The Middle Isar Canal is one of the most important structures of the 20th century in the region. It branches off from the Isar north of Munich at the Oberföhringer weir and runs for around 64 kilometers and several power plant stages to generate electricity, until it flows back into the river near Landshut. The Aschheim local chronicler Peter Stilling collected numerous historical documents, photographs and film recordings on the planning and construction of the canal from 1918 to the end of the 1920s and combined them in a film worth seeing. On display are images of the navigation on the canal around 1927, of what was for a long time the largest sewage fish facility in Europe, the Teichgut Birkenhof, as well as previously unseen recordings of the flooding of the Ismaninger reservoir in 1928/1929, which today is one of the most important moulting areas for waterfowl in Europe . The Nordostkultur association is showing the film this Thursday, May 12, from 6:30 p.m. at Lohengrinstraße 11 in Munich. Registration via https://programm.nordostkultur-muenchen.de.
100 years of construction of the Middle Isar Canal – District of Munich
