Britz Canal

The Britz connecting channel ( BVK ) is a federal waterway waterways of class IV with limitations in Berlin, legally a part of the Teltow Canal. Until 30 March 1992, he was named Britz branch channel. The waterway is an abbreviation for shipping from the Teltow Canal directly to the Spree- Oder Waterway ( Treptower Spree) and from the ports in the downtown area. The channel is 3.39 km long and was built in 1900-1906. Responsible for managing the Water and Shipping Authority Berlin.

Also on Britz connection channel it was, as the Teltow Canal, until the end of World War II, an electric Treidelbahn. The total water surface of the channel is 11.7 hectares.

On the canal bank, a stele to Chris Gueffroy, the last shot at the wall of the GDR border guards refugee. He arrived on February 5, 1989, just months before the opening of the wall, while trying to escape from East to West Berlin by the canal died.

List of bridges on the Britz connection channel

The list of bridges over the Britz connection channel lists all existing bridges. The list summarizes the existing bridges together in tabular form. Recorded are only in the sources ( literature and links ) documented bridges. The numbering (column 1) and kilometer (column 2 ) is carried out by the branch from the Teltow Canal to the River Spree in Berlin- Treptow. The numbering follows the specifications of navigational charts, with newly added bridges the addition of the small letter a received or the first bridges the numbers 00 and 0 received. The chainage of the Teltow Canal continues there and information is also provided with the addition of the small letter a. The channel starts with the 28.320 kilometers on a branch from the Teltow Canal and ends at the Treptower Spree ( SOW 26.43 km ) with the 31.705 kilometers a In column 3, the most bridges are documented in the image. The fourth column contains the name of the bridge, where nameless bridges are in parentheses. Including the Berlin districts are given where they are located. The text "Notes" column specifies the most important data of the bridges and possibly their former names and are also shed light on the naming. The sixth and final column linked the coordinates of the structures.

Related Topics

  • List of bridges in Berlin
  • List of bridges on the Teltow Canal
  • List of channels

Lifebuoy on the southeast Avenue Bridge

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