Oder–Havel Canal

Oder–Havel Canal
Oder-Havel Canal near Eberswalde

The Oder-Havel Canal is a German canal built between 1908 and 1914, originally known as the Hohenzollern Canal. Together with Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler Wasserstraße, the Oderhaltung and the Schwedter Querfahrt it forms the Havel-Oder-Wasserstraße. It runs from the town of Cedynia near the city of Szczecin on the Oder River between Germany and Poland to the Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, near Berlin. It is 82.8 kilometres (51.4 mi) long, and 33 metres (36 yd) wide.

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Coordinates: 52°52′N 14°02′E / 52.867°N 14.033°E / 52.867; 14.033


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