Elbe–Havel Canal

E160786

The Elbe–Havel Canal is a major German waterway that links the Elbe and Havel river systems, forming part of an important east–west inland shipping route.

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Label Occurrences
Elbe–Havel Canal canonical 5
Elbe River navigation 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
waterway
basinCountry Germany
connects Elbe
Havel
connectsTo Mittelland Canal
Plauer See (Brandenburg)
surface form: Plauer See (Havel system)
country Germany
crosses Elbe River via Magdeburg Water Bridge
endPoint Brandenburg an der Havel
surface form: Havel near Brandenburg an der Havel
hasBridge Magdeburg Water Bridge
hasEconomicImportanceFor central Germany
eastern Germany
hasLock Hohenwarthe Lock
Wusterwitz Lock
Zerben Lock
hasStructure Magdeburg Water Bridge
lengthApprox 55 km
locatedIn Brandenburg
Saxony-Anhalt
locatedInRiverSystem Elbe
surface form: Elbe river system

Havel River
surface form: Havel river system
maintainedBy Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes
navigationType artificial, lock-controlled waterway
nearCity Brandenburg an der Havel
Burg bei Magdeburg
Genthin
Magdeburg
opened early 20th century
partOf European inland shipping network
surface form: European inland waterway network

east–west inland shipping route
partOfCorridor Rotterdam–Berlin–Poland inland waterway route
role bypass of difficult Elbe section near Magdeburg
startPoint Magdeburg area
supportsVesselType large motor cargo vessels
pushed convoys
usedFor commercial shipping
freight transport
inland navigation
waterwayClass federal waterway of Germany
waterwayNumber 6158 (German federal waterway code)

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Havel River hasCanalConnection Elbe–Havel Canal
Genthin locatedOnWaterway Elbe–Havel Canal
German inland waterway network hasPart Elbe–Havel Canal
Mittelland Canal connects Elbe–Havel Canal
Altmark region hasTransportInfrastructure Elbe–Havel Canal
subject surface form: Altmark
this entity surface form: Elbe River navigation
River Havel hasCanalConnection Elbe–Havel Canal