DiscoverPlaces to seeGermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Münster District
Ruhr RegionKreis RecklinghausenDattelnDortmund-Ems Canal
DiscoverPlaces to seeGermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Münster District
Ruhr RegionKreis RecklinghausenDattelnDortmund-Ems Canal
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Dortmund-Ems Canal
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4.7
(15)
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5.0
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5.0
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Karl-Heinz
August 3, 2024
Hiking
The Dortmund-Ems Canal is a very important canal for German inland shipping. The Hamm-Datteln Canal also flows into it.
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Annette🏞️⛰️🥾🚲
February 16, 2025
Hiking
The Dortmund-Ems Canal (abbreviated DEK, waterway code: 70501) is the oldest shipping canal in the West German canal network. Opened in 1899, the canal is a 223 km long inland waterway that runs through North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony from the Dortmund city port to Papenburg on the Ems.
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