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Rivers that flow into the sea are sorted geographically, along the coast. Rivers that flow into other rivers are sorted by the proximity of their points of confluence to the sea (the lower in the list, the more upstream). Some rivers (the Meuse, for example) do not flow through Germany themselves, but they are mentioned for having German ...
The Magdeburg Water Bridge (German: Kanalbrücke Magdeburg) is a large navigable aqueduct in central Germany, located near Magdeburg.The largest canal underbridge in Europe, it spans the river Elbe and directly connects the Mittellandkanal on the west side and Elbe-Havel Canal on the east side of the river, allowing large commercial ships to pass between the Rhineland and Berlin without having ...
Magdeburg is well known for the Magdeburg Christmas market, which is an attraction for 1.5 million visitors every year. Other events are the Stadtfest, Christopher Street Day, Elbe in Flames, and the Europafest Magdeburg. [37] [38] The autumn fair (formerly men's fair) of Magdeburg goes back to Germany's oldest folk festival. The tradition ...
The Magdeburg Börde (German: Magdeburger Börde) is the central landscape unit of the state of Saxony-Anhalt and lies to the west and south of the eponymous state capital Magdeburg. Part of a loess belt stretching along the southeastern rim of the North German Plain , it is noted for its very fertile Chernozem soils.
The Magdeburg Region (German: Region Magdeburg) is the name of the central region in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in North Germany. It includes the landscape units of Magdeburg Börde , Jerichow Land, the northern Harz Foreland and the Colbitz-Letzlingen Heath.
Map of the Magdeburg region c. 1820.. The region was formed in 1815 as a subdivision of the Kingdom of Prussia's Province of Saxony.In 1944, it was briefly separated as a province in its own right – the Province of Magdeburg – before becoming part of post-war Saxony-Anhalt within the Soviet occupation zone after World War II and then East Germany in 1949.
At Minden the canal crosses the river Weser over two aqueducts (completed in 1914 and 1998, respectively), and near Magdeburg it crosses the Elbe, also with an aqueduct. Connections by side canals exist at Ibbenbüren , Osnabrück , Minden (two canals connecting to the Weser), Hanover -Linden, Hanover-Misburg, Hildesheim and Salzgitter . [ 2 ]
River Ems near Papenburg: Elbe–Havel Canal: Elbe-Havel-Kanal: River Elbe near Magdeburg: River Havel near Brandenburg: Elbe Lateral Canal: Elbe-Seitenkanal: River Elbe near Lauenburg: Mittelland Canal near Wolfsburg: Elbe–Lübeck Canal: Elbe-Lübeck-Kanal: River Elbe at Lauenburg: River Trave at Lübeck: Elbe-Weser Waterway: Elbe-Weser ...