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The Gliwice Canal (Polish: Kanał Gliwicki, German: Gleiwitzer Kanal) is a canal connecting the Oder (Odra) River to the city of Gliwice in the Silesian Voivodeship (Upper Silesian Industrial Region), Poland. Also known as the Upper Silesian Canal (Kanał Górnośląski, Oberschlesischer Kanal), it was built from 1935 to 1939 and replaced the Kłodnicki Canal.

Barge on the Gliwice Canal
Barge on the Gliwice Canal
Lock in Rudziniec village.
Lock in Rudziniec village.

Structure


The canal starts at the port of Gliwice and descends to Kędzierzyn-Koźle on the Oder. The canal passes through Opole Voivodeship and Silesian Voivodeship in Poland.

The canal is approximately 41.6 kilometres (26 mi) long; its maximum depth is 3.5 metres (11 ft); canal width is 38 metres (125 ft); the maximum allowed speed for ships on the canal is 6 kilometres per hour (4 mph); and the difference in the height of the water levels at its ends is 43.6 metres (143 ft). It has six locks. The canal is accessible from 15 March to 15 December (270 days a year).

Locks:

  1. in Łabędy district of Gliwice
  2. in Dzierżno district of Pyskowice
  3. in Rudziniec village
  4. in Sławięcice district of Kędzierzyn-Koźle
  5. in Nowa Wieś village
  6. in Kłodnica district of Kędzierzyn-Koźle

The water in the canal comes from the Kłodnica River as well as lakes and reservoirs such as Dzierżno Duże and Dzierżno Małe.


History


The Gliwice Canal was originally built in the Province of Upper Silesia within Germany. Because the Klodnitz (Kłodnicki) Canal had become obsolete, it was decided in 1934 that construction of a new canal was more feasible than modernization of the older Klodnitz Canal, which closed in 1937. The new canal, known as the Gleiwitz Canal (German: Gleiwitzer Kanal), was built from 1935-1939 and opened for service in 1941. On 8 December 1939, it was renamed the Adolf Hitler Canal (Adolf-Hitler-Kanal), in honor of Adolf Hitler, during the inauguration ceremony by Rudolf Hess. There were also plans to make it a part of the Danube-Oder-Canal project. After World War II, the canal and the surrounding territories (see Regained Territories) were placed under Polish administration according to the 1945 Potsdam Conference.

About fifty people are employed in maintaining the canal. About 700 000 tonnes[1] of material are shipped each year through the canal (mostly coal). The Polish government is considering modernizing the canal.[when?]


References


  1. pszczyna.naszemiasto.pl[permanent dead link]



На других языках


[de] Gleiwitzer Kanal

Der Gleiwitzer Kanal, auch Oberschlesischer Kanal genannt (eingeweiht als „Adolf-Hitler-Kanal“, poln. Kanał Gliwicki), verläuft im Tal der Klodnitz (Kłodnica) zwischen Gleiwitz (Hafen Gliwice) und der Oder (Mündung: 50° 21′ 34″ N, 18° 8′ 25″ O50.359413617518.140393025833165) bei Cosel (Koźle) und wurde zwischen 1934 und 1939 an Stelle des alten Klodnitzkanals errichtet.[1]
- [en] Gliwice Canal

[ru] Гливицкий канал

Гливи́цкий кана́л (польск. Kanał Gliwicki) — судоходный канал в Силезском, Опольском воеводствах Польши, связывает Верхнесилезский угольный бассейн с системой реки Одры впадающей в бассейн Балтийского моря. Пролегает между городами Гливице и Кендзежин-Козле. Частично включает реку Клодница[pl].



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