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Kiel Canal

canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein
Place Canal Q144825

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
canal, ship canal[4]
Official website
www.kiel-canal.org, www.wsa-kiel.wsv.de, www.wsa-nord-ostsee-kanal.wsv.de[16][17][18]
Native label
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal, Nord-Ostee-Kanal[25]

Location

Country
Germany[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 53.883°, 9.133°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Schleswig-Holstein[2]

Population and size

Length
+98.26[28]
More facts +15
Part of
national waterways in Germany, Baltic Sea, North Sea[5][6][7]
Short name
NOK[26]
Connects with
North Sea, Baltic Sea[29][30]
Described by source
Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22][23]
Different from
NOK[27]
Drainage basin
Elbe Basin[31]
Has part(s)
Canal lock Kiel Holtenau, Canal lock Brunsbüttel, Kanalweiche Schwartenbek[9][10][11]
Mouth of the watercourse
Elbe[8]
Named after
Wilhelm I
Origin of the watercourse
Kieler Förde[19]
Replaces
P.24[24]
Service entry
June 21, 1895[14]
Significant event
construction, foundation stone laying ceremony[15]
Terminus
Brunsbüttel, Kieler Förde[12][13]
Tributary
Gieselau Canal, Haaler Au[20][21]
🏷️ Also known as
en North Baltic Canal en Nord-Ostsee-Kanal en Kiel Canal en Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal ar قناة كيل ar قناة كييل ar قنال كيل ar قناه كيل cs Kielský průplav da Nord-Ostsee-Kanal da Kielerkanalen da Kejser Wilhelmkanalen de Kiel Canal de NOK de Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal el Κανάλι του Κιέλου es Nord Ostsee-Kanal es Canal de Kiel es Nord Ostsee Kanal es Nord-Ostsee Kanal
🔖 Identifiers · 31
VIAF cluster ID
237239821
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85072282
GND ID
4042567-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
13-09-23-Fotoflug-Nordsee-RalfR-N3S 0008.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13534029r
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
OKA6x, 3O3Qlr
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
416147, 526852
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Kiel-Canal
FAST ID
1245226
FactGrid item ID
Squamarina gypsacea
Freebase ID
/m/04f95
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1835001
Show all 31 identifiers +19
GeoNames ID
2861884
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
canal-de-kiel
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0035656
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, Kielkanalen
Hikr waypoint ID
46683
IdRef ID
170634183
J9U entity ID
987007543425605171
LAWA waterbody ID
5978
Lex ID
Kielerkanalen
Museum-digital place ID
219
National Library of Latvia ID
000292093
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3922215
OpenStreetMap relation ID
407981
Structurae structure ID
10000155
Topic's main category
Category:Kiel Canal
Vikidia article ID
fr:Canal_de_Kiel
Wellcome Collection concept ID
q6dbtj7t
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Canal", "KielCanal::q844r"]
Yale LUX ID
place/540b8b46-3686-42a2-b807-b561173a1c0a
📚 Sources · 1
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
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🔗 Connections
← Located in or next to body of water 11
Kiel, Rendsburg, Brunsbüttel, Hochdonn, Oldenbüttel, Schafstedt, Bovenau, Osterrönfeld +3 more
Connects with 2
Baltic Sea, North Sea
Instance of 2
canal, ship canal
Part of 2
Baltic Sea, North Sea
Terminus 2
Brunsbüttel, Kieler Förde
Country 1
Germany
Different from 1
NOK
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Schleswig-Holstein
Mouth of the watercourse 1
Elbe
Named after 1
Wilhelm I
Origin of the watercourse 1
Kieler Förde
Significant event 1
foundation stone laying ceremony
Topic's main category 1
Category:Kiel Canal
Tributary 1
Gieselau Canal
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Kiel Canal
← Crosses 1
Rendsburg High Bridge
← Depicts 1
Opening of the Kiel Canal
← Different from 1
NOK
← Field of work 1
Wasserstraßen-Neubauamt Nord-Ostsee-Kanal
← Has cause 1
Second Schleswig War
← Mouth of the watercourse 1
Gieselau Canal
← Narrative location 1
Opening of the Kiel Canal
← Origin of the watercourse 1
Gieselau Canal
← Tributary 1
Elbe
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Summary

Kiel Canal is a canal[1].

Related Entities

Germany Wasserstraßen-Neubauamt Nord-Ostsee-Kanal Wilhelm I

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → OKA6x, 3O3Qlr
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  2. 20w ago · Wetterman-Andi · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    LAWA waterbody ID → 5978
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #36753: Add missing Gewässerkennzahl (P3866) for German rivers"
  3. 23w ago · Tholzheim · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FactGrid item ID → Squamarina gypsacea
    Drainage basin → Elbe Basin
    Has part(s) → Canal lock Kiel Holtenau, Canal lock Brunsbüttel, Kanalweiche Schwartenbek
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Schleswig-Holstein
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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