Editing Minden (section)

===Waterways and harbours===
[[File:Kanal ueber der Weser.jpg|thumb|[[Minden Aqueduct]]]]
The crossing of the navigable Weser and the [[Mittelland Canal]] is an important junction of the inland waterways system. Two locks (built 1914 and 2018) connect the River with the canal to overcome a difference in height of {{convert|13|m|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Neue Weserschleuse'' (Old and new lock) |url=https://amtage.de/minden-sehenswert/neue-weserschleuse/ |website=amtage.de |date=19 August 2017 |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> The [[multimodal transport]] harbours on both Weser and Mittelland Canal are experiencing increasing volume because of the good waterway connections to the seaports of Bremen, Bremerhaven, and Hamburg. A new container port is in construction to the east of the present Mittellandkanal harbour, the so-called "RegioPort [[Ostwestfalen-Lippe|OWL]]", straddling [[Lower Saxony]], being a seldom example of cross-State planning in the Federal Republic.

Minden hosts offices of the Waterways and Shipping Authority: Mittelland Canal / [[Elbe Lateral Canal]] ({{lang|de|Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Mitelllandkanal/ Elbe-Seitenkanal}}) for the maintenance and regulation of these waterways.<ref>{{cite web |title=WSA MLK / ESK Dienstort Minden |url=https://www.wsa-mittellandkanal-elbe-seitenkanal.wsv.de/Webs/WSA/Mittellandkanal-ESK/DE/MLK-ESK/Geschichte/Minden/Minden_text.html?nn=1715978 |website=www.wsa-mittellandkanal-elbe-seitenkanal.wsv.de}}</ref> An information centre is by the [[Minden Aqueduct]] (''Wasserstraßenkreuz Minden''), where the canal system and the function of the locks are explained.