Main-Danube Canal
The Main-Danube Canal also known as the Europakanal or the Rhein-Main Donau Kanal is mostly in Franconia and partly in Bavaria. It links the Danube with the Main, a tributary of the Rhine, and thus the Black Sea to the North Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in Bavaria, Germany which connects the Main and the Danube rivers across the European Watershed
- Also known as: “Europa Canal”, “Europa Kanal”, “Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal”, “Rhine-Main-Danube Canal”, “Rhine–Main–Danube Canal”, and “RMD Canal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heilig Kreuz and Heilig Kreuz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelheim and Herrnsaal.
Kelheim
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Kelheim is a town in Lower Bavaria on the river Danube. It is near this town that the Main Donau Kanal enters the Danube and thus the southern terminus of this canal.
Herrnsaal
Village
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Herrnsaal is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Main-Danube Canal.
Weltenburg
Village
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Weltenburg is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Main-Danube Canal.
Main-Danube Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Main-Danube Canal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قناة راين-ماين-دانوب”
- Armenian: “Ռեյն-Մայն-Դանուբ թունել”
- Basque: “Rhin-Main-Danubio ubidea”
- Belarusian: “канал Рэйн-Майн-Дунай”
- Bosnian: “Kanal Rajna-Majna-Dunav”
- Bosnian: “Kanal Rajna–Majna–Dunav”
- Bulgarian: “Рейн - Майн - Дунав”
- Bulgarian: “Рейн – Майн – Дунав”
- Bulgarian: “Рейн-Майн-Дунав”
- Cebuano: “Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal”
- Chinese: “美因-多瑙河运河”
- Chinese: “莱茵河-美因河-多瑙河运河”
- Chinese: “萊茵河-美因河-多瑙河運河”
- Croatian: “Kanal Rajna – Majna – Dunav”
- Croatian: “Kanal Rajna-Majna-Dunav”
- Czech: “Kanál Mohan-Dunaj”
- Czech: “Kanál Rýn-Mohan-Dunaj”
- Czech: “Main-Donau-Kanal”
- Czech: “Průplav Rýn-Mohan-Dunaj”
- Czech: “Průplav Rýn–Mohan–Dunaj”
- Danish: “Main-Donau-Kanalen”
- Danish: “Rhein-Main-Donau kanalen”
- Dutch: “Main-Donau kanaal”
- Dutch: “Main-Donau-Kanal”
- Dutch: “Main-Donaukanaal”
- Dutch: “Rijn-Donaukanaal”
- Dutch: “Rijn-Main-Donau Kanaal”
- Dutch: “Rijn-Main-Donaukanaal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة الراين مين الدانوب”
- Esperanto: “Eŭropa Kanalo”
- Esperanto: “Kanalo Majno-Danubo”
- Esperanto: “Kanalo Rejno-Majno-Danubo”
- Esperanto: “Majn-Danuba kanalo”
- Esperanto: “Majno-Danubo-Kanalo”
- Esperanto: “Rejn-Majn-Danuba Kanalo”
- Esperanto: “Rejno-Majno-Danubo-Kanalo”
- Estonian: “Euroopa kanal”
- Estonian: “Maini-Doonau kanal”
- Estonian: “Reini-Maini-Doonau kanal”
- Finnish: “Reinin-Mainin-Tonavan kanava”
- Finnish: “Reinin–Mainin–Tonavan kanava”
- French: “Canal Main-Danube”
- French: “canal Rhin-Main-Danube”
- French: “Canal Rhin-Main-Danube”
- French: “Rhin-danube”
- German: “Europakanal”
- German: “Main-Donau-Kanal”
- German: “MDK”
- German: “Neuer Kanal”
- German: “Rhein-Main-Donau-Kanal”
- German: “RMD-Kanal”
- Greek: “Κανάλι Ρήνου-Μάιν-Δούναβη”
- Hebrew: “תעלת אירופה”
- Hebrew: “תעלת מיין-דנובה”
- Hebrew: “תעלת מיין–דנובה”
- Hungarian: “Majna–Duna-csatorna”
- Hungarian: “Rajna–Majna–Duna-csatorna”
- Indonesian: “Kanal Rhine–Main–Danube”
- Italian: “Canale Reno-Meno-Danubio”
- Japanese: “マイン・ドナウ運河”
- Japanese: “マイン＝ドナウ運河”
- Japanese: “マインドナウ運河”
- Japanese: “ライン・マイン・ドナウ運河”
- Javanese: “Rhine-Main-Danube Canal”
- Korean: “라인 마인 도나우 운하”
- Korean: “마인-다뉴브 운하”
- Korean: “마인-도나우 운하”
- Lao: “ຄອງໄຣນ໌ ເມນ ດານູບ”
- Lithuanian: “Reino–Maino–Dunojaus kanalas”
- Malay: “Terusan Sungai Rhine”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Main–Donau-kanalen”
- Norwegian: “Main–Donau-kanalen”
- Polish: “Kanał Ren-Men-Dunaj”
- Portuguese: “Canal Meno-Danúbio”
- Portuguese: “Canal Reno-Meno-Danúbio”
- Portuguese: “Main-Donau-Kanal”
- Romanian: “Canalul Main-Dunăre”
- Romanian: “Canalul Main–Dunăre”
- Romanian: “Canalul Rhein-Main-Donau”
- Romanian: “Canalul Rin-Main-Dunăre”
- Russian: “Канал Рейн — Майн — Дунай”
- Russian: “Канал Рейн-Майн-Дунай”
- Serbian: “Kanal Rajna-Majna-Dunav”
- Serbian: “Канал Дунав-Рајна-Мајна”
- Serbian: “Канал Рајна-Мајна-Дунав”
- Serbian: “Канал Рајна—Мајна—Дунав”
- Serbian: “Рајна-Мајна-Дунав”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kanal Rajna – Majna – Dunav”
- Slovak: “Main-Donau-Kanal”
- Slovak: “Mohansko-dunajský prieplav”
- Slovak: “Prieplav Rýn-Mohan-Dunaj”
- Slovak: “Rýn-Mohan-Dunaj”
- Slovenian: “kanal Ren-Majna-Donava”
- Slovenian: “Kanal Ren-Majna-Donava”
- Spanish: “Canal Rin-Main-Danubio”
- Spanish: “Canal Rin-Meno-Danubio”
- Swedish: “Europakanalen”
- Swedish: “Main-Donau-kanalen”
- Swedish: “Rhen-Main-Donau-kanalen”
- Swedish: “Rhen-Main-Donaukanalen”
- Ukrainian: “Канал Майн-Дунай”
- Ukrainian: “Канал Рейн — Майн — Дунай”
- Ukrainian: “Канал Рейн-Майн-Дунай”
- Ukrainian: “Рейн-Майн-Дунай”
- Vietnamese: “Kênh đào Rhein-Main-Donau”
- Vietnamese: “Kênh đào Rhine–Main–Danube”
- Welsh: “Camlas Rhine-Main-Danube”
- Western Armenian: “Ռայն Մայն Դանուբի Նեղուց”
- “Main-Donau-Kanal”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Affecking and Kelheim.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Altmühl and Saal (Donau).
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