The Elbe-Trave Canal Is A 64-kilometre Artificial Waterway Connecting The Lübeck Bay With The Elbe River, Germany. Editorial Photo

The Elbe-Lübeck Canal (also known as the Elbe-Trave Canal) is a 64-kilometer artificial waterway that connects the Bay of Lübeck with the lower reaches of the Elbe River, shortly before it reaches the city of Hamburg.Its construction began in 1895 and finished five years later, in 1900.It is located in eastern Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It connects the Elbe and Trave rivers, creating an inland water route across the watershed from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. The canal includes seven locks and runs a length of 64 kilometers between the cities of Lübeck in the north and Lauenburg in the south, passing through the Mölln lakes. The modern canal was built in the 1890s to replace the Stecknitz canal , a medieval watercourse that linked the same two rivers.