Completed during the reign of Christian VII of Denmark in 1784, the Eiderkanal was a part of a waterway from Kiel to the Eider River's mouth at Tönning on the west coast.
It was only wide with a depth of , which limited the vessels that could use the canal to 300 tonnes. After 1864, the Second Schleswig War put Schleswig-Holstein under the government of Prussia (from 1871 the German Empire).
Lilly, a barque, was a wooden sailing ship of about 390 tons, built 1866 in Sunderland, U.K.
It was only wide with a depth of , which limited the vessels that could use the canal to 300 tonnes. After 1864, the Second Schleswig War put Schleswig-Holstein under the government of Prussia (from 1871 the German Empire).
A new canal was sought by merchants and by the German navy, which wanted to link its bases in the Baltic and the North Sea without the need to sail around Denmark. === Construction and expansion === In June 1887, construction started at Holtenau, near Kiel.
The oldest bridge still in use is the Levensau High Bridge from 1893; however, the bridge will be replaced in the course of a canal expansion already underway.
The canal was finished in 1895, but later widened, and links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau.
On 20 June 1895 Kaiser Wilhelm II officially opened the canal for transiting from Brunsbüttel to Holtenau.
All ferries are run by the Canal Authority and their use is free of charge. ==See also== List of canals in Germany ==References== ==External links== Official site Time-lapse movie "Kiel-Canal Transit In 9 Minutes" released by UNITED CANAL AGENCY Movie about a container ship transiting the canal Ship canals Canal Canals in Germany Bodies of water of Schleswig-Holstein Federal waterways in Germany Canals opened in 1895 1895 establishments in Germany
She had a length of , beam , depth of and a keel. To cope with the increasing traffic and the demands of the Imperial German Navy, between 1907 and 1914 the canal was widened to allow Dreadnought-sized battleships to pass through, allowing them to travel between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea without having to go around Denmark.
She had a length of , beam , depth of and a keel. To cope with the increasing traffic and the demands of the Imperial German Navy, between 1907 and 1914 the canal was widened to allow Dreadnought-sized battleships to pass through, allowing them to travel between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea without having to go around Denmark.
(The United States opposed this proposal to avoid setting a precedent for similar concessions on the Panama Canal.) The government under Adolf Hitler repudiated its international status in 1936, but the canal was reopened to all traffic after World War II.
In 1948, the current name was adopted. The canal was partially closed for a period in March 2013 after two lock gates failed at the western end near Brunsbüttel.
In 1948, the current name was adopted. The canal was partially closed for a period in March 2013 after two lock gates failed at the western end near Brunsbüttel.
Most noteworthy is the “hanging ferry” (Schwebefähre) beneath the Rendsburg High Bridge which needs to be replaced after a collision with a ship in 2016.
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