Vauban channel

The channel Vauban , of its true name channel of Neuf-Brisach is a channel connecting Ensisheim to Neuf-Brisach in the Plaine of Alsace. Built in 1699 by Vauban and Jean-Baptiste de Régemortes to allow the routing of the stones extracted the careers of Bergholtz for the construction of the fortifications of Neuf-Brisach, it sprinkles the communes of Réguisheim, Meyenheim, Oberentzen, Niederentzen, Biltzheim, Oberhergheim.

Its length is originally of 39 km punctuated of 15 locks. A type of special boat was conceived by Vauban for this channel.

External bonds

Dictionary of the rivers and channels in the Babel Project: the channel of Neuf-Brisach, or " Vauban" channel;
Dictionary of the boats of France in the Babel Project: the boat of Neuf-Brisach

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