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Blue Bridge Over the Saale-Elster Canal
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e. Biker Uwe
August 9, 2022
Hiking
☆ Beautiful, simple steel construction with a successful coat of paint... play of colors between the bridge and the sky.
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Karsten 🚴🌲🚶🌳🚣
January 17, 2023
Cycling
The construction of the Elster-Saale canal began in 1850. The lawyer and businessman Karl Heine wanted to connect the two rivers for the purpose of shipping in Saxony, which was then industrially up-and-coming, and to make Leipzig accessible for inland waterway traffic. However, due to World War II, this canal was never completed. It has neither a connection to the Elster nor the Saale and is not navigable by ships, but you have to reckon with pleasure boats.
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Elevation 110 m
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