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Gleesen-Papenburg Side Canal

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Gleesen-Papenburg Side Canal

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    1. Meyer Werft Shipyard Papenburg – Schleuse Herbrum loop from Papenburg

    42.1km

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    Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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

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    Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    September 20, 2020

    Badly navigable stretch with deep sand and coarse gravel. Sometimes pushing is the order of the day.

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      October 15, 2018

      The side canal Gleesen-Papenburg (popular mouth: Hitler canal or Ems side canal), planned 1936, should relieve the shipping on the Dortmund Ems channel laterally and simplify. Construction began in 1938, but was discontinued in 1942 during the Second World War as not essential to the war effort. During the construction period on the Gleesen-Papenburg-Kanal prisoners commandos (daily about 560 to 650 men) were used.

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        Location: Papenburg, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

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