Coevorden-Piccardie Canal

The Coevorden-Piccardie Canal (also known as Georgsdorf-Piccardie-Coevorden Canal , CPK for short ) connects the South-North Canal near Georgsdorf , which is north of Nordhorn in the Lower Saxon county of Bentheim , with the Dutch Stieltjeskanaal near Coevorden .

history

The canal is part of the Left Ems canal network , which was built between 1870 and 1904. Pastor Johan Picardt made the first canal construction efforts in 1647. The canal construction began in 1870, but was not completed until the 20th century. In addition to transporting goods for ships with a load capacity of up to 200 tons, the canal also served to drain the moors. It was gradually shut down from 1965 due to insufficient traffic. Due to the low bridges and no longer operational locks, the canal is no longer navigable and only serves for drainage.

On parts of the canal there are sculptures from the "Open Museum" Kunstwege .

Kilometrage

• 0 Start at 15.1 km of the south-north canal in Georgsdorf
• 8.2 Lock 1 at Neugnadenfeld
• 13.9 Lock 2 before Emlichheim
• 14.7 overflow, 2 km long drainage canal to the Vechte
• 16.5 Emlichheim, harbor at the starch factory
• 19.5 Lock 3, west of Emlichheim
• 22.7 lock 4
• 24.3 Dutch-German border
• 26.5 Coevorden, end of the canal at Stieltjeskanaal

gallery

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  The beginning of the CPK in Georgsdorf - looking west

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  Left Am Piccardie Canal, right Westende (Georgsdorf)

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  The branch (left) of the CPK from the south-north canal in Georgsdorf

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  Swing bridge to Sternbusch, 2 km west of Georgsdorf

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  Canal lock

literature

• German river hiking book . DKV Wirtschafts- und Verlags GmbH, Duisburg 1985, ISBN 3-924580-10-3 .
• The Grenzaa / Coevorden-Piccardie Canal estuary . In: Jörg Ehrnsberger, Thorsten Stegemann (ed.): Literaturwege. 15 short stories from the Emlichheim community . Scribitur, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-032560-1 .

See also

• Overview of the channels in Germany

Web links

Commons : Coevorden-Piccardie-Kanal  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Piccardie Coevorden Kanal In: binnenvaartinbeeld.com (German, Dutch, English, French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Willy Friedrich: Long grass spits out of the lock wall. The Grafschafter No. 5/1984. P. 17

Coordinates: 52 ° 34 '8 "  N , 7 ° 3' 55"  E