Brücke | 180.95 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Weser - Schleusenkanal (Drakenburg) Kreuzung (Süd) Junction of the canalized section with the River Weser (via Drakenburg) and Prahmschleuse |
181.12 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Markloher Kiessee | 184.04 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Nienburger Eisenbahnbrücke Nienburg – Rahden line |
185.27 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Nienburger Umgehungsstraßenbrücke | 187.32 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Alte Nienburger Brücke | 189.36 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Schäferhofer Kiessee | 193.59 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Leeseringer Kiesteiche | 196.21 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Leeseringener Kieswerk | 196.81 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Leeseringener Fähre | 197.40 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Liebenauer Kieswerk | 200.49 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Weser - Alte Weser - Schleusenkanal Landesbergen Kreuzung Junction of the canalized section with the weir exit |
202.53 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Schleuse Landesbergen | 203.52 kilometres | 4 locks | |
Weser - Schleusenkanal Landesbergen Kreuzung Junction of the canalized section with the weir entrance |
204.57 kilometres | 5 locks | |
Kraftwerk Robert Frank | 207.06 kilometres | 5 locks | |
Einfahrt zu den Stolzenauer Baggerseen No 2 | 211.02 kilometres | 5 locks | |
Einfahrt zu den Stolzenauer Baggerseen No 1 | 211.84 kilometres | 5 locks | |
Stolzenauer Brücke | 213.75 kilometres | 5 locks | |
Weser - Schleusenkanal Schlüsselburg Kreuzung (Nordost) Junction of the canalized section with the weir exit |
215.68 kilometres | 5 locks | |
Schleuse Schlüsselburg | 216.72 kilometres | 5 locks | |
Weser - Schleusenkanal Schlüsselburg Kreuzung (Südwest) Junction of the canalized section with the weir entrance |
219.91 kilometres | 6 locks | |
Weser - Schleusenkanal Lahde Kreuzung (Nord) Junction of the canalized section with the weir exit |
227.32 kilometres | 6 locks | |
Schleuse Petershagen | 229 kilometres | 6 locks | |
Kraftwerk Heyden | 234.23 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Weser - Schleusenkanal Lahde Kreuzung (Süd) Junction of the canalized section with the weir entrance |
237.36 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Industriegebiet Heisterholz | 239.30 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Wietersheimer Teich | 243.36 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Weser - Verbindungskanal Nord Kreuzung Junction of the River Weser with the Weser North Branch Canal, which connects to the Mittellandkanal |
245.98 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Weser Aquädukt (overhead) Aquaduct carrying the Mittellandkanal across the River Weser |
247.72 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Zubringerkanal zum Kanal-Pumpwerk | 248.15 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Weser - Verbindungskanal Süd Kreuzung Junction of the River Weser with the Weser South Branch Canal |
248.23 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Nordbrücke | 248.50 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Eisenbahnbrücke Minden Minden narrow-gauge railway line |
249.16 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Weserbrücke Minden | 249.76 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Glacisbrücke | 250.29 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Neesener Schnellstraßenbrücke | 252.47 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Aulhausener Eisenbahnbrücke Porta Westfalica–Häverstädt line |
254.01 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Porta Westfalica-Brücke | 256.54 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Weser - Werra Kreuzung Junction of the River Weser with the River Werra |
264.62 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Rehmer Anleger | 265.09 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Rehmer Fähre | 265.21 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Weserbrücke Vennebeck Eisbahnbrücke Minden - Bad Oeynhausen line |
266.91 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Vössener Autobahnbrücke A2 (Nord) | 267.43 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Vössener Autobahnbrücke A2 (Süd) | 267.58 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Vlothoer Brücke | 272.99 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Vlothoer Bootsanleger | 273.26 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Vlotho Eisenbahnbrücke Vlotho - Rinteln line |
275 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Borlefzener See | 276.69 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Bootsstege Erder | 279.99 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Weltheimer Fähre Crossing Point | 283.41 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Varenholzer Baggersee Wasser Sport Club Rietberg Hafengelände |
284.40 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Landrat-Petersen-Brücke | 287.87 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Doktorsee Motoryacht-Club Rinteln e.V. and Motorbootclub Wolfsburg Liegestelle |
290.14 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Hafen Rinteln | 292.14 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Rintelner Altstadtbrücke | 293.54 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Rintelner Umgehungsstraßenbrücke | 294.83 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Großwiedener Fähre Crossing Point | 303.33 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Fuhlener Brücke | 308.85 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Thiewallbrücke | 320.16 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Schleuse Hameln | 321 kilometres | 7 locks | |
Hamelner Eisenbahnbrücke | 321.42 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Stadthafen Hameln | 321.43 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Weser - Emmer Kreuzung Junction of the River Weser with the River Emmer |
327.38 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Ohsenener Eisenbahnbrücke | 328.25 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Ohsener Straßenbrücke | 328.87 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Kernkraftwerk Grohnde | 331.42 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Lattferder Anleger | 332.78 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Grohnder Fähre Crossing Point | 334.44 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Hajener Fähre Crossing Point | 337.28 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Dasper Brücke | 340.86 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Bodenwerdersche Umgehungsbrücke | 345.24 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Bodenwerdersche Eisenbahnbrücke | 345.55 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Bodenwerdersche Brücke | 346.61 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Weser - Sue Kreuzung Junction of the River Weser with the River Sue |
353.01 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Dölmer Anleger | 356.27 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Graver Fähre Crossing Point | 358.67 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Poller Anlegesteg | 363.90 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Seilfähre Polle | 364.16 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Heinsener Anlegesteg | 366.73 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Holzmindener Umgehungsbrücke | 373.88 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Stahler Brücke | 374.86 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Lüchtringer Brücke | 379.36 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Corveyer Anleger | 382.27 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Höxterer Eisenbahnbrücke | 382.40 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Höxterer Brücke | 385.02 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Godelheimer Eisenbahnbrücke | 390.06 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Fürstenberger Anleger | 391.41 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Wehrdener Fähre | 393.84 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Meinbrexener Eisenbahnbrücke | 395.95 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Beverungener Bootssteg | 401.21 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Beverunger Brücke Beverungen |
401.36 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Kernkraftwerk Würgassen | 405.37 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Würgassener Brücke | 406.29 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Hersteller Fähre | 407.73 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Weser - Diemel Mündung Junction of the River Weser with the River Diemel |
410.23 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Karlshafener Brücke Bad Karlshafen |
410.69 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Jachthafen Karlshafen | 411.16 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Fähre Wahmbeck | 417.66 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Fähre Lippoldsberg-Gewissenruh | 420.13 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Bootssteg Lippoldsberg | 420.17 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Gieselwerder Brücke | 423.55 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Bootssteg Gieselwerder | 423.65 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Fähre Oedelsheim | 427.44 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Bootssteg Bursfelde | 434.46 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Fähre Reinhardshagen-Hemeln | 440.66 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Bootssteg Vaake | 443.17 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Pionierhafen Münden | 450.17 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Mündener Weserbrücke | 451.56 kilometres | 8 locks | |
Weser - Werra - Fulda Kreuzung Junction of the Rivers Weser, Werra and Fulda |
452 kilometres | 8 locks |
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Wikipedia has a page about River Weser
The Weser ([ˈveːzɐ]) is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is 50 km (31 mi) further north against the ports of Bremerhaven and Nordenham. The latter is on the Butjadingen Peninsula. It then merges into the North Sea via two highly saline, estuarine mouths.
It connects to the canal network running east-west across the North German Plain.
The river combined with the Werra – a dialectal form of Weser – runs 744 km (462 mi). This makes up the longest river wholly in Germany. The Weser itself is 452 km (281 mi) long. The Werra rises in Thuringia, the German State south of the main projection (tongue) of Lower Saxony.