place

Oder–Spree Canal

Brandenburg geography stubsBuildings and structures in Treptow-KöpenickCanals in BerlinCanals in BrandenburgCanals opened in 1891
Federal waterways in GermanyWater transport stubs
Schleuse wernsdorf
Schleuse wernsdorf

The Oder–Spree Canal (German: Oder-Spree-Kanal pronounced [ˌoːdɐˈʃpʁeː.kaˌnaːl] (listen)), is a canal in the east of Germany. It links the Dahme river, at Schmöckwitz in the south-eastern suburbs of Berlin, with the River Oder, at Eisenhüttenstadt. It provides an important commercial navigable connection between Berlin and the Oder, and hence Poland.The canal has several connections to the River Spree. For a stretch of about 20 kilometres (12 mi) near Fürstenwalde the canal utilises the river as part of its route, and there is a navigable connection to the river upstream of this section, although these reaches are relatively shallow and are generally only used by leisure craft. However the principal connection is via the River Dahme, which joins the River Spree at Köpenick, to the east of the centre of Berlin.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Oder–Spree Canal (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Oder–Spree Canal
Seddinpromenade, Berlin Schmöckwitz

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Oder–Spree CanalContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 52.377777777778 ° E 13.675555555556 °
placeShow on map

Address

Seddinpromenade 37
12527 Berlin, Schmöckwitz
Germany
mapOpen on Google Maps

Schleuse wernsdorf
Schleuse wernsdorf
Share experience

Nearby Places

Gosen Canal
Gosen Canal

The Gosen Canal (German: Gosener Kanal) is a canal in the eastern suburbs of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It takes its name from the village Gosen, at the southern end of the canal. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) in length and links the Dämeritzsee and Seddinsee lakes. The Dämeritzsee and Seddinsee are both navigable, with the Seddinsee providing a link to the River Dahme and the Oder-Spree Canal, and the Dämeritzsee providing a link to the Müggelspree reach of the River Spree and to the Flakensee.Although the plan for the Gosen Canal goes back to 1872, construction did not start until 1933, and the canal opened in 1936. The principal reason for the construction was to provide an alternative route for commercial shipping between Berlin (via the Dämeritzsee) and the Oder-Spree Canal (via the Seddinsee) during the 1936 Summer Olympics, when the more normal route via the Langer See was closed in order to use the regatta course at Grünau for the Olympic canoeing and rowing events. Another explanation is that the canal was built to bring the coal from Königs Wusterhausen to the Klingenberg power station in Berlin-Rummelsburg.The canal is navigable by boats with a draught of up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in). It has no locks, but is crossed by a single bridge (which is planned to be rebuilt by 2022), with a maximum clearance of 4.3 metres (14 ft). Small craft are also able to navigate between the two lakes using the roughly parallel Gosener Graben.Besides seeing considerable sightseeing and leisure traffic, the canal today also forms a link in a commercial navigation route from the limestone workings at Rüdersdorf, which reaches the Flakensee by a lock at Woltersdorf.