List of lakes in Germany

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Lake Constance - seen here from the tower of the Konstanz Minster - is the largest and deepest lake in Germany

This list of lakes in Germany gives an overview of lakes and reservoirs in Germany . The ten still waters with the largest area (from approx. 30 km²) and with the greatest depth (from approx. 70 m) are shown separately in separate tables. The largest and deepest lake on German territory is Lake Constance , although parts of it are in Austria and Switzerland . The largest completely German lake is the Müritz in the Mecklenburg Lake District .

German lakes sorted alphabetically

Due to the large number of bodies of water, the following (still incomplete) list of lakes and reservoirs in Germany is divided into sub-articles alphabetically sorted by first letter:

Sorting of the lakes according to federal states

Largest German lakes

These are the ten largest German lakes (not including reservoirs) - sorted in descending order by area in the initial view:

rank lake Country (with neighboring states ) surface greatest depth volume location
1. Lake Constance Baden-Württemberg / Bavaria
( Switzerland / Austria ) 		 536 km² 251 m 48 km³ Map of Lake Constance V2.png
2. Müritz Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 112.6 km² 031 m 0.737 km³ Müritz Karte.png
3. Chiemsee Bavaria 079.9 km² 073.4 m 2.04784 km³ Map Chiemgau.png
4th schweriner Lake Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 061.54 km² 052.4 m 0.787 km³ Schwerinersee.png
5. starnberger Lake Bavaria 056.36 km² 127.8 m 2.99892 km³ Starnberger See.svg
6th Ammersee Bavaria 046.6 km² 081.1 m 1.75001 km³ Location Ammersee.PNG
7th Plauer See Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 038.4 km² 025.5 m 0.300 km³ Plauer See.PNG
8th. Kummerower See Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 032.55 km² 023.3 m 0.26296 km³ Location Kummerowersee.PNG
9. steinhuder sea Lower Saxony 029.1 km² 002.9 m 0.042 km³ Location Steinhudder Meer.PNG
10. Great Lake Plön Schleswig-Holstein 028.4 km² 056.2 m 0.3846 km³ Location Grosser Ploner See.PNG

Most water-rich German lakes

These are the 15 largest German lakes by volume (excluding reservoirs) - sorted in descending order by content in the initial view:

rank lake Country (with neighboring states ) Volume [km³] greatest depth [m] Area [km²] location
01. Lake Constance Baden-Württemberg / Bavaria
( Switzerland / Austria ) 		 48.00 251.0 536.0 Map of Lake Constance V2.png
02. starnberger Lake Bavaria 03.00 127.7 056.0 Starnberger See.svg
03. Chiemsee Bavaria 02.05 072.7 080.0 Map Chiemgau.png
04th Ammersee Bavaria 01.75 081.1 046.6 Location Ammersee.PNG
05. Walchensee Bavaria 01.30 190.0 016.3 Map walchensee.png
06th schweriner Lake Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 00.79 052.4 061.5 Schwerinersee.png
07th Müritz Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 00.74 031.0 117.0 Müritz Karte.png
08th. Koenigssee Bavaria 00.51 190.0 005.2 Geistbeck 1885 - Königssee Tiefenkarten.png
09. Geiseltalsee Saxony-Anhalt 00.42 078.0 018.4 Müelte in SK.svg
10. Schaalsee Schleswig-Holstein
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 		00.39 071.5 023.5 Schaalsee.png
11. Great Lake Plön Schleswig-Holstein 00.38 060.5 028.4 Location Grosser Ploner See.PNG
12. Tegernsee Bavaria 00.32 072.6 008.9 Tegernsee osm.png
13. Tollensesee Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 00.31 031.2 019.9
14th Plauer See Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 00.30 025.5 038.4 Plauer See.PNG
15th Kummerower See Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 00.26 023.3 032.5 Location Kummerowersee.PNG

Deepest German lakes

These are the ten deepest German lakes (without reservoirs) - sorted in descending order by depth in the initial view:

rank lake Country (with neighboring states ) greatest depth surface volume location
1. Lake Constance Baden-Württemberg / Bavaria
( Switzerland / Austria ) 		 251 m 536 km² 48 km³ Map of Lake Constance V2.png
2. Walchensee Bavaria 190 m 016.267 km² 1.2997 km³ Map walchensee.png
3. Koenigssee Bavaria 190 m 0005.218 km² 0.51179 km³ Geistbeck 1885 - Königssee Tiefenkarten.png
4th starnberger Lake Bavaria 127.7 m 056 km² 2.99892 km³ Starnberger See.svg
5. Ammersee Bavaria 081.1 m 046.6 km² 1.75001 km³ Location Ammersee.PNG
6th Geiseltalsee Saxony-Anhalt 078.0 m 00018.4 km² 0.423 km³ Müelte in SK.svg
7th Quarry lake Wildschütz Saxony 074.0 m 0000.8 km² ??? km³ Mockrehna in TDO.png
8th. Chiemsee Bavaria 072.7 m 080 km² 2.04784 km³ Map Chiemgau.png
9. Tegernsee Bavaria 072.6 m 0008.934 km² 0.32309 km³ Tegernsee osm.png
10. Pulvermaar Rhineland-Palatinate 072 m 0000.385 km² ??? km³
10. Schaalsee Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 072 m 00023.5 km² 0.391 km³ Location Schaalsee.PNG

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c The territorial boundaries in Lake Constance have not been established under international law, see Territorial affiliation of Lake Constance . Therefore, the area of ​​Lake Constance cannot be divided among the neighboring states .

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