The Brandenburg City Canal, or Brandenburger Stadtkanal in German, is a

canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flo ...

in the German state of

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 sq ...

. It provides a route through the centre of the city of

Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg an der Havel () is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, which served as the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg until it was replaced by Berlin in 1417. With a population of 72,040 (as of 2020), it is located on the banks of the ...

. At its upstream end, the canal diverges from the River Havel upstream of the ''Vorstadtschleuse Brandenburg'' lock. It then passes through the city centre, before descending through the ''Stadtschleuse Brandenburg'' lock into a lower level of the River Havel, here known as the ''Brandenburger Niederhavel''. Traffic from the canal then follows the ''Brandenburger Niederhavel'' downstream. The Brandenburg City Canal is now largely used by leisure traffic, due to its constrained size. Commercial shipping uses the

Silo Canal The Silo Canal, or Silokanal in German, is a canal in the German state of Brandenburg. It provides a short cut for vessels navigating the River Havel, avoiding the winding and constricted navigation through the city of Brandenburg an der Havel ...

, which descends through the ''Vorstadtschleuse Brandenburg'', crosses the ''Brandenburger Niederhavel'' upstream of the city centre and then skirts the northern edge of the city, before rejoining the River Havel in the Plauer See.

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