Liechtenstein inland canal

The inland canal in Liechtenstein is a 23 km (14 mi) long artificial stream of water created between 1931 and 1943.

[2] Plans to build an inland canal in Liechtenstein date back to the 18th-century due to increased waterlogging of the river and the restricted flow of streams in the Alpine valley.

In 1834 a canal was built between Schaan and Bendern in order to address this, but there was no permanent drainage into the connecting Rhine river.

[2][3] Under the initiative of the government of Josef Hoop and politician Ferdinand Risch, the Landtag accepted the proposal for the building of the canal on 7 July 1930 and then it was approved following a referendum on the topic on 14 December of the same year.

The canal was officially completed on 3 April 1943 and the ground-breaking ceremony was conducted by Franz Joseph II and Countess Georgina von Wilczek.