What is Mittellandkanal?
{{Infobox canal|name=Mittelland Canal|image=Mittellandkanal.png|image_size=250px|image_caption=Course of the '''Mittelland Canal'''|canal_length={{convert|325.7|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}|lock_length=|lock_width=|max_boat_length=|max_boat_beam=|min_boat_draft=|min_boat_air_draft=|original_num_locks=|current_num_locks=|min_elev=|max_elev=|total_rise=|status=|navigation_authority=|former_names=|present_owner=|original_owner=|engineer=|other_engineer=|date_approved=|date_began=1906|date_use=|date_completed=1938|date_extended=|date_closed=|date_restored=|xfield2=|xvalue2=|direction=|start_point=[[Dortmund-Ems Canal]] at [[Hörstel]] (near [[Rheine]], [[Germany]]|end_point=[[Elbe River]] and [[Elbe-Havel Canal]] near [[Magdeburg]], [[Germany]]|begin_coord={{coord|52|16|37|N| 7|36|18|E |region:DE|display=inline}}|end_coord={{coord|52|14|46|N|11|44|49|E |region:DE|display=inline}}|branch=|branch_of=|connects_to=}} The '''Mittelland Canal''' is a major [[canal]] in central Germany. It is the main east-west inland waterway. It also links [[France]], [[Switzerland]] and the [[Benelux]] countries with [[Poland]], the [[Czech Republic]] and the [[Baltic Sea]]. At 325.7 kilometres (202.4 miles) it is the longest artificial waterway in Germany. It goes from the [[Dortmund-Ems Canal]] to the [[Elbe]] River near [[Magdeburg]], where it joins the [[Elbe-Havel Canal]]. Building was started in 1906, and the final section to Magdeburg was opened in 1938.<ref>{{cite book | first = Barry | last = Sheffield | publisher = Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson | location = [[St Ives, Cambridgeshire|St Ives]] | title = Inland Waterways of Germany | year = 1995 | isbn = 0-85288-283-1 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Canals in Germany]]