Route 4: Mittelland Canal Route

The Mittelland Canal route stretches about 22 kilometers from the “Friedhof auf der Horst” light rail station to the Anderter Lock. The well-signposted route runs along both the north and south banks. Come along for a cycling journey of discovery through the canal’s present and past.

The Mittelland Canal

Blue ribbon with green border

Construction began in 1906 on what is now Lower Saxony’s most important and busiest waterway. By 1916, the canal builders had reached Hanover. With the completion of the Anderter Lock, the canal was extended to Peine (1929) and Braunschweig (1933). In 1928, the connection to the Elbe was completed. In 1965, work began on expanding the canal to accommodate large motor vessels.

As part of the expansion to a standard cross-section of 42 meters, the urban section of the Mittelland Canal in Hanover was renovated from 1985 through Expo 2000. Nearly all 32 road and rail bridges were rebuilt. Just take a closer look: No two are alike. The City Administration and the Water and Shipping Authority have thus given the Mittelland Canal in Hanover a distinctive character and redesigned the riverbanks into a “linear city park” in accordance with a landscape plan.

The most important destinations on this route are listed below:

• Flood bridge
• North Harbor West
• Red modernity
• Coal, coal, coal
• Marina
• The super bridge
• Waterfall
• Anderter Lock

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Route 4: Mitelland Canal Route

From the flood bridge near Seelze to the lock in Anderten

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