Cerkniško jezero
| Cerkniško jezero | ||
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| Cerkniško jezero near the village of Otok | ||
| Geographical location | Slovenia | |
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 45 ′ N , 14 ° 22 ′ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 546 m | |
| surface | 38 km² | |
| length | 10.5 km | |
| width | 4.7 km | |
| Maximum depth | 10 m | |
The Cerkniško jezero ( German Zirknitzer See ) is located in the southwest of Slovenia , in the southern part of the Zirknitzer Basin. The lake is a periodic body of water (or seepage lake), which has an area of 26 km² to 38 km² when the karst basin is flooded . With a length of 10.5 km and a width of 4.7 km, it is the largest lake in Slovenia. It is also the largest of its kind in the world. The maximum depth is 10 m. Its name is derived from the nearby village of Cerknica ( zirknitz ).
history
In the 17th century, Valvasor initiated the observation of Lake Zirknitzer See for hydrological groundwork, which caused such a sensation in the scientific community at the time that Valvasor was accepted into the Royal Society on Edmond Halley's recommendation , largely because of these observations .
In 1756 Immanuel Kant published his work History and Description of Nature of the Earthquake, which at the end of the 1755th year shook a large part of the earth . In it he describes, among other things, the phenomenon of periodic lakes using the example of the Cerkniško jezero: “The Zirknitzer See in the Duchy of Carniola is a remarkable example of this. It has a few holes in its bottom, through which it does not flow away any sooner than around Jacobi, because it suddenly gets lost with all the fish and, after leaving its ground dry for 3 months as a good pasture and arable place, towards the month of November suddenly finds itself again. "
The lake - late winter with high water levels
Partly filled with wet meadows in spring
Example of the dry lake, still with meadows
Large parts completely dried out in autumn
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Web links
- Information about the Sickersee , on slovenien.schon-entdeck.eu (German)
- Kant quote , ikp.uni-bonn.de
- Photo gallery , cerknica.si
- Pictures from the lake , tixik.com
Individual evidence
- ^ The Krainer polyhistor Johann Weichard Valvasor (1641–1693) and his Styrian descendants to this day. In: landesbibliothek.steiermark.at. Accessed June 1, 2020 .