Landwehrkanal
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The Landwehrkanal is a 10 km (6 mi) long canal parallel to the Spree river in Berlin, Germany, built between 1845 and 1850 according to plans by Peter Joseph Lenné[1]. It connects the upper part of the Spree at the Osthafen (Eastern Harbour) in Friedrichshain with its lower part in Charlottenburg, flowing through Kreuzberg and Tiergarten.
Lenné designed a canal with sloped walls, an average width of 20 m (66 ft) at the surface and locks at both ends to control the water depth. In the course of two enlargements 1883-1890 and 1936-1941 it reached a breadth of 22 m (72 ft) and a depth of 2 m (7 ft). Today the waterway is mainly used by tourist boats and pleasure crafts. In Kreuzberg a long part of the Landwehrkanal is accompanied by the U1 line of the Berlin U-Bahn, which runs here as an elevated railway.
After Rosa Luxemburg was murdered on January 15, 1919, her body was dumped into the Landwehrkanal, where it was not found until June 1. A memorial marks the site. In 1920 Anna "Anastasia" Anderson attempted suicide by jumping into the water.
[edit] References
- ^ "Landwehrkanal". Berlin - City on the Water. http://www.berlin.de/boot/english/info_pages/landwehr_e_i.html. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
[edit] External links
- Bilder vom Berliner Landwehrkanal (German) - images of the Landwehrkanal
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