Gliwice Canal

The channel called Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia also channel ( inaugurated as " Adolf Hitler Channel", poln Kanał Gliwice ), runs in the valley of Klodnitz ( Kłodnica ) between Gleiwitz ( Gliwice Harbour ) and the Oder ( mouth: 50 ° 21 ' 34 "N, 18 ° 8 ' 25 " O50.359413617518.140393025833165 ) built at Cosel ( Koźle ) and was between 1934 and 1939 to replace the old Klodnitzkanals. It has a length of approximately 41 kilometers and a height difference of about 49 m.

Once on the Klodnitzkanal even after re expansion only a passage of barges up to 100 t and 1.20 m Draft was possible was from 1934, a new building of the canal with a modified (shortened ) route and less and more modern locks.

On December 8, 1939, the " Adolf Hitler Channel" by Rudolf Hess was inaugurated. At the same time Hitler's deputy led from the first sod for the Oder -Danube Canal. Work on the project of this 320 km long waterway but were soon discontinued.

The Gliwice channel is passable for vessels up to a draft of 2.25 m. Its estuary is the Oderhafen in Klodnitz.

After the end of World War II shipping in 1950 was recorded on the Kanał Gliwicki by the People's Republic of Poland. Later, the projected annual volume of goods of 3 million tons was achieved. Meanwhile, the transportation is to under 300,000 tonnes declined year.

• Channel in Poland
• River system or
• Building in Silesia
• Traffic ( Gliwice )
• Building in Gliwice
• Architecture in National Socialism
• Built in the 1930s
• Channel in Europe