Nettelstedter mountain lake
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Nettelstedter Bergsee pond on the loamy ground |
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| Geographical location | Minden-Lübbecke district | |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 17 '32 " N , 8 ° 42' 36" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 170 m | |
| surface | approx. 0.5 ha | |
| length | 130 m | |
| width | 50 m | |
| scope | 325 m | |
The Nettelstedter Bergsee , also Bergsee Nettelstedt , in the vernacular sometimes also Ölbergsee (on topographical maps on a scale of 1: 500 also "Teich am loamy Brinke") is a small lake in the Wiehengebirge on the northern roof of the Nettelstedt mountain not far from the pass road between the eponymous town of Nettelstedt in the north and the village of Schnathorst in the south. It is 150 m long and up to 75 m wide with a circumference of about 325 m. The lake has an area of around 0.5 ha. It is therefore a little smaller than the neighboring and better known Oberlübber mountain lake and is a little less high at 170 m above sea level. The still water is located around 350 meters north of the main ridge of the Wiehengebirge and thus in the area of the town of Nettelstedt in the city of Lübbecke in the East Westphalian district of Minden-Lübbecke . The lake and the surrounding area are privately owned, whereby the lake area does not represent a separate cadastral area, but comprises several strips of territory that run through the forest and “through the lake”.
The lake is located in an abandoned quarry, the deepest point of which filled with groundwater and falling surface water after the end of mining. Its history is almost identical to that of the Oberlübber Bergsee, but it is not as deep. The north bank of the body of water forms a 20 meter high rock wall that rises immediately. The south bank and the adjacent terrain is relatively flat.
In 1999, three fossils of dead Camarasaurs that were once washed into the sea were found in the quarry, or in the debris from those around the lake , at the time the most important find of this species in Germany.
The Nettelstedter Bergsee, like the Oberlübber Bergsee, was also related to a mysterious death: In April 2014, a Lübbeck citizen set out on a bike tour through the Wiehen Mountains, but did not return. His bicycle was found in the Nettelstedt quarry, and after a large-scale search, his body was finally found on a high seat.
See also
Web links
Drone flight from the lake on Youtube
Individual evidence
- ^ Matthias Schulz: Godzilla in the silt. In: Der Spiegel . March 22, 1999, accessed February 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Missing cyclist dead. In: Radio Westfalica . April 9, 2014, accessed February 22, 2020 .