Kinzig Danube Project

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The Kinzig-Danube project was supposed to connect the rivers Kinzig and Danube via a canal . It was also pursued in Baden between 1826 and 1836 as part of south-west German traffic and trade policy. Like the other southern German territories within the German Federal tried the Grand Duchy, by artificial waterways and canals , the industrialization to promote. The starting point was the efforts of competing French entrepreneurs for a concession to build a canal through the Black Forest . The Baden, Württemberg , Hohenzollern and Bavarian authorities were involved in the planning without the project ever actually being implemented. Ultimately, it failed due to the various interests of the German states, the costs and the doubts about the technical feasibility. Among other things, a. Canal construction between the Schiltach and the Brigach (over the Brogen) and between the Nussbach and the Brigach (over Sommerau; as a purely Baden variant).

literature

  • Michael Buhlmann: History of Baden. Middle Ages, modern times. Historical lectures at adult education centers in Baden-Württemberg. Association for local history, St. Georgen 2007, ( Vertex Alemanniae 29, ZDB -ID 2282671-3 ), p. 46 f.
  • Wolf-Ingo Seidelmann: The Kinzig-Danube Project. A dubious company as a problem of south-west German transport and trade policy . In: ZGO 138, 1990, pp. 329-363.