Locks at Brunsbüttel connecting the canal to the River Elbe estuary, and thence to the North Sea
Current map of Kiel Canal in Schleswig-Holstein
Specifications
Length
98.26 km (61.06 miles)
Maximum boat length
235 m (771 ft)
Maximum boat beam
32.5 m (107 ft)
Maximum boat draft
9.5 m (31 ft)
History
Construction began
1887
Date completed
1895 (1895)
Date extended
1907–14
Geography
Start point
Brunsbüttel (North Sea)
End point
Kiel (Baltic Sea)
The Kiel Canal (German: Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, literally "North [Sea]–East (i.e. Baltic) Sea canal", formerly known as the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal) is a 98 km (61 mi) long freshwater canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The canal was finished in 1895, but later widened, and links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau. An average of 460 km (290 mi) is saved by using the Kiel Canal instead of going around the Jutland Peninsula. This not only saves time but also avoids storm-prone seas and having to pass through the Danish straits.
The Kiel Canal is one of the world's most frequented artificial waterways with an annual average of 32,000 ships (90 daily), transporting approximately 100 million tonnes of goods.[1]
Besides its two sea entrances, the Kiel Canal is linked, at Oldenbüttel, to the navigable River Eider by the short Gieselau Canal.[2]
^"Nord-Ostsee-Kanal" (in German). Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
^Sheffield, Barry (1995). Inland Waterways of Germany. St Ives: Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson. ISBN 0-85288-283-1.
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