Concordia Lake (Erftstadt)

Lake Concordia
View of the Concordia lake
Geographical location	Rhein-Erft-Kreis , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
Tributaries	Groundwater and transfers
Drain	Erft tunnel to the Erftmühlenbach (560 m)
Places on the shore	Kierdorf
Location close to the shore	Erftstadt
Data
Coordinates	50 ° 50 ′ 27 "  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 9"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 27 "  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 9"  E
Altitude above sea level	92.8  m
surface	11.9 ha
volume	590,000 m³
Maximum depth	8.5 m
particularities	Lowest lake level in the southern villa lakes
Map of the Villeseen

The Concordia lake is a residual open pit lake north of Erftstadt in the Rhein-Erft district . The lake is located east of the Erftstadt district of Kierdorf , but is separated from it by the A1 .

Lake Concordia is part of the Rhineland Nature Park / Villeseen Nature Reserve . In the east the Köttinger See and the Roddersee adjoin ; in the north is the Zieselsmaar .

The lake itself is under nature protection. Protected spawning areas for amphibians as well as protection and resting areas for other animals are set up here all year round , which cannot be entered. Fishing, swimming, diving and other water sports are not permitted.

Emergence

The lake was created between 1955 and 1973 (approval) from a disused lignite mine in the "North" field of the 1958 disused briquette factory "Concordia" of the entrepreneur Carl Brendgen . Lignite was mined here from 1902.

After the dewatering in the remaining open pit hole was stopped, it was filled with groundwater .

See also

• List of lakes in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Villeseen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Rhineland Nature Park: Lake Concordia on naturpark-rheinland.de
2. ↑ Redevelopment of the Erft tunnel KStA Rhein-Erft of March 11, 2014, p. 32
3. ^ City of Erftstadt: Kierdorf on erftstadt.de (accessed on April 10, 2016)