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Detmold District

Kreis Minden-Lübbecke

Mittelland Canal

North Rhine-Westphalia

Detmold District

Kreis Minden-Lübbecke

Minden

Mittelland Canal

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Mittelland Canal

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Location: Minden, Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Wasserstraßenkreuz Minden – Bückeburg Old Town and Castle loop from Hitzepohl

41.1km

02:27

170m

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2. View of the Minden Ship Lock – Minden Waterway Crossing loop from Bückeburg

45.4km

02:38

130m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Bückeburg Old Town and Castle – Schaumburg Forest loop from Hahlen

41.4km

02:32

100m

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Pulp-Fiction

June 23, 2023

From the Ems to the Elbe without any gradients: on the Mittelland Canal, cyclists ride in the countryside and car-free across Lower Saxony - past ports, locks and barges.

Cycling across Germany and hardly pedaling up an incline? No problem if you orientate yourself on the Mittelland Canal. At a good 320 kilometers, it is the longest artificial waterway in Germany.

ndr.de/ratgeber/reise/radtouren/Mit-dem-Fahrrad-am-Mittellandkanal-entlang,mittellandkanal256.html

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Bo-Ma

June 22, 2023

The Mittelland Canal is a kind of highway for shipping. It connects the Elbe in eastern Germany with the Dortmund-Ems Canal in the west. Ships can travel a long distance here without locks

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simpsons57

March 1, 2023

The Mittelland Canal (MLK) is a federal waterway[2] and, at 325.3 kilometers in length, the longest artificial waterway in Germany. Including branch and connecting canals, the length is 392 km. It connects the Dortmund-Ems Canal with the Weser, Elbe and the Elbe-Havel Canal. In a broader sense, it is part of a connection between the Rhine and the Oder. In the west, the connection to the Rhine is established via the Dortmund-Ems canal and the Rhine-Herne canal or the Wesel-Datteln canal. In the east, the Elbe-Havel Canal, Lower Havel Waterway and Havel-Oder Waterway connect the Mittelland Canal with the Oder. On a European scale, it enables a connection between the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Switzerland on the one hand and Poland and the Czech Republic on the other.

The canal is also known by the names Ems-Weser Canal, Weser-Ems Canal, Weser-Elbe Canal, Rhine-Elbe Canal, Elbe-Weser-Ems Canal or Ems-Weser-Elbe Canal. These are old or regional names that are only rarely used.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittellandkanal

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🚲 Hans-Werner

March 29, 2023

The MLK the fast connection

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Location: Minden, Kreis Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Mittelland Canal

1. Wasserstraßenkreuz Minden – Bückeburg Old Town and Castle loop from Hitzepohl

2. View of the Minden Ship Lock – Minden Waterway Crossing loop from Bückeburg

3. Bückeburg Old Town and Castle – Schaumburg Forest loop from Hahlen

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