Jeziorak
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Jeziorak Geserichsee |
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| Geographical location | Oberland (Warmia-Masuria) , Poland | |
| Drain | Iławka | |
| Places on the shore | Iława | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 43 ′ N , 19 ° 39 ′ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 99.4 m | |
| surface | 32.19 km² | |
| length | 27 km | |
| Maximum depth | 13 m | |
| Middle deep | 4.1 m | |
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particularities |
Longest lake in Poland |
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The Jeziorak ( jeˈʑɔrak ; German Geserichsee ) is an inland lake with an area of 3,219 ha and a depth of up to 13 m in the Polish Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in historic West Prussia .
Surname
The name of the longest lake in the former West Prussia is derived from the old Prussian term geeyse for heron .
geography
The Jeziorak extends over a length of approx. 27 km from Iława (Deutsch Eylau) on the south bank to Zalewo (Saalfeld) in the north and lies at an altitude of 100 m above sea level.
It is connected to some smaller lakes by canals. It absorbs water from the Ewingsee in the north and has an outflow via the Iławka (Eylenz) into the Drwęca (Drewenz) in the south.
The lake used to be on the border between East and West Prussia . In 1860 the lake was connected to the city of Elbing by the Oberland Canal .
There are several islands in the Jeziorak. Is located in the southern tip of the lake in Iława the 82.4-hectare island of Great Werder with remnants of a Old Prussian centrifugal or Wallburg .
literature
- Geserichsee (encyclopedia entry). In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition, Volume 7, Leipzig and Vienna 1907, p. 724.
- August Eduard Preuss : Prussian country and folklore or description of Prussia. A manual for primary school teachers in the province of Prussia, as well as for all friends of the fatherland . Bornträger Brothers, Königsberg 1835, p. 53, point 2.
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Footnotes
- ^ Johann Christian Wutzke : Addendum to the description of the Drewenz river . In: Contributions to Prussia's customer . Volume 4, Königsberg 1821, pp. 448-457, in particular pp. 452 ff.