Cemetery pond

Cemetery pond
The cemetery pond
Geographical location	in Halle (Saale) , Saxony-Anhalt
Data
Coordinates	51 ° 28 ′ 36 "  N , 11 ° 52 ′ 30"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 36 "  N , 11 ° 52 ′ 30"  E
surface	5.3 ha
Maximum depth	20 m
particularities	Remaining lake of the lignite mine

The Friedhofsteich (also called the pond on Granauer Berg ) is a stagnant body of water in the west of the city of Halle (Saale) .

Emergence

It was created in the remaining open pit of the closed lignite mine "Alt-Zscherben" (formerly "Royal Prussian lignite mine near Zscherben"), the coal of which (from 1876 on the Pfannlichen coal railway ) was mainly delivered to the Halle saltworks . The mining operation lasted at least until July 1944, possibly also a little beyond the end of the Second World War .

description

The pond has a water surface of 5.3 ha and a maximum depth of 20 m. It has been under protection as an area natural monument since 1979.

etymology

Friedhofsteich - view from the west - sunrise

The names are derived from the nearby Halle-Neustadt cemetery and the Granau settlement, which has been deserted since the Thirty Years' War .

and display information about the image

The cemetery pond - panorama

See also

• List of bodies of water in Halle (Saale)
• Granau church ruins (Halle)

Web links

Commons : Friedhofsteich (Halle)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• "Teich am Granauer Berg" on the website of the city of Halle
• Environmental Atlas of the City of Halle (Saale); http://halgis.halle.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Landesarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt, Department Magdeburg, F 20, VII No. 37 “Acta concerning the division of the Zscherben and Langenbogen mine fields”, in it: “The partial cession of the lignite mine field at Zscherben and the Langenbogen lignite mine field to the Pfänerschaft zu Halle.” , August 20, 1868
2. ↑ LMBV redevelopment report 2004  ( 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. (PDF, 3.51MB)