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Kiel Canal, important waterway in northern Germany, extending eastward for 98 km (61 miles) to connect the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The canal constitutes the safest, most convenient, shortest, and cheapest shipping route between the two seas and is a key route for Baltic shipping.
Kiel is situated near an important pan-European motorway, the A7, which connects northern Europe with central and southern Europe. The central railway station, Kiel Hauptbahnhof , has hourly trains to Hamburg , Lübeck , Flensburg , and Husum .
The opening of the Kiel Canal in June 1895 by the German Emperor Wilhelm II marked an important stage in the growth of Germany as a maritime power. The canal made Kiel one of the greatest naval bases in Europe. WORLD WATERWAYS - 8. A TYPICAL REACH of the Kiel Canal between Rendsburg and the entrance at Kiel.
Oct 7, 2024 · Kiel is a port on both sides of the Kiel Fjord, an inlet of the western Baltic Sea, and lies at the eastern end of the Kiel Canal. The name Kyle (meaning “fjord,” or “spring,” possibly derived from the Anglo-Saxon kille: “a safe place for ships”) was used for the settlement as early as the 10th century. The city was founded in 1242 ...
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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-kilometer-long (61 mi) 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 ...
Jan 26, 2020 · Let’s have a look at the best things to do in Kiel: 1. Kiel Week. Source: Bjoern Deutschmann / Shutterstock.com. Kiel Week. The world’s biggest sailing event kicks off during the last week of June, bringing millions of visitors and some 4,000 ships to the city from across Germany and abroad. Going back to 1882, Kiel Week is a Volksfest at ...
The Kiel Canal, with its massive locks in Kiel-Holtenau and Brunsbüttel on the river Elbe is 98.637 kilometres long, and it takes six to eight hours to sail through it. It has a maximum bottom width of 90 metres, and its 11 metre depth means that ships drawing 9.5 metres can sail along it. Navigating the Kiel Canal makes heavy demands on the ...
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