Mittelland Canal

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artificial waterway canal shipping canal

The Mittelland Canal is Germany’s longest artificial waterway, running east–west across the country to link major rivers and form a key inland shipping route.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mittelland Canal canonical 13
Mittellandkanal 2
Mittelland Canal (via tributaries and connecting waterways) 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial waterway ⓘ
canal ⓘ
shipping canal ⓘ
bridgeCrosses Elbe River at Magdeburg ⓘ
connects Dortmund–Ems Canal ⓘ
Elbe ⓘ
Elbe–Havel Canal ⓘ
Rhine ⓘ
Weser ⓘ
connectsRiverBasins Elbe River Basin District ⓘ
surface form: Elbe basin

Rhine River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Rhine basin

Weser ⓘ
surface form: Weser basin
constructionStartDate 1906 ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
direction east–west ⓘ
endPoint near Magdeburg ⓘ
formsPartOf German inland waterway network ⓘ
hasGermanName Mittelland Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mittellandkanal
hasLock Anderten lock ⓘ
Scharnebeck twin ship lift (via Elbe Lateral Canal connection) ⓘ
Uelzen lock ⓘ
hasStructure Magdeburg Water Bridge ⓘ
isLongestArtificialWaterwayIn Germany ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
length about 325 km ⓘ
locatedIn Germany ⓘ
maintainedBy Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes ⓘ
opened 1938 ⓘ
partOfCorridor west–east European inland waterway corridor ⓘ
passesNear Braunschweig ⓘ
Hanover ⓘ
Wolfsburg ⓘ
passesThrough Lower Saxony ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
primaryCargo bulk goods ⓘ
containers ⓘ
industrial products ⓘ
startPoint near Hörstel ⓘ
status navigable year-round ⓘ
use freight transport ⓘ
inland shipping ⓘ
waterwayClass Class IV European inland waterway ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Weser → hasCanalConnection → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
European inland shipping network → hasComponent → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
Elbe–Havel Canal → connectsTo → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
Aller River (vicinity) → hasWaterway → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
Minden → crossedBy → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
Minden → hasStructure → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weser–Mittelland Canal aqueduct
German inland waterway network → hasPart → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
Mittelland Canal → hasGermanName → Mittelland Canal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mittellandkanal
Aller River → hasCanalConnection → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mittelland Canal (via tributaries and connecting waterways)
Fallersleben → locatedNear → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mittellandkanal
Kronsberg → locatedNear → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
Minden, Germany → locatedOnCanal → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
Rhine waterway system → hasPart → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben → locatedOn → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
Wolfsburg Hauptbahnhof → near → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
Volkswagen Autostadt → locatedOn → Mittelland Canal ⓘ
Bramsche → locatedOn → Mittelland Canal ⓘ