Teltow Canal
E161907
The Teltow Canal is an artificial waterway in Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany, that serves as an important shipping route linking the Havel River with other regional waterways.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Teltow Canal canonical | 7 |
| Havel Canal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1367063 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Teltow Canal Context triple: [Havel River, hasCanalConnection, Teltow Canal]
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A.
Elbe–Havel Canal
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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B.
Oder–Havel Canal
The Oder–Havel Canal is a major German waterway that links the Havel and Oder river systems, forming part of an important inland shipping route between Berlin and Poland.
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C.
Rhine–Herne Canal
The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
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D.
Wilhelmina Canal
The Wilhelmina Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of North Brabant, constructed to improve regional shipping and industrial transport connections.
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E.
Meuse–Rhine Canal
The Meuse–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links the Meuse and Rhine river systems to facilitate inland shipping and transport.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Teltow Canal Target entity description: The Teltow Canal is an artificial waterway in Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany, that serves as an important shipping route linking the Havel River with other regional waterways.
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A.
Elbe–Havel Canal
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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B.
Oder–Havel Canal
The Oder–Havel Canal is a major German waterway that links the Havel and Oder river systems, forming part of an important inland shipping route between Berlin and Poland.
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C.
Rhine–Herne Canal
The Rhine–Herne Canal is a major German shipping canal in the Ruhr area that links the Rhine River with the inland waterways of northern and eastern Germany, serving as an important industrial transport route.
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D.
Wilhelmina Canal
The Wilhelmina Canal is a major Dutch waterway in the province of North Brabant, constructed to improve regional shipping and industrial transport connections.
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E.
Meuse–Rhine Canal
The Meuse–Rhine Canal is a major Dutch waterway that links the Meuse and Rhine river systems to facilitate inland shipping and transport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial waterway
ⓘ
canal ⓘ |
| alsoUsedFor | recreational boating ⓘ |
| connectsWith |
Britz Canal
ⓘ
Dahme ⓘ
surface form:
Dahme River
Griebnitz Canal ⓘ Havel River ⓘ Königs Wusterhausen ⓘ
surface form:
Königs Wusterhausen lock
Landwehr Canal ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1900 ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| crosses | Teltow plateau ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | roughly west–east ⓘ |
| hasBasinCountry | Germany ⓘ |
| hasBridge |
Knesebeck Bridge
ⓘ
surface form:
Goerzallee Bridge
Knesebeck Bridge ⓘ S-Bahn bridge at Zehlendorf ⓘ Südende Bridge ⓘ |
| hasLock | Kleinmachnow lock ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | formed part of the border between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War ⓘ |
| inception | 1906 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 38 kilometres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Berlin
ⓘ
Brandenburg ⓘ Germany ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Teltow-Fläming district
ⓘ
surface form:
Teltow region
|
| opened | 1906 ⓘ |
| operator | Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes ⓘ |
| partOf |
regional waterway network of Brandenburg
ⓘ
waterway network of Berlin ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Neukölln
ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin-Neukölln
Steglitz-Zehlendorf ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin-Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Tempelhof-Schöneberg ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin-Tempelhof-Schöneberg
Treptow-Köpenick ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin-Treptow-Köpenick
Kleinmachnow ⓘ Teltow ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
commercial shipping
ⓘ
freight transport ⓘ |
| purpose | to provide a shorter shipping route bypassing central Berlin ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region
ⓘ
surface form:
Berlin metropolitan area
|
| status | navigable ⓘ |
| waterwayClass | federal waterway of Germany ⓘ |
| waterwayType | bypass canal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Teltow Canal Description of subject: The Teltow Canal is an artificial waterway in Berlin and Brandenburg, Germany, that serves as an important shipping route linking the Havel River with other regional waterways.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Havel Canal