List of lakes in Schleswig-Holstein

The list of lakes in Schleswig-Holstein shows the large and special lakes in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein :

Big lakes

The lakes from 50 hectares in size sorted by area:

Surname	surface	Height in meters above sea ​​level	Circumference in km	location	coordinate	Greatest depth
Great Lake Plön	28.4 km²	21 m	49.6 km	south of Plön	54 ° 08 '  N , 010 ° 25'  E	56.2 m
Selent lake	21.4 km²	37 m	29.2 km	north of Selent	54 ° 18 '  N , 010 ° 27'  E	35.8 m
Great Ratzeburg Lake	12.6 km²	4 m	23.3 km	14 km southeast of Lübeck	53 ° 45 '  N , 010 ° 45'  E	24.4 m
Wittensee	9.9 km²	4 m	14.9 km	9 km northeast of Rendsburg	54 ° 23 '  N , 009 ° 46'  E	20.5 m
Dassower See	7.84 km²	0 m	19.1 km	Northeast of Lübeck	53 ° 55 '  N , 010 ° 56'  E
Westensee	6.8 km²	6 m	22.8 km	10 km west of Kiel	54 ° 17 '  N , 009 ° 57'  E	17.6 m
Beltringharder Koog lagoon	5.554 km²	0 m	21.36 km	North Friesland	54 ° 33 '  N , 008 ° 54'  E
Kellersee	5.5 km²	24 m	15.5 km	5 km north of Eutin	54 ° 10 '  N , 010 ° 36'  E	25.8 m
Big lake	4.8 km²		11.4 km	northeast of Lütjenburg	54 ° 19 '  N , 010 ° 38'  E	3 m
Hemmelsdorfer See	4.6 km²		approx. 15.5 km	north of Lübeck	53 ° 58 '  N , 010 ° 47'  E	39.5 m
Windebyer Noor	3.9 km²		approx. 10 km	west of Eckernförde	54 ° 29 '  N , 009 ° 48'  E	14 m
Dieksee	3.7 km²	22 m	11.5 km	west of Malente	54 ° 10 '  N , 010 ° 31'  E	38.1 m
Lanker See	3.7 km²	19 m	approx. 15 km	south of Preetz	54 ° 12 '  N , 010 ° 18'  E	21 m
Wardersee	3.5 km²	25 m	approx. 20 km	approx. 10 km east of Bad Segeberg	53 ° 59 '  N , 010 ° 25'  E	25 m
Dobersdorfer See	3.2 km²	19 m	approx. 10 km	10 km east of Kiel	54 ° 19 '  N , 010 ° 18'  E	19 m
Rantum basin	2.928 km²	0 m	15.6 km	Sylt near Rantum	54 ° 52 '  N , 008 ° 19'  E
Postsee	2.9 km²	21 m	approx. 13 km	west of Preetz	54 ° 14 '  N , 010 ° 14'  E	9 m
Burger lake	2.9 km²	0 m	11.7 km	Fehmarn south of the castle	54 ° 25 '  N , 011 ° 11'  E
Behler See	2.77 km²	22 m	approx. 9 km	4 km northeast of Plön	54 ° 10 '  N , 010 ° 28'  E	43 m
Lüttmoorsee	2.75 km²	1.29 m	14.058 km	Beltringharder Koog , North Frisia	54 ° 34 '  N , 008 ° 53'  E	1.7 m
Passader lake	2.7 km²	19 m	approx. 9 km	12 km east of Kiel	54 ° 21 '  N , 010 ° 19'  E	11 m
Holmer lake	2.584 km²	0.51 m	10.8 km	Beltringharder Koog , North Frisia	54 ° 32 '  N , 008 ° 57'  E	1.5 m
Small lake Plön	2.39 km²	20 m	approx. 11 km	northwest of Plön	54 ° 10 '  N , 010 ° 23'  E	31 m
Great Lake Eutin	2.2 km²	27 m	approx. 11 km	east of Eutin	54 ° 09 '  N , 010 ° 38'  E	16 m
Crown hole	2.115 km²	0 m	20.68 km	Speichererkoog Dithmarschen	54 ° 05 '  N , 008 ° 59'  E
Stocksee	2.1 km²	28 m	approx. 11 km	8 km east of Bornhöved	54 ° 05 '  N , 010 ° 21'  E	30 m
Niendorf inland lake	1.805 km²		10.38 km	northeast continuation of the Schaalsee	53 ° 39 '  N , 010 ° 57'  E	33.1 m
Küchensee (Ratzeburg)	1.8 km²	4 m	approx. 6.7 km	South of Ratzeburg	53 ° 41 '  N , 010 ° 46'  E	15 m
Einfelder See	1.7 km²	27 m	approx. 8.5 km	7 km north of Neumünster	54 ° 08 ′  N , 010 ° 00 ′  E	8 m
Great Segeberger See	1.7 km²	29 m	approx. 8.3 km	Northeast of Bad Segeberg	53 ° 57 '  N , 010 ° 19'  E	12 m
Trammer lake	1.6 km²	20 m	7.9 km	north of Plön	54 ° 10 '  N , 010 ° 25'  E	33.4 m
Bistensee	1.5 km²	12 m	approx. 7.4 km	8 km northeast of Rendsburg	54 ° 23 '  N , 009 ° 41'  E	15 m
Bothkamper See	1.4 km²	24 m	approx. 8.3 km	6 km northeast of Bordesholm	54 ° 12 '  N , 010 ° 08'  E	2.5 m
Neustadt inland water	1.444 km²	-0.75 m	15.6 km	north of Neustadt in Holstein	54 ° 06 '  N , 010 ° 49'  E	1.6 m
Langsee	1.37 km²	16 m	approx. 11.5 km	North of Schleswig	54 ° 35 '  N , 009 ° 34'  E	13 m
Suhrer See	1.363 km²	22.36 m	7.2 km	in Plön	54 ° 09 '  N , 010 ° 29'  E	24.7 m
Stumbling Lake	1.33 km²	27 m	approx. 5.7 km	2 km northeast of Wankendorf	54 ° 08 '  N , 010 ° 14'  E	15 m
Four lake	1.327 km²	21.06 m	9.2 km	Bösdorf, Holstein Switzerland	54 ° 07 '  N , 010 ° 26'  E	18.8 m
Schluensee	1.269 km²	23 m	5.3 km	Lebrade community, Plön district	54 ° 11 '  N , 010 ° 28'  E	45 m
Mözener See	1.22 km²	18 m	approx. 8 km	West of Bad Segeberg	53 ° 55 '  N , 010 ° 15'  E	8 m
Watching lake	1.2 km²	29 m	approx. 5.7 km	5 km northeast of Bornhöved	54 ° 06 '  N , 010 ° 15'  E	26 m
Tresdorfer See	1.11 km²	25 m	6.3 km	north of Plön	54 ° 14 '  N , 010 ° 28'  E	14.7 m
Brahmsee	1.09 km²	19 m	approx. 5.3 km	5 km northeast of Nortorf	54 ° 12 '  N , 009 ° 54'  E	10 m
Big Pönitzer See	1.08 km²	19 m	approx. 4.3 km	South-east of Pönitz	54 ° 02 '  N , 010 ° 42'  E	19 m
Schwansener See	1.079 km²	-0.07 m	5.1 km	between Damp, Schönhagen and Dörphof	54 ° 37 '  N , 010 ° 01'  E	1.2 m
Haddebyer Noor	1 km²	0 m	4.8 km	2 km south of Schleswig	54 ° 30 '  N , 009 ° 34'  E	5.2 m
Audorfer See	0.91 km²		5.8 km	Kiel Canal near Büdelsdorf	54 ° 19 '  N , 009 ° 43'  E	2.3 m
Flemhuder See	0.90 km²	-0.2 m	3.6 km	Kiel Canal near Quarnbek	54 ° 20 '  N , 009 ° 58'  E	7 m
Schmalensee	0.881 km²	29.4 m	5.7 km	near Schmalensee, Segeberg district	54 ° 05 '  N , 010 ° 15'  E	7.5 m
Arenholz Lake	0.82 km²	18.3 m	4.6 km	west of Lürschau in fishing	54 ° 32 '  N , 009 ° 29'  E	9.6 m
Hemmelmarker See	0.818 km²	0.3 m	4.2 km	east of Eckernförde	54 ° 29 '  N , 009 ° 53'  E	6.2 m
Neversdorfer See	0.81 km²	22.13 m	7.8 km	near Neversdorf, Segeberg district	53 ° 52 '  N , 010 ° 17'  E	9.8 m
Rickelsbüller Koogsee	0.797 km²	1.23 m	10.4 km	Rickelsbüller Koog , North Frisia	54 ° 54 '  N , 008 ° 39'  E	1.1 m
Glandular lake	0.787 km²	14.34 m	5.4 km	Hellbachtal near Mölln	53 ° 35 '  N , 010 ° 43'  E	7.9 m
Schöhsee	0.78 km²	22 m	4.8 km	in Plön	54 ° 10 '  N , 010 ° 26'  E	29.3 m
Sehlendorfer inland lake	0.767 km²	0.14 m	9.25 km	Hohwachter Bay south of Hohwacht	54 ° 18 '  N , 010 ° 40'  E	1.0 m
Süseler See	0.763 km²	23.34 m	4.1 km	Süsel, Ostholstein district	54 ° 05 '  N , 010 ° 44'  E	9.3 m
Lake Seedorfer See	0.753 km²	30.42 m	6.75 km	near Seedorf, Segeberg district	54 ° 03 '  N , 010 ° 24'  E	4.2 m
Schirnauer See	0.749 km²		4.98 km	Kiel Canal near Bünsdorf	54 ° 21 '  N , 009 ° 46'  E
Großensee	0.73 km²	38.49 m	5.8 km	between Großensee and Lütjensee, Stormarn district	53 ° 37 '  N , 010 ° 21'  E	16.4 m
Bornhöveder See	0.714 km²	29.36 m	3.12 km	north of Bornhöved, Holstein Switzerland	54 ° 05 '  N , 010 ° 15'  E	14.3 m
Gudower See	0.71 km²	25.25 m	3.6 km	Gudow , district of the Duchy of Lauenburg	53 ° 33 '  N , 010 ° 46'  E	9.7 m
Hohner lake	0.705 km²	0.5 m	3.9 km	12 km west of Rendsburg	54 ° 18 '  N , 009 ° 28'  E	1 m
Bordesholmer See	0.7 km²	25 m	approx. 5 km	10 km north of Neumünster	54 ° 10 ′  N , 010 ° 01 ′  E	8 m
Lebrad pond	0.685 km²	30.23 m	7.7 km	near Lebrade, Plön district	54 ° 13 '  N , 010 ° 26'  E	1.3 m
Südensee	0.634 km²	30.48 m	5.1 km	Soerup in fishing	54 ° 42 '  N , 009 ° 39'  E	3.6 m
Schwentinesee	0.621 km²	19.41 m	6.6 km	west of Plön	54 ° 10 '  N , 010 ° 21'  E	10.9 m
Sibbersdorfer See	0.60 km²	26.8 m	3.8 km	north of the Great Eutin Lake	54 ° 09 '  N , 010 ° 39'  E	7 m
Cash pond	0.598 km²		11.6 km	between Schönkirchen and Probsteierhagen , district of Plön	54 ° 20 '  N , 010 ° 16'  E
Sankelmarker See	0.568 km²	25.33 m	4.69 km	north of the Oeversee , Schleswig-Flensburg district	54 ° 43 '  N , 009 ° 26'  E	11.2 m
Bottschlotter lake	0.564 km²	-1.1 m	4.1 km	Fahretoft (municipality of Dagebüll), North Friesland	54 ° 42 '  N , 008 ° 49'  E	1.6 m
Bundesgaarder See	0.564 km²		14 km	Neukirchen, Gotteskoog, North Frisia	54 ° 50 '  N , 008 ° 46'  E
Ahrensee	0.56 km²	6.57 m	4.3 km	Westensee Nature Park southeast of the Achterwehr	54 ° 18 '  N , 009 ° 58'  E	10.2 m
Selker Noor	0.558 km²	0 m	3.3 km	4 km south of Schleswig	54 ° 29 '  N , 009 ° 35'  E	5.2 m
Wardersee	0.55 km²	19 m	approx. 4.4 km	5 km northeast of Nortorf	54 ° 13 '  N , 009 ° 53'  E	9.2 m
Stendorfer See	0.54 km²	32.6 m	3.75 km	west of Kasseedorf, Holstein Switzerland	54 ° 10 '  N , 010 ° 42'  E	8 m
Wesseker See	0.523 km²		3.1 km	between Oldenburg in Holstein and Weißenhäuser Strand	54 ° 18 '  N , 010 ° 48'  E	0.3 m
Borgstedter Enge	0.51 km²		5.72 km	Kiel Canal near Borgstedt	54 ° 20 '  N , 009 ° 43'  E

Cross-border large lakes

The 24 km² Schaalsee in the Duchy of Lauenburg is a lake on the state border with Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . In the above list it would take second place after the Great Plöner See if it belonged as a whole to Schleswig-Holstein.

Special lakes

Most of Schleswig-Holstein's lakes are rich in lime and nutrients ; only a few offer living space for special communities due to their special water quality. These are listed here in alphabetical order:

Surname	surface	Height in meters above sea ​​level	location	Specialty	coordinate	Greatest depth
Blankensee	22.5 ha	10 m	Lübeck-St. Jurgen	Low-lime Flachsee	53 ° 48 '  N , 10 ° 43'  E	2.7 m
Bültsee	20 ha	9.4 m	Between Schleswig and Eckernförde	Lime and relatively low in nutrients	54 ° 30 '  N , 9 ° 45'  E	13.4 m
Garrensee	18 ha	41.8 m	Southeast of Ratzeburg	Lime and formerly low in nutrients	53 ° 41 '  N , 10 ° 51'  E	23 m
Ihlsee	29.1 ha	27.7 m	Northwest edge of Bad Segeberg	relatively low in nutrients	53 ° 58 '  N , 10 ° 18'  E	21.5 m
Kolksee	3 ha	21.2 m	at Schellhorn	Clear water lake with candelabrum algae and rush edge	54 ° 13 '  N , 10 ° 20'  E	9.7 m

See also

• Stacking lakes
• List of bodies of water in Schleswig-Holstein
• List of lakes in Germany

Web links

• Documentation of the condition and development of the most important lakes in Germany: Part 1: Schleswig-Holstein . Final report on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency. Authors: Brigitte Nixdorf, Mike Hemm, Anja Hoffmann, Peggy Richter, TU Cottbus
• List of lakes in the environmental report of Schleswig-Holstein

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