Dieksee

Dieksee
	View of the Dieksee from Malente-Gremsmühlen
Geographical location	in Holstein Switzerland
Tributaries	Kellersee → Schwentine
Drain	Schwentine → Langensee → Behler See
Places on the shore	Bad Malente-Gremsmühlen , Timmdorf
	Data
Coordinates	54 ° 9 '58 " N , 10 ° 31' 15" E Coordinates: 54 ° 9 '58 " N , 10 ° 31' 15" E
Altitude above sea level	22.37 m above sea level NN
surface	3.737 km²
volume	54,100,000 m³
scope	11.5 km
Maximum depth	38.1 m
Middle deep	14.48 m
Catchment area	165.6 km²

The Dieksee is a lake in Holstein Switzerland . It is 386 hectares , has a maximum length of about 3.4 km and a maximum width of 1.6 km.

The lake is up to 38 m deep and about 22 m above sea level. NN , the Schwentine flows through it from east to west . About this waterway it is with the other lakes in the Holstein Lake District ( little- and Great Lake Eutin , the Kellersee , the Großen- and the little ones Ploen Lake and the Ukleisee connected).

Like all of Holstein Switzerland, the Dieksee was formed during the last Ice Age. Dead ice preserved the formed depression, and after it melted the lake formed.

The Dieksee from the Holzberg tower

The use of the lake with boats is permitted, excursion boats (5-lake trip) connect the larger towns of the Holstein lake district, in the towns of Malente -Gremsmühlen, Niederkleveez and Timmdorf there are moorings on the Dieksee. The lake can be circled around 14 kilometers on foot or by bike. From the Holzbergturm you have a good overview of the Dieksee, the Langenwarder and Gremswarder islands in the lake and the other lakes in the region.

literature

Dieksee . In: State Office for Nature and Environment of Schleswig-Holstein (ed.): Lakes of the Schwentine: Stendorfer See, Sibbersdorfer See, Großer Eutiner See, Kellersee, Dieksee, Behler See, Schwentinesee, Lanker See . Kiel 2006, pp. 70–82 ( PDF file )