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A lock on the Elbe-Lubeck Canal in Berkenthin, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 2007.

Elbe-Lübeck Canal

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Also known as: Elbe-Lübeck-Kanal, Elbe-Trave-Kanal
Written by
Michael Clarke
Independent scholar. Author of The Leeds & Liverpool Canal: A History and Guide. Co-author of Liverpool and its Canal.
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German:
Elbe-Lübeck-Kanal or Elbe-Trave-Kanal
Lübeck, Germany: Elbe-Lübeck Canal bridge
Lübeck, Germany: Elbe-Lübeck Canal bridgeBridge over the Elbe-Lübeck Canal, Lübeck, Germany.

Elbe-Lübeck Canal, German waterway connecting the Elbe River at Lauenberg with the Baltic Sea at Lübeck. The waterway, 64 km (40 miles) long, was built in 1895–1900 to replace the medieval Stecknitz Canal.

Michael Clarke