Mill pond (Wismar)
| Mill pond | ||
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| View of the mill pond from Rostocker Straße in Wismar | ||
| Geographical location | Wismar | |
| Tributaries | Wallensteingraben , ditch from the southeast | |
| Drain | Wallensteingraben, Mühlenbach (pit) | |
| Places on the shore | Wismar | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 53 '10 " N , 11 ° 28' 48" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 4 m above sea level NHN | |
| surface | 48.2 ha | |
| Middle deep | 2 m | |
The mill pond is a pond in the urban area of Wismar in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The water is very structured. There is a striking south bay with two smaller islands and a pronounced north bay. The body of water has a north-south extension of about 1700 meters and a maximum west-east extension of about 400 meters. Larger parts of the pond bank, especially in the south, are swampy and mostly reed. The Wallensteingraben dammed up in the pond flows into the southwest and leaves it again in the north. In addition, the Mühlenbach flows in the west through the city center towards the Baltic Sea. Another tributary is a ditch from the southeast. The southwest part of the water is part of the nature reserve pond area Wismar-Kluß . The pond is used for commercial trout farming.
At times the mill pond was used to supply Wismar with drinking water. When the water pipes from springs near Metelsdorf were cut off during the siege of Wismar in 1675 , obtaining water from only one region proved to be disadvantageous. Therefore, since 1685, additional water was pumped from the mill pond into a former defense tower, which was part of the city fortifications and is now called the old water tower , and passed on from there. Due to the risk of cholera , the water from the pond has not been allowed to be mixed with the Metelsdorf water since 1892.
See also
Cleaning of the mill pond in 1983
Cleaning of the mill pond in 1983
Web links
proof
- ^ Rat der Seestadt Wismar (ed.): The water supply of the city of Wismar in Wismar, Deutscher Architektur- und Industrie-Verlag (DARI), Berlin 1927, pp. 65–67