List of canals in Germany explained

This is a list of navigable canals that are at least partially located in Germany. The canals are listed here in alphabetic order of the name (without generic).

Currently navigable canals

Canal name (English)	Canal name (German)	From	To
Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal^[1]	Berlin-Spandauer Schifffahrtskanal		River Spree near the Hauptbahnhof in Berlin
	Brandenburger Stadtkanal		River Havel in central Brandenburg an der Havel
	Britzer Verbindungskanal		River Spree in Berlin
	Charlottenburger Verbindungskanal		River Spree and Landwehr Canal at Charlottenburg in Berlin
	Dahme-Umflutkanal		River Dahme at Märkisch Buchholz
	Datteln-Hamm-Kanal	Dortmund-Ems Canal at Datteln	Hamm-Uentrop
	Dortmund-Ems-Kanal		River Ems near Papenburg
	Elbe-Havel-Kanal		River Havel near Brandenburg
	Elbe-Seitenkanal		Mittelland Canal near Wolfsburg
	Elbe-Lübeck-Kanal		River Trave at Lübeck
	Elbe-Weser-Schifffahrtsweg
	Elisabethfehnkanal
	Ems-Jade-Kanal		Jade Estuary at Wilhelmshaven
	Ems-Seitenkanal		Emden Inner Harbour
	Ems-Vechte-Kanal		River Vechte at Nordhorn
	Finowkanal		Oder-Havel Canal at Liepe
	Gieselaukanal		River Eider 2km (01miles) north
	Gosener Kanal		Dämeritzsee in Berlin
	Griebnitzkanal		Großer Wannsee in Berlin
	Havelkanal		River Havel at Paretz
	Kammerkanal		Woblitzsee
	Karl-Heine-Kanal		Elster-Saale Canal in Leipzig
	Nord-Ostsee-Kanal		Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau
	Küstenkanal		River Hunte at Oldenburg
	Landwehrkanal		River Spree at Berlin-Treptow
	Mittellandkanal		River Elbe near Magdeburg
	Neuköllner Schifffahrtskanal		Teltow Canal in Berlin
	Oder-Havel-Kanal		River Oder at Oderberg
	Oder-Spree-Kanal		River Oder at Eisenhüttenstadt
	Rhein-Herne-Kanal		Dortmund-Ems Canal near Waltrop
	Main-Donau-Kanal		River Danube at Kelheim
	Ruhrschifffahrtskanal	Rhine at Duisburg	Mülheim an der Ruhr
	Silokanal		Quenzsee and River Havel downstream of Brandenburg an der Havel
	Sacrow-Paretzer-Kanal		River Havel at Paretz
	Teltowkanal		River Dahme at Berlin-Grünau
	Wesel-Datteln-Kanal		Dortmund-Ems Canal at Datteln
	Westhafenkanal		River Spree at Charlottenburg in Berlin

Formerly navigable canals

Canal name (English)	Canal name (German)	From	To
	Allerkanal	Weyhausen near Wolfsburg	Brenneckenbrück, 5 km W of Gifhorn
	Eider-Kanal		Kieler Förde near Kiel
	Karlsgraben	Swabian Rezat River (in the Rhine basin)	Altmühl River (in the Danube basin)
	Ludwigskanal
	Luisenstädtischer Kanal		Landwehr Canal at Kreuzberg in Berlin
	Oste-Hamme-Kanal		Hamme River near Viehspecken
	Stecknitzfahrt		Trave River near Lübeck

See also

• Transport in Germany
• List of rivers of Germany

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-05-23 . Through a sequence of space-creating interventions carefully developed in harmony with the listed building, AFF Architekten has converted a former warehouse in Berlin into a contemporary mixed-use building . 2024-02-09 . Global Design News . en-US.