Knappensee (Wackersdorf)

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Knappensee
The Knappensee nödl Steinberg am See u south Wackersdorf district Schwandorf Upper Palatinate in Bavaria Fot Pehlemann IMG 0728.jpg
The Knappensee from the dam on the south side
Geographical location east of the A93
Tributaries (Groundwater lake)
Drain Steinberger See →
Location close to the shore Heselbach
Data
Coordinates 49 ° 17 '36 "  N , 12 ° 10' 37"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 17 '36 "  N , 12 ° 10' 37"  E
Knappensee (Wackersdorf) (Bavaria)
Knappensee (Wackersdorf)
Altitude above sea level 364  m
surface 0.55dep1
length 1 km
width 460 m
Maximum depth 6.5 m
Middle deep 5 m

particularities

pH value 6.8

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The Knappensee is located in the Wackersdorf administrative community in the Schwandorf district in Upper Palatinate in Bavaria . To the north of the lake is the municipality of Wackersdorf and to the southeast the municipality of Steinberg am See . The location of the Knappensee is separated from the southern Steinberger See by a dam .

Pit cross monument: wooden crucifix with stone base

At the lake there is a wooden crucifix with a stone base (D-3-76-175-3),

Emergence

The origin goes back to the stopping of the lignite mining of the Bavarian lignite industry there in the 1980s . In 1981, the pit began to be flooded, which resulted in the lake with an average depth of 5 meters (deepest point: 6.5 meters).

The name of the lake is likely to go back to the miners' union or to the miners of the open-cast mine, through whose activity the lake was created after the end of mining.

tourism

The Knappensee circular path was laid out around the Knappensee , which has been intended to support tourism efforts in the region since 2012 by offering hiking and cycling trails with a length of 3900 meters. Two thirds of the circular lake path runs in the area of ​​the municipality of Wackersdorf. There is a parking lot for cars on the south side.

Fishing on the lake is possible up to max. 5 fish / day only allowed with a fishing license and local day pass.

Water quality

The quality of the lake is checked by the Weiden water management office in the Upper Palatinate using a measuring point in the northern third . The measured values ​​are available from the Bavarian State Office for the Environment . The lake water was strongly acidic after the opencast mine was flooded ( pH value in 1998: 3.6); In the meantime, contrary to expectations, this has changed, as the pH value is now said to be 6.8.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Lignite mining lakes in Germany. (PDF; 13.3 MB) Chair of Water Protection at the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency, 2001, p. 322 , accessed on 23 August 2019 .
  2. ^ Chemistry: Master data Tiefste Stelle / Knappensee. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .