Bruchsee (Heppenheim)
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| Geographical location | Hessen , Germany | |
| Places on the shore | Heppenheim (Bergstrasse) | |
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 37 '41 " N , 8 ° 37' 55" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 96 m above sea level NN | |
| surface | 11.01 hectares | |
| length | 650 m | |
| width | 210 m | |
| volume | 800,000 m³ | |
| Maximum depth | 14.5 m | |
| Middle deep | 6.95 m | |
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particularities |
Quarry pond |
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The Bruchsee is an 11- hectare quarry pond in Heppenheim in southern Hesse at the foot of the Odenwald .
geography
The lake is about 650 meters long and 210 meters wide. At a depth of 14.5 meters at the deepest point and an average depth of around 7 meters, it holds around 800,000 cubic meters of water. The Bruchsee is located in the bed of a former Rhine river bank.
The lake is accessible by walking paths. At the southern tip there is a bird park and a reed area .
Emergence
The lake was created in 1967 by the removal of around 12,000 cubic meters of bog and the extraction of around one million cubic meters of gravel , which was used for the construction of the A5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b master data sheet. Retrieved February 22, 2013 .
- ↑ Verbal description of the quality situation of the Bruchsee. Retrieved February 22, 2013 .
- ↑ Since July 2015, an art hiking trail has been set up, the art and sound world at Bruchsee .
- ↑ Historical. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 21, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
