5-800: The Oder–Havel Canal is a German canal built between 1908 and 1914, originally known as the Hohenzollern Canal , mostly replacing the Finow Canal . Together with Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler Wasserstraße, the Oderhaltung and the Schwedter Querfahrt it forms the Havel-Oder-Wasserstraße . It runs from the town of Cedynia near the city of Szczecin on the Oder River between Germany and Poland to
10-616: Is in the German state of Brandenburg in the Barnim district. It was built for the first time in 1605 and connects the Oder and Havel rivers. The Ragöse river flows into the canal. After completion of the straighter Oder–Havel Canal in 1914, the economic relevance of the Finow Canal decreased. Today it is mainly used for tourism. The Experimental Radio Station Eberswalde is also at
15-758: Is the current mouth of the Oranienburger Havel. It leads through the Lehnitzsee , which previously did not belong to the Havel, and reaches the Lehnitzschleuse . Most of the canal follows the former Malz Canal and then replaces the older Finow Canal up to its eastern end. Its top parting extends from the headwater of the Lehnitz lock to the Niederfinow boat lift. The natural resources of
20-507: The Havel , a tributary of the Elbe , near Berlin . It is 82.8 kilometres (51.4 mi) long, and 33 metres (36 yd) wide. In 1934 a ship lift was built on the canal, near Niederfinow . It vertical lift was 36 metres (118 ft). The dimensions of the caisson are 85 x 12 x 2.5 m. It could lift vessels of up to 1000 tonnes displacement. The assumed start of the actual Oder–Havel Canal
25-635: The catchment areas of the Havel and the advertising water and, in the event of drought, the Müritz-Havel waterway and the Elde are used to supply the water to the vertex. 52°52′N 14°02′E / 52.867°N 14.033°E / 52.867; 14.033 Finow Canal The Finow Canal (German Finowkanal ) is one of the oldest artificial waterways in Europe. Construction began in 1605. The channel, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) long,
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