The Nordgeorgsfehn Canal ( or NGFK) is a canal in East Frisia

East Frisia

East Frisia or Eastern Friesland is a coastal region in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony....

, Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It connects the Jümme

Jümme (river)

The Jümme is a tributary of the Leda in northern Germany. Its headwaters are the Aper Tief, which flows from the Oldenburg geest, and the Soeste. The Jümme is long from its headstream, the Aper Tief, to its confluence with the Leda near Wiltshausen and is tidal...

 with the Ems-Jade Canal. It is 31.8 km long and 13 m wide. The maximum permitted draught of boats on the canal is 1.4 m and the maximum permitted height is 2.2 m. The canal has eight locks and twenty five bridges of which ten are swing bridges.

The canal is owned by the state of Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

 and is operated by NLWKN

Lower Saxon State Department for Waterway, Coastal and Nature Conservation

The Lower Saxon Department for Water, Coastal and Nature Conservation or NLWKN is a department of the state of Lower Saxony, with its headquarters in Norden and is responsible to the Minister for the Environment and Climate Protection....

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