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Lahntal

Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

Weilburg

Weilburg Ship Tunnel

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Germany

Hesse

Gießen District

Lahntal

Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg

Weilburg

Weilburg Ship Tunnel

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Location: Weilburg, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Lahntal, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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Daniel

August 13, 2018

The Weilburg Shipping Tunnel is the oldest and longest navigable ship tunnel in Germany. 1] It passes under a length of 195 meters the Mühlberg, on which the city Weilburg is located, from north to south, thus avoiding a two-kilometer-long arch of the Lahn with two weirs. The tunnel was built between 1844 and 1847 and today forms, together with the parallel road and rail tunnels, the so-called Weilburg tunnel ensemble.

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Stefan Rüger

November 7, 2020

Perhaps the best known and most impressive tunnel in the Weilburger tunnel ensemble.

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homeiswherethesunis

May 10, 2021

A highlight on every canoe tour. The shipping tunnel near Weilburg is the only one of its kind in Germany. At the end of the tunnel there is a double lock before you get back to the natural course of the Lahn.

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Location: Weilburg, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Lahntal, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

Weilburg Ship Tunnel

1. Lower Palace Garden Weilburg – View of the Lahn Valley loop from Kirschhofen

2. View of Weilburg Castle – View of the Lahn Valley loop from Weilburg

3. View of the Lahn Valley – Lower Palace Garden Weilburg loop from Weilburg

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