Lehnitzsee

Lehnitzsee
	Northwest bay in winter
Geographical location	Brandenburg
Islands	1
Places on the shore	Oranienburg
	Data
Coordinates	52 ° 45 '18 " N , 13 ° 16' 8" E Coordinates: 52 ° 45 '18 " N , 13 ° 16' 8" E
surface	84 ha
length	2.39 km
width	470 m
volume	3,000,000 m³
Maximum depth	14 m
Catchment area	2522 km²

The Lehnitzsee is a narrow tote lake in the Zehdenick-Spandauer Havelniederung in the north of the state of Brandenburg . It takes its name from the village of Lehnitz on the south bank of the lake. Lehnitz and the Lehnitzsee are now part of the urban area of Oranienburg . The lake stretches for 2.4 kilometers in a north-south direction, with a width between 250 and 470 meters. Originally, the Lehnitzsee was fed by the Stintgraben (also Stinegraben) and drained into the Havel via the Lehnitzfließ .

In 1914 the lake became part of the Havel-Oder waterway . This created a navigable connection from the Malzer Canal via the Lehnitz lock to the north bank of the lake. The old outflow called Lehnitzfließ of the Lehnitzsee gave way to a canal connection to the Oranienburger Havel. The construction work was associated with a significant lowering of the water level , which reduced the area of the lake.

Industrial and port facilities on the western shore of the lake have largely disappeared.

In addition to commercial shipping , which today only crosses the lake, which is part of a federal waterway , it is primarily of importance for sport and excursion shipping and its shore areas as a local recreation area .

The Lehnitzsee is a lime-rich, unstratified lake with a relatively large catchment area. The lake was assessed as potentially mesotrophic in 2014 and was slightly eutrophic with a LAWA trophic index of 3.0. Both the ecological and the chemical condition of the Lehnitzsee are rated on a five-point scale with 3 (= "moderate condition"; environmental target of the WFD is just missed) according to the EU Water Framework Directive.

In Sarah Kuttner's novel Kurt (2019) the first-person narrator goes on a bathing trip to Lehnitzsee with her partner Kurt.

Web links

Commons : Lehnitzsee - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Description of the lakes EC Water Framework Directive: Lehnitzsee . (PDF; 722 kB), State Office for the Environment Brandenburg , Section W14, as of October 10, 2017.
↑ Directory E, serial no. 21 der Chronik ( Memento from July 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
^ S. Kuttner: Kurt. Frankfurt a. M. 2019. pp. 200-204.

[Steckbrief-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Description of the lakes EC Water Framework Directive: Lehnitzsee . (PDF; 722 kB), State Office for the Environment Brandenburg , Section W14, as of October 10, 2017.

[2] Directory E, serial no. 21 der Chronik ( Memento from July 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration

[3] S. Kuttner: Kurt. Frankfurt a. M. 2019. pp. 200-204.