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View of Levensau High Bridge – Kiel Canal at Knoop loop from Projensdorfer Gehölz

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Germany

Schleswig-Holstein

Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Altenholz

View of Levensau High Bridge – Kiel Canal at Knoop loop from Projensdorfer Gehölz

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4.7

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191

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View of Levensau High Bridge – Kiel Canal at Knoop loop from Projensdorfer Gehölz

01:26

5.49km

30m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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1.82 km

View of the Old Eider Canal Lock

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YEAR MDCCLXXXI = 1781. 🎓

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1.85 km

Stone Bridge Over the Rathmannsdorfer Au

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Here is a makeshift bridge over a small floodplain that flows from Rathmannsdorf into the Alter Eiderkanal.

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1.94 km

Old Eider Lock

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Sometimes, with a little patience, you can spot the kingfisher.

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2.54 km

View from Achtstückenberg

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There are Neolithic megalithic tombs and Bronze Age burial mounds on the Achtstückenberg, which indicate a human settlement around the years 4,300 to 550 BC. [B. Morio, History of Holtenau]

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3.40 km

Levensau High Bridge Bat Winter Quarters

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At over 120 years old, the Levensau high bridge near Kiel Suchsdorf is the oldest of the canal bridges, and it is also home to 6,000 noctule bats. This is …

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3.43 km

View of the Levensau Bridges

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This view to the west is particularly worthwhile in the evening in the backlight - sometimes the sun then dips under the bridges.

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4.67 km

View of Levensau High Bridge

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The view is historic in the near future as the bridge will be dismantled, as of 09.2024.

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4.72 km

Kiel Canal at Knoop

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Here is the Kanalfeuer restaurant with a direct view of the canal and the high bridges on both sides.

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5.49 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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2.10 km

1.83 km

1.03 km

503 m

Surfaces

1.93 km

1.92 km

1.38 km

175 m

< 100 m

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Weather

Tuesday 18 August

20°C

13°C

69 %

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Comments

February 10, 2024,Knoop NOK & Alter Eiderkanal 🦢🚢🌿🌳🐕👫

I recently saw at @Dr. G. that there are "ways" to do this route despite the construction site at the Levensau High Bridge. So today we packed up the dog and the husband and decided to finally do the Eider Canal tour again. It's been a long time. It was even nicer today, despite the mud and mud. 😄

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March 11, 2023,🌞🌤️ Alter Eiderkanal und andere Impressionen 🛳️🏫🦆🐦

When the sun laughed from the sky, nothing kept me on the couch anymore 😉.
So Hunni bagged and off to fun. That was it... literally 🥰.

Before I even closed the car door, a lively treecreeper caught my eye when I arrived at the parking lot 😀.
The Old Eider Canal offers a varied tour with a detour to …

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July 24, 2025,Alte Eiderschleuse – Nord-Ostsee-Kanal bei Knoop Runde von Holtenau

Unfortunately, the hiking trail is currently heavily overgrown and blocked by unfallen trees. Currently (July 24, 2025), the loop cannot be completed because the path is blocked by a barrier due to work on the Levensau Bridge.

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September 1, 2024,Blick auf den alten Eiderkanal – am NOK in Knoop Runde von Holtenau

The path under the Levensau high bridge is closed so you have to go down a steep slope

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View of Levensau High Bridge – Kiel Canal at Knoop loop from Projensdorfer Gehölz

View of the Old Eider Canal Lock

Stone Bridge Over the Rathmannsdorfer Au

Old Eider Lock

View from Achtstückenberg

Levensau High Bridge Bat Winter Quarters

View of the Levensau Bridges

View of Levensau High Bridge

Kiel Canal at Knoop

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