The Karl Heine Canal is an approximately 3.3 km (2 mi) long artificial watercourse in the west of the city of Leipzig in Germany and connects the Lindenau harbor with the White Elster River.

To erect a solid slab, rigid V-shaped pairs of supports are connected to a curved tube with a span of 28 metres (92 ft).

A pedestrian/bicycle path was created on the northern bank of the canal, which was inaugurated on 16 September 1996 in the presence of the then Federal Minister for the Environment, Angela Merkel.

[6] On 29 January 2015, work began on flooding the 665 metres (2,182 ft) long connection between the Karl Heine Canal and the port of Lindenau.

[7][8] Before the 75 metres (246 ft) long connection from the port to the Elster-Saale Canal can be established, a barrage to protect against high and low water levels must be built south of the Luisenbrücke.