Editing Mittelland Canal (section)

== Route ==
The Mittelland Canal branches off the [[Dortmund-Ems Canal]]<ref name="Elwis"/> at [[Hörstel]] (near [[Rheine]], at {{coord|52|16|37|N|7|36|18|E |region:DE|display=inline}}), runs north along the [[Teutoburg Forest]], past [[Hanover]] and meets with the [[Elbe River]] near [[Magdeburg]] ({{coord|52|14|46|N|11|44|49|E |region:DE|display=inline}}). Near Magdeburg it connects to the [[Elbe-Havel Canal]],<ref name="Elwis"/> making a continuous shipping route to [[Berlin]] and on to [[Poland]].<ref name=bsiwg/>

At [[Minden]] the canal crosses the river [[Weser]] over two [[Navigable aqueduct|aqueduct]]s (completed in 1914 and 1998, respectively), and near Magdeburg it crosses the Elbe, also with an aqueduct. Connections by side canals exist at [[Ibbenbüren]], [[Osnabrück]], Minden (two canals connecting to the Weser), [[Hanover]]-Linden, Hanover-Misburg, [[Hildesheim]] and [[Salzgitter]].<ref name="Elwis"/> West of [[Wolfsburg]], the [[Elbe Lateral Canal]] branches off, providing a connection to [[Hamburg]], and (via the [[Elbe-Lübeck Canal]]) to the [[Baltic Sea]].