Kotzow Lakes
| Kotzow Lakes | ||
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| Big Kotzower See at the tar stove | ||
| Geographical location | District of Mecklenburg Lake District | |
| Tributaries | Transition to (to) Mössel | |
| Drain | Transition to the Kleiner Kotzower See | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 19 '19 " N , 12 ° 48' 32" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 58.6 m above sea level NHN | |
| surface | 28.8 ha | |
The Kotzower Lakes are part of the Mecklenburg Lake District in the Mecklenburg Lake District .
Great Kotzower See
It is located in the municipality of Rechlin . The eponymous district of Kotzow is 1.5 km from the lake. The east bank belongs to the Mirow municipality with the small settlement of Schillersdorfer Teerofen .
The body of water is located about six kilometers southeast of the Müritz bank and spreads out immediately northwest of Mirow. The lake is just under 1.2 kilometers long and up to 430 meters wide. In the south it goes over in a swampy environment into the Kleiner Kotzower See . In the west is the Kotzower Heide forest area . The lake is not very structured. It has an oval shape with a distinctive bulge to the west. The banks are almost completely lined with a belt of reeds . Usually there are also larger water lily fields here .
The lake is on the Alte Fahrt (also Alte Müritz-Havel-Wasserstraße). This begins on the east bank of the Müritz with the Bolter Canal , which had a lock in the area of the Bolter Mühle , which, however, was filled in. Next close Caarpsee , Woterfitzsee and Leppinsee south of Little Lake Katzower that and Granzower Möschen and Lake Mirow on.
All lakes form a chain of lakes, which is used by paddlers as a branch route on the way from the Müritz. The lake is closed to vehicles with internal combustion engines.
The Alte Müritz-Havel-Wasserstraße was the usual shipping route from the Havel to the Müritz before the Mirower Canal was built until the 1930s.
Small Kotzower See
The Kleine Kotzower See is located south of the Großer Kotzower See. It harbors the so-called water lily paradise.
Water lily paradise
