Landwehr Canal

The Landwehr Canal, is a 10.7-kilometre-long canal parallel to the river in , , built between 1845 and 1850 to plans by Peter Joseph Lenné.
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  • Type: Canal
  • Description: canal in Berlin, Germany
  • Also known as: “Landwehrkanal” and “LWK”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include University of the Arts and Dovebrücke.

University
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The Universität der Künste Berlin, situated in , , is the second largest art school in . It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universities in the city.

Bridge
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is a bridge.

Castle
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is a Baroque palace in , located in , a district of the borough, and is among the largest palaces in the world.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spreestadt Charlottenburg and Westfälisches Viertel.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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The is the smallest Ortsteil of and is between Großer Tiergarten and the , within the central borough of Berlin. The district was almost completely destroyed during World War II but was rebuilt from 1957 to 1961 as a social housing project by international master architects such as Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer, and Sep Ruf.

Landwehr Canal

Latitude
52.5199° or 52° 31′ 12″ north
Longitude
13.31815° or 13° 19′ 5″ east
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
9F4MG899+X7
Geo­Names ID
2881424
Wiki­data ID
Q671428
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Satellite Map

Discover Landwehr Canal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Landwehr Canal” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Basque: “Landwehrkanala”
  • Catalan: “Canal de Landwehr”
  • Catalan: “canal Landwehr”
  • Catalan: “Canal Landwehr”
  • Catalan: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Cebuano: “Landwehrkanal (kanal sa Alemanya, Land Berlin)”
  • Cebuano: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Chinese: “兰德维尔运河”
  • Chinese: “护城运河”
  • Chinese: “蘭德維爾運河”
  • Chinese: “蘭德韋爾運河”
  • Chinese: “蘭維爾運河”
  • Chinese: “護城運河”
  • Danish: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Dutch: “Landwehr Canal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قناة لاندوير”
  • Estonian: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Finnish: “Landwehrkanal”
  • French: “Landwehrkanal”
  • French: “LWK”
  • German: “Landwehrkanal”
  • German: “LWK”
  • Hebrew: “תעלת לאנדוור”
  • Icelandic: “Landwehr-skurður”
  • Italian: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Japanese: “ラントヴェーア運河”
  • Japanese: “ラントヴェール運河”
  • Korean: “란트베어 운하”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Norwegian: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Persian: “کانال لندوهر”
  • Polish: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Portuguese: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Portuguese: “LWK”
  • Romanian: “Canalul Landwehr”
  • Russian: “Ландвер-канал”
  • Russian: “Ландверканал”
  • Slovenian: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Slovenian: “LWK”
  • Spanish: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Swedish: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Turkish: “Landwehrkanal”
  • Welsh: “Camlas Landwehr”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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