Mittelland Canal
![Course of the Mittelland Canal](/Images/godic/202501/27/Mittellandkanal_verlauf0236.png")
![Opening in Magdeburg in 1938.](/Images/godic/202501/27/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H14258,_Feier_zur_Eröffnung_des_Mittellandkanals0236.jpg")
![Panorama of the port of Braunschweig on the Mittelland Canal at Watenbüttel, Braunschweig](/Images/godic/202501/27/BS_Hafen0236.jpg")
The Mittelland Canal, also known as the Midland Canal, (German:Mittellandkanal) is a major canal in central Germany. It forms an important link in the waterway network of that country, providing the principal east-west inland waterway connection. Its significance goes beyond Germany as it links France, Switzerland and the Benelux countries with Poland, the Czech Republic and the Baltic Sea.