Itelteich
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| View of the Itelteich, December 2012 | ||
| Geographical location | South-east of Walkenried , Göttingen district , Lower Saxony | |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 34 '46.2 " N , 10 ° 38' 20.8" E | |
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| surface | 4.5 ha | |
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particularities |
Created as a fish pond |
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The Itelteich is located about 1.6 km southeast of Walkenried in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony .
description
It was artificially dammed by the Cistercian monks of the Walkenried monastery and served as a fish pond. At its western end it is fed by karst springs and flows underground via a shrinkage to the east, with the watercourse crossing the Himmelreichhöhle . The Itelteich lies within the Itelteich nature reserve and on the karst hiking trail .
The southern Harz line runs directly north of the pond .
Picture gallery
Sign in front of the Itelteich
Itelteich, July 2014
swell
- Topographic map 1: 25000, No. 4429 Bad Sachsa
See also
Web links
Commons : Itelteich - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Itelteich at karstwanderweg.de
- Plant sociological studies in the gypsum karst area of the southern Harz foreland at karstwanderweg.de