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Cycling along the canal is always great. Sheltered from the wind and no hills 😉

One of the best running routes around Vechelde. You can get as far as Sonnenberg and the canal near Denstorf.

⚓ Special Structures Since the branch canal diverges from the Mittelland Canal and heads towards higher ground, two significant differences in elevation must be overcome: Wedtlenstedt Lock at the beginning of the canal, with a drop of 9.30 meters. Üfingen Lock, located shortly before the Salzgitter harbor, also overcomes a drop of 9.30 meters. The canal ends in a large harbor basin in Salzgitter, spanned by a canal bridge built in 1957 over the Oker River. The banks of the canal are largely lined with embankments and serve as a recreational area for anglers, cyclists, and walkers.

🏭 Purpose and History The canal was built in the 1930s as part of the National Socialist industrialization policy to supply the Hermann Göring Works (today Salzgitter AG) with raw materials and to transport finished products. To this day, it serves as a central waterway connection for the Salzgitter region and is essential for the transport of coal, ores, steel products, and other goods.

🏗️🚢 The visitor platform at the Wedtlenstedt lock in the municipality of Vechelde (Lower Saxony) was set up as part of the ongoing replacement construction of the lock on the Salzgitter Branch Canal (SKS) to give interested parties an insight into this major project. The Wedtlenstedt lock is being modernized to make the Salzgitter Branch Canal navigable for modern, larger cargo ships (large motor cargo vessels) with a draft of 2.80 m.

Idyllic surroundings, surrounded by trees, bushes and undergrowth.