Canalul Rin - Main - Dunăre. Un vis devenit realitate
The Channel Rhine – Main – Danube. A dream which came true
Author(s): Bernd KORTSCHAKSubject(s): History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Muzeul de Istorie „Paul Păltănea” Galaţi
Keywords: Rhine-Main-Danube Channel; European transport;contemporary history;
Summary/Abstract: The author deals with the accomplishment of an European project which dates back from the Middle Age (791), when the Emperor Charles the Great was the first to have the intention to connect the Danube with the Rhine, hence willing to realize a trans-European waterway. His dream came true 1,199 years later, on 25-th of September 1992, when the channel was finally inaugurated.The article makes a historical analysis of the struggles to achieve this project, struggles which stretched along more than 1,000 years, but he also approaches the subject from a political and economical perspective.
Journal: Danubius
- Issue Year: XXV/2007
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 105-175
- Page Count: 71
- Language: Romanian