Bornsee
| Bornsee | ||
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| Artificial source of the Havel | ||
| Geographical location | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Mecklenburg Lake District District | |
| Drain | Ditch to the Trinnensee | |
| Places on the shore | Bornhof | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 28 '29 " N , 12 ° 55' 1" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 65 m above sea level NHN | |
| surface | 16 ha | |
| length | 1.15 km | |
| width | 240 m | |
The Bornsee is the actual (historical) source lake of the Havel .
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Hence the name of the lake 'Born' (= source ) is derived. It lies east of the Müritz in the area of the municipality Ankershagen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and formed the Havelquellsee until the 14th or 15th century. The small settlement Bornhof is located on the north-west bank. The body of water is part of the Müritz National Park , with the largest part of the west bank being its border. The Bornsee is fed by rainwater and strata water in the immediate vicinity. It drains into the Trinnensee via a surface connection . The Trinnensee in turn drains to the Mühlensee .
Originally the Havel spring water flowed superficially from the south bank of the Mühlensee into the Dieckenbruch . In order to be able to operate a watermill around 500 meters east of the Mühlensee, a dam was built on the south bank of the Mühlensee in the 14th or 15th century and a breakthrough was made on the east bank towards Ankershagen . Since then, the Bornsee (via the Trinnensee and Mühlensee) no longer drains in the direction of the original Havel, but via the Tollense and Peene into the Baltic Sea . The dam that was built at that time has slightly shifted the natural North Sea-Baltic watershed .
In 2007, a small bubbling artificial Havel spring was created on the south bank of the Mühlensee in the upper part of the Dieckenbruch. A few liters per minute now symbolically feed "real" Havel spring water from the Bornsee over the Trinnen and Mühlensee into the Havel.