Landwehr Canal

Landwehr Canal (Landwehrkanal)
Houseboats on the Landwehr Canal in the Tiergarten
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Specifications
Length10.7 km (6.6 miles)
History
Construction began1845
Date completed1850 (1850)
Geography
Start pointOsthafen (Berlin)
End pointCharlottenburg
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View along the Landwehr Canal to the Köthener Brücke and the bridge for U2
Lower lock and Stadtbahn bridge
Pictured in 1928, near to the site of the 1945 breach

The Landwehr Canal (German: Landwehrkanal), is a 10.7-kilometre-long (6.6 mi) canal parallel to the Spree river in Berlin, Germany, built between 1845 and 1850 to plans by Peter Joseph Lenné. It connects the upper part of the Spree at the eastern harbour (Osthafen) in Friedrichshain with its lower part in Charlottenburg, flowing through Kreuzberg and Tiergarten.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Landwehrkanal". Berlin – City on the Water. Archived from the original on 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  2. ^ Sheffield, Barry (1995). Inland Waterways of Germany. St Ives: Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson. p. 115. ISBN 0-85288-283-1.