Hönower pond chain
    
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Hönower Weiherkette (blue and light blue brands) on the outskirts of Berlin |
The Hönower Weiherkette is a water system in the Berlin district of Marzahn-Hellersdorf within the Hellersdorf- Nord area and protected as a landscape protection area (LSG 50). It extends from Stendaler / Tangermünder Strasse in the west to Mahlsdorfer Strasse in the east and runs parallel to Landsberger Chaussee and Berliner Strasse. The channel network of the 12 ponds is thus clearly separated from the surrounding larger lakes outside of Berlin. The chain of ponds formed by the Vistula Ice Age offers valuable habitats for flora and fauna on a total area of around 50 hectares. The Wuhle-Hönow-Weg , which connects the Wuhletal hiking trail with the Hönow underground station, runs along the lakes .
The ponds
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Even in the 19th century, the wetland was marked on maps as Die kühlen Grund, which refers to the special microclimatic conditions of the waters. On a map available online, the area is also called Well-Pfühle .
The following is a list of the Hönower Weiher, which are arranged like a string of pearls from west to east.
Fish pond
The fish pond is located directly on Landsberger Chaussee and is therefore the westernmost pond in the Hönower Weiherkette. It owes its idyllic and biosphere character mainly to its dense wood and its reed belts. It originally formed an elongated body of water, the western area of which was already heavily silted up at the beginning of the 21st century .
Berry Pool
The Beerenpfuhl is difficult to access because its banks are surrounded by thick wood and a belt of reeds, as is the case with the fish pond. It is connected to the fish pond by a small branch canal, over which a bridge of the hiking trail leads. Its southern bank extends to Zerbster Strasse.
Weihenpfuhl
The Weihenpfuhl is the easternmost pond in the section west of Louis-Lewin-Straße. The body of water, which is somewhat remote from the other two ponds, is considered to be the most beautiful pond in the chain of ponds due to its large number of aquatic plants and reed belts, as well as different types of wood. On aerial photos from around 2008, however, it is already so overgrown that its bank area can hardly be made out.
Obersee
The Obersee, the first lake east of the Louis-Lewin-Strasse, consists of two bodies of water that merge when the water levels are high: a trench-like area between Obersee and Louis-Lewin-Strasse and the Obersee itself. The banks of the western water, which are very steep due to the lateral filling of the terrain, are overgrown with willow bushes and reed stands. The water ditch, which is a maximum of 1.50 m deep, has optically good to very good water quality, whereas that of the Obersee is significantly worse with a visibility depth of mostly less than 20 cm.
Round target
The Rundes Soll located east of the Obersee is an almost circular pond with no outflow. The high west bank is overgrown with cattail reeds and if the water level remains constant, gables are mainly to be found under the fish population .
Mummel-Soll
The Mummel-Soll, which is often dry, used to be a drainless and several meters deep body of water with a very good water quality, like that of the round target. Today, however, there are neither fish stocks in the Mummel-Soll nor earlier occurrences of the large Mummel ( water lily ), which gave it its name at the time .
Frog pond
The frog pond, which has also silted up, corresponds to a long, flat depression that can reach a maximum depth of 1.50 m. The fishless water has no connection to the Untersee.
Submarine
In the Untersee, the second largest body of water in the Hönower Weiherkette, there are fish stocks due to the good water quality. Most of the shores of the 0.7 hectare lake are very steep. The bulrushes covered almost the entire area of the lake until around the year 2000, they were completely removed as a result of desludging.
Herb pond
Similar to the frog pond, the herb pond is a long, flat depression. The dry pond has a tributary from the willow pond and drains into the Untersee.
Bogensee
The northeasternmost water of the Hönower Weiherkette is called Bogensee. A tributary ditch from the Haussee near Hönow is located at the northwest tip of the slightly curved lake, from which its name is derived.
Willow pond
The Weidenpfuhl has tributaries from the Bogensee in the north as well as from the Entenpfuhl in the south. Due to the existing fish stocks, the pool, which is partly overgrown with old willows, willow bushes and other trees, is very popular with anglers.
Entenpfuhl (Rallenweiher)
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The Entenpfuhl, which is located on private property and therefore inaccessible, has a tributary from the direction of Hechtsee. In addition, the Rallenweiher, which is almost completely surrounded by wood and therefore heavily shaded, drains into the willow pond. The name comes from the frequently encountered here Coot .
Web links
- The Hönower Weiherkette ( Memento from July 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- mahe.berlin: Hönower Weiherkette
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marzahn-Hellersdorf, much more than a plate. The Hönower Weiherkette ( Memento from October 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Map of Berlin and the surrounding area, 1876. Retrieved April 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Location of the Weihenpfuhl
Coordinates: 52 ° 32 ′ 29 ″ N , 13 ° 37 ′ 55 ″ E