List of bodies of water in Halle (Saale)

This is a listing of the bodies of water in the area of the city of Halle (Saale) . They are recorded in the groups flowing water , springs and standing water .

Running waters

All rivers and streams in the urban area belong to the catchment area of the Saale .

Surname	course	length	use
Saale	flows through the city essentially in a south-north direction	27 km (main arm); 47 km (with side arms)	Passenger shipping, water sports
White magpie	flows south of the city in a north-westerly direction; flows into the Saale at Beesen	6.3 km	-
Beesener Bach (also Ellernbach)	flows south of the city in a southerly direction; flows into the White Elster		at the beginning of the 20th century piped and built over; 1993/94 e.g. T. revitalized
Reide	flows in the east of the city from north to south; flows into the White Elster	14.7 km	-
Kabelske	flows from Schkeuditz in a westerly direction to Halle; flows into the Reide; eponymous for the municipality of Kabelsketal	13.75 km	-
Dölbauer Graben	flows in the east of the city in a southerly direction from Dölbau (municipality of Kabelsketal ); opens into the cable lock	-	Drainage ditch
Steinlache, downhill Gerwische, then still water	flows south of the city in the Saale-Elster-Aue in a north-westerly direction; flows together (at the same place) with the White Elster into the Saale		-
Markgraben, downhill Stille Elster	flows south of the city in the Saale-Elster-Aue in a north-westerly direction; flows into the White Elster near Radewell / Osendorf		-
Hechtgraben (Saale)	Originates in the Dölauer Heide, crosses the district Heide-Nord / Blumenau and flows from the left into the Saale	5 km	-
Hatred pit	flows in the north of the city in an easterly direction; partially piped, opens into the Hechtgraben (Saale)		-
Saugraben (hall)	begins in Nietleben , runs north of Halle-Neustadt in a westerly direction to the Saale	approx. 5 km	piped in the area where it joins the Saale to cross under a street; removes water that occurs through precipitation and the artificial dewatering of the Bruchsee , sometimes dries out
Roßgraben (Saale) (also Zscherbener Bach)	flows from Zscherben south of Neustadt in a northeasterly direction; flows through the church pond and the flood dam southeast of Neustadt (over a sluice ); flows into the Saale		partially piped; Discharges water from precipitation and groundwater uplift
Götsche	flows in the north-west of the city in a south-westerly direction coming from Sennewitz ( Saalekreis ), flows into a Saalaltarm, later into the Saale	15.14 km	forms the border between Halle and Saalekreis in the lower reaches

swell

The springs in the urban area belong to the catchment area of the Saale .

Surname	location	use	photo
Healthy well	The source of the Gesundbrunnen springs in the southern part of the city	formerly used as a healing spring, today without use

Standing waters

Most of the lakes and ponds in the urban area were created as a result of mining; only a small part is of natural origin. The mining activity here also tells of the former wealth of raw materials in the urban area. This is how bodies of water emerged from the remains of the mining of lignite, shell limestone, clay and gravel.

Surname	location	Emergence	Hydrographic description	Use / specialty
Horseshoe Lake	in the east of the city; between Kanena and Büschdorf	Flooded open pit of the lignite mine "Alwiner Verein" (later "Bruckdorf-Nord")	Area: 70 ha; Depth max: 26 m; Volume: 6.6 million m³	Water sports and leisure activities
Osendorfer See	in the southeast of the city; northeast of Osendorf	Flooded open-cast mine hole of the brown coal mine "Hermine Henriette" (later mine vdHeydt)	Area: 22 ha; Depth: 16 m; Volume: 2.6 million m³	Water sports (canoe and rowing regatta course)
Heidesee	in the west of the city; northwest of Nietleben	Flooded open-cast mine hole in the "Neuglück" lignite mine	Area: 12.5 ha; Depth: max. 13 m	outdoor pool
Big Angersdorfer pond	in the west of the city; south of Neustadt bei Angersdorf	flooded clay pit	Area: 6 ha; Depth: max. 6 m	outdoor pool
Small Angersdorfer pond	in the west of the city; south of Neustadt bei Angersdorf	flooded clay pit	Area: 3 ha; Depth: max. 6 m	Area natural monument
Saaleaue gravel pit (north trough)	in the Saale floodplain in the southwest of the city; between Neustadt and Saale	Residual lake of gravel mining, the gravel was extracted for the concrete required for the construction of Halle-Neustadt	Area: 19 ha	Bathing and fishing waters, there are two islands
Saaleaue gravel pit (south trough)	in the Saale floodplain in the southwest of the city; between Neustadt and Saale	Remaining lake of gravel mining for the construction of Halle-Neustadt	Area: 5.5 ha	Fishing waters
Old sewer	southern section of the canal in the Saale floodplain in the southwest of the city; between Neustadt and Saale	Unfinished part of the planned Halle bypass canal in the planned south wing of the Mittelland Canal		Fishing waters
Canal (regatta course)	northern section of the canal in the Saale floodplain in the southwest of the city; between Neustadt and Saale	Unfinished part of the planned Halle bypass canal in the planned south wing of the Mittelland Canal		Bathing and fishing waters; formerly water sports (rowing / canoe regatta course )
Posthorn pond (also Great Mötzlicher pond)	in the north of the city; in the Mötzig district	subsidence of the terrain resulting from the partial collapse of the “Frohe Zukunft” lignite underground mine; flooded with groundwater	Area: 20 ha; Depth: max. 2 m	Fishing waters
Kleiner Posthorn Pond (also known as Kleiner Mötzlicher Pond)	in the north of the city; in the Mötzig district	subsidence of the terrain resulting from the partial collapse of the “Frohe Zukunft” lignite underground mine; flooded with groundwater	Area: 5 ha; Depth: max. 2 m	Fishing waters
Cemetery pond	in the west of the city; west of Neustadt	Flooded open-cast mine hole in the "Alt-Zscherben" lignite mine	Area: 5 ha; Depth: max. 20 m	-
Quarry (see)	in the west of the city; southwest of Neustadt	flooded limestone quarry	Area: 5 ha	-
Kröllwitz gravel pit	in the north of the city, districts Kröllwitz / Lettin ; on the left bank of the Saale opposite the Trotha harbor	two flooded gravel pits	Area approx. 30,000 and 4,800 square meters	Fishing waters
Bruchsee (also Graebsee)	in the west of the city; between Neustadt and Nietleben	flooded shell limestone quarry	Area: 2.0 ha; Depth: max. 11 m	-
Church pond	in the west of the city; southeast of Neustadt	Remnants of a former arm of the hall	Area: 5 ha; Depth: max. 2 m	Part of the “Südpark” recreation area, the Roßgraben (Saale) flows through it, which then also flows through the Dreiecksteich
Herthateich	in the west of the city; in the Dölauer Heide	on lens-like deposits of clays; natural origin; only temporarily water-bearing	Area: approx. 530 square meters	-
Deer pond	in the west of the city; in the Dölauer Heide	on lens-like deposits of clays; natural origin		-
Small pond	in the west of the city; in the west of Neustadt		Area: 0.3 ha	-
Hose pond	in the north of the city; in the Mötzig district	Village pond	Area: 0.2 ha	-
fountain	in the central urban area; on the Ziegelwiese between Peißnitzinsel and the old town	Artificially created water surface with Europe's third highest fountain	Area: 1 ha	Part of a local recreation area
Blue eye	in the southeast of the city next to the Osendorfer See ; between Osendorf and Bruckdorf	like Osendorfer See flooded open pit of the lignite mine "Hermine Henriette" (later "vd Heydt")		The shape of the lake resembles a stylized eye
Cruiser ponds	in the northwest of the city; at the former state stud cross	three man-made ponds; originally used as a floodplain for the Kreuz stud	Area: 350, 550 and 3,000 m²; Depth: max. 1.5 m	-
Bruckdorf opencast mine	in the southeast of the city; west of Bruckdorf	Flooded open-cast mine hole of the open-cast lignite mine "vd Heydt"		-
Open pit cobra	in the southeast of the city; west of Bruckdorf	Flooded open-cast mine hole of the open-cast lignite mine "vd Heydt"		-
Powder willow pond	Pond on the Saale Island Pulverweiden , in the south of the island	the pond has an island and is in turn on a hall island		Part of a local recreation area
Tornau village pond	in the north of the city, in the center of Tornau	Village pond
Pond without an official name; also called Panzerteich or Fraunhofer pond	in the west of the city, west of Heideallee, district Heide-Süd	used as a tank washing pond by the Soviet armed forces once stationed in the nearby former barracks, hence also a tank pond; or Fraunhofer pond, as Fraunhofer institutes are in the immediate vicinity		Part of the Weinbergwiesen recreation area
Seebener pond ; or Seebener Weiher	in the north-west of the city, at the entrance to the Seeben district	the pond was created in a depression of the former coal mine "Karl Ernst"		extensive natural monument
Tavern	in the south of the city, between the Saale and the Böllberg / Wörmlitz district		Area: approx. 1,100 square meters
Triangular pond	in the west of the city; southeast of Neustadt	together with the church pond remnants of a former arm of the hall		water management system, is flowed through by the Roßgraben (Saale)