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Torf-Kahn Lock

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Torf-Kahn Lock

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  • Location: Genthin, Jerichower Land, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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    April 30, 2021

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    Was created in connection with the Plauer Canal, which was built by the Prussian King Friedrich II, as a connection between Brandenburg and the Elbe. The water withdrawn from the Fiener Bruch made it possible to extract peat.
    After the Second Silesian War, Frederick II settled peat boatmen and peat diggers as colonialists, e.g. in nearby Mützel, around 1755.
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    November 4, 2020

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    The Sandforth lock near Mützel is a barge lock for the transport of peat and was built in 1745 to reach a navigable water depth in the upper part of …
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    Fieldstone Church Kade – Elbe-Havel Canal loop from Genthin

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    Location: Genthin, Jerichower Land, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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