Rhine–Herne Canal

E71849
canal shipping 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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Rhine–Herne Canal canonical 10
Rhein-Herne Canal 1
Rhein–Herne-Kanal 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
shipping canal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
surface form: Rhein–Herne-Kanal
connectsRegion eastern Germany ⓘ
Northern Germany ⓘ
surface form: northern Germany

western Germany ⓘ
connectsTo Datteln-Hamm Canal ⓘ
surface form: Datteln–Hamm Canal

Dortmund–Ems Canal ⓘ
German inland waterway network ⓘ
Rhine ⓘ
Weser–Datteln Canal ⓘ
constructionStart 1906 ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
endPoint Herne ⓘ
hasBridge Nordstern Bridge ⓘ
hasLock Gelsenkirchen ⓘ
surface form: Gelsenkirchen lock

Herne ⓘ
surface form: Herne lock

Oberhausen lock ⓘ
Wanne-Eickel lock ⓘ
hasPort Duisburg port facilities ⓘ
Gelsenkirchen port ⓘ
Herne port ⓘ
hasStructure canal bridges ⓘ
locks ⓘ
weirs ⓘ
importance major industrial transport route in Germany ⓘ
length about 45 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Ruhr area ⓘ
locatedInBasin Rhine River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Rhine basin
managedBy Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes ⓘ
navigationType commercial shipping ⓘ
opened 1914 ⓘ
partOf Rhine waterway system ⓘ
passesThrough Bottrop ⓘ
Essen ⓘ
Gelsenkirchen ⓘ
Oberhausen ⓘ
Recklinghausen ⓘ
surface form: Recklinghausen district
primaryUse freight transport ⓘ
regionServed Ruhr area ⓘ
surface form: Ruhr industrial region
startPoint Duisburg ⓘ
status navigable ⓘ
usedFor chemical industry supply ⓘ
coal transport ⓘ
steel industry supply ⓘ
waterwayClass federal waterway of Germany ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Rhine → connectedByCanal → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
Rhine–Herne Canal → alsoKnownAs → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhein–Herne-Kanal
Herne → locatedOn → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
Oberhausen lock → locatedOnWaterway → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
Oberhausen lock → waterwayNameServed → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
Oberhausen lock → partOf → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine–Herne Canal infrastructure
Oberhausen lock → hasAccessTo → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine–Herne Canal shipping route
Wanne-Eickel lock → locatedIn → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
Wanne-Eickel lock → waterway → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
Rhine waterway system → hasPart → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
Gelsenkirchen port → locatedOnWaterway → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhein-Herne Canal
Herne port → locatedOnWaterway → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
Herne port → partOf → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine–Herne Canal port network
Nordstern Bridge → crosses → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ
Nordstern Bridge → nearbyWaterway → Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ