Havel-Oder-Wasserstraße - Eberswalder Kanalbrücke 1

The Havel–Oder–Wasserstraße (HOW) is a navigable waterway connecting

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

(Havel and Spree) and the German-Polish border at the

West Oder River West Oder ( pl, Odra Zachodnia) is the western arm of the lower Oder near Szczecin, Poland along the border with Germany. It flows into the Oder Lagoon. The river flows through the Lower Oder Valley forming, along with the Eastern Oder ( pl, Od ...

Friedrichsthal Friedrichsthal is a town and a municipality in the district of Saarbrücken, of Saarland, Germany. It is situated approximately 13 km northeast of Saarbrücken. Friedrichsthal (Saar) station is located on the Bingen (Rhein)–Saarbrücke ...

north of Schwedt. Approximately 135 km long, it is composed of the following sections: * Havel-, Scheital-, Oderhaltung and the Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler Wasserstraße (HFW), which are connected by the

Lehnitz Oranienburg () is a town in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Oberhavel. Geography Oranienburg is a town located on the banks of the Havel river, 35 km north of the centre of Berlin. Division of the town Oranienburg ...

lock, * the ship's lift Niederfinow and * the West Schleuse Hohensaaten. The route between the Havel and Lehnitz lock and the peak position are together called Oder-Havel-Kanal for the Oderhaltung (Wriezener Alte Oder) section of the river, also known as the Oderberger Gewässer. The German-Polish border forms part of the west or north Mescherin (enlargement of the total length by about 14 km) and the Berlin-Spandau shipping canal, the Berlin Westhafen on a short route with the Havelhaltung (by

Spandau Spandau () is the westernmost of the 12 boroughs () of Berlin, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and extending along the western bank of the Havel. It is the smallest borough by population, but the fourth largest by land ...

lock above the Spreemündung). The HOW is a class IV federal waterway with restrictions.

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