Fauler See (Berlin-Weißensee)

Lazy lake
Shoreline of the Lazy Lake
Geographical location	Berlin , Germany
Places on the shore	Berlin-Weissensee
Data
Coordinates	52 ° 33 '15 "  N , 13 ° 29' 30"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 33 '15 "  N , 13 ° 29' 30"  E
surface	approx. 5 ha

The Faule See is a naturally formed body of water in the Berlin district of Pankow and namesake for the surrounding Volkspark and the surrounding nature reserve.

description

A reed belt surrounds the shore of Lazy Lake

The lake is located in the Weissensee district on the border with the Lichtenberg district , in the middle of the popular park and nature reserve of the same name “Fauler See”. This nature reserve, which was secured in 1933, has a total area of ​​24.2  hectares and is fenced all around. The eponymous lake takes up about 3.6 hectares, plus there are other wet meadows, but also hiking trails and children's playgrounds. The lake itself is a dead lake without a natural inlet. Today rainwater drains end in the Lazy Lake, which lead to relatively unclean water. To the silt to prevent the lake at regular intervals reed removed and mud dredged. A trench system is connected to the Panke and forms a partial drain. The corridor distance of the groundwater in the area of ​​the Park am Faulen See is 20-30 meters in a taut main aquifer.

The lake is home to moorhens , mallards , teals and songbirds , among others . In total, around 40 breeding bird species were counted during observations in the 1980s.

Web links

Commons : Lazy Lake  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Senate Department for Urban Development Berlin: NSG Fauler See

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map of Berlin 1: 5000: Fauler See
2. ^ NSG Fauler See / Nature Conservation in Berlin / State of Berlin. Retrieved July 20, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Distance from the corridor of the groundwater park at the Faulen See
4. ^ Hans Prang, Horst Günter Kleinschmidt: Through Berlin on foot , VEB Tourist Verlag Berlin Leipzig, 1983; P. 35