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Something like an access to industry


Kanal Gliwice | Gleiwitzer Canal | Poland: Characteristics & Overview

Rating of waterway

Degree of difficulty:
Some experience is an advantage

Requirements:
Boating license essential

Character of waterway:
no rating

Profile of waterway:
Hardly ever used

Facilities groundside:
Not sufficiant



Kanal Gliwice | Gleiwitzer Canal | Poland: Tips & Detailed information

Wharfs, Marinas, Harbors, Facilities, Houseboat hirers, Restaurants and Shops.

Facts to this waterway:

40 km
80.00 x 9.50 m
6
2.00 m
4.00 m


Odra River | Poland




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is a short connection of the Oder and the industrial areas of Gliwice. Landscapes are not very attractive. It was inaugurated by Rudolf Hess in 1939 and was first called Adolf-Hitler-Kanal. With this inauguration, Rudolf Hess held, as a substitute of Hitler, the ground-breaking ceremony for the Oder-March-Donau-Kanal which had been projected for a long time already. Works on it were soon suspended again.
After the industrial town of Gliwice was connected to the natural gas net, the canal, mostly built for coal transports, lost its relevance.




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