Eider-Kanal,     Schleswig-Holstein-Kanal

The Canals through the Cimberischen Peninsula, North Sea to Baltic. Only canal built was the Keil-Canal, 1887-1895, and River Eider canalisation project, 1777-84

The Eider, 'Sperrwerk' to Rendsburg.

The Eider, Rendsburg to Kiel.

The Eider is measured, now, from the junction with the Nord/Ostsee Kanal (Gieselau) - to the sea!

The Locks and (openable) Bridges are (sea to the junction) are:-
Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung (German)

Eider Sperrwerk Built 1968 to 1973, 15 km downstream from Tönning, (111 kilometre from 'Gieselaukanal')

Nordfeld Built 1934 bis 1936 (78,28 kilometre from 'Gieselaukanal')

Lexfähre Lock. The wier goes off to the right (eastwards.) (The road is the B203 between Wrohm and Hamdorf.) Built 1936 at (26 kilometre from 'Gieselaukanal')

Gieselau Lock, The lock is on the arm to the Keil-Canal. 'Gieselaukanal'

A small part of the Canal has been refurbished and can be seen near Knoop about 1 km to the west of Holtenau. There is a rather longer section still in existence near Rendsburg.

Halfway to Rendsburg and Kiel The former path of the canal goes off to the south

Lock, 100ft/32m x 7.8m "Nebenkammer", 5m The (original) gates are in pairs, in Oak, at each end, and have chains to the bank. Locks in the old canal. German 1. Rendsburg 2. Rathmannsdorf * 3. Kluvensiek * 4. Königsford * restored 1987/88. 5. Knoop 6. Holtenau * * Preserved

Title: Cyclopędia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers Published: New York: Maynard, Merrill, and Co., 1899.   First published: 1881 The Library of Economics amd Liberty. 6. Danish Canals "It was opened in 1785, and has so far realized the views of its projectors as to enable coasting vessels from the Danish islands in the Baltic and the east coast of Holstein, Jutland, etc., to proceed to Hamburg, Holland, England, etc., in less time, and with much less risk, than, in the ordinary course of navigation, they could have cleared the point of the Skaw, and conversely with ships from the west. "The smaller class of foreign vessels, particularly those under the Dutch and Hanseatic flags, navigating the Baltic and North seas, have largely availed themselves of the facilities afforded by this canal. About 3,000 vessels pass annually through the canal. This is a sufficient evidence of its utility. It would, however, be much more frequented, were it not for the difficult navigation of the Eyder from the sea to Rendsburg."

"The River Eider and the Schleswig-Holstein canal to the Bay of Kiel" Arthur Ransom THE FALCON ON THE BALTIC "A Coasting Voyage from Hammersmith to Copenhagen In a Three-ton Yacht - by E.F. KNIGHT" "The canal itself is only twenty miles long and joins the river about six miles above Rendsburg. The tide flows as far as this last-mentioned town, where the first sluice is met. There are altogether six sluices, each one hundred feet long, and the greatest altitude attained is twenty-five feet above the level of the Baltic. " We passed through two more sluices. At ten the next morning we reached the fourth sluice, and found that we had now attained the highest point on the canal; for at this lock we were lowered about ten feet. In another hour we passed through the fifth sluice, which is at a hamlet called Knoop. "At one o'clock we passed through the last sluice, and shortly afterwards we came to the village of Holtenau, where the canal opens into the sea."