Neurath lake
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| Neurather See from the southwest, on the left behind the bank the photovoltaic system, on the right in the background the Neurath power plant | ||
| Geographical location | North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany | |
| Places on the shore | Neurath | |
| Location close to the shore | Grevenbroich | |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 2 '39 " N , 6 ° 35' 28" E | |
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| surface | 13.2 ha | |
| Maximum depth | 20 m | |
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The Lake Neurath , sometimes Martinssee called, is a Tagebaurestsee northwest of today Grevenbroich proper place Neurath .
Origin: Neurath-Nord opencast mine
The lake emerged from the remaining hole in the Neurath-Nord open- cast lignite mine . Here, in the "Neurath 3" mine field , formerly "Princess Victoria" , lignite was mined from 1960 to 1985. The opencast mine was opened by Martinswerk GmbH for chemical and metallurgical production from Quadrath-Ichendorf , which is why the lake is also called Martinssee . The operation was managed on behalf of the Martinswerk by a consortium under the leadership of Strabag Bau-AG . Bucket wheel excavators were used for mining in the opencast mine ; the overburden was tipped using conveyor belts and spreaders . The coal was transported by truck to the Martinswerk, where it was used to generate electricity and process steam for the production of slag clay .
After the shutdown, the open pit area was recultivated , partly backfilled and partly flooded.
Successor use
The Neurather See and its surroundings are primarily used today for local recreation . The bank is accessible for hiking and walking by a path that runs around it. Bathing is not allowed for safety reasons.
The fishing club ASV Glückauf manages the lake as a fishing ground for carp, roach, perch, tench, pike, pikeperch and eel, among others.
A building yard for the city of Grevenbroich was built on the site of the day-care facilities of the former open-cast mine .
A small amount of warm wastewater from the nearby RWE power plants in Frimmersdorf and Neurath is discharged into Lake Neurath via intermediate biological clarification ponds . This increases the water temperature of the lake slightly; in winter it freezes over later than other bodies of water and is therefore a popular winter resting place for water birds, including some threatened and rare species.
On April 13, 1992 an earthquake occurred in the region with an epicenter of Roermond with a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale . As a result, the embankment of the lake slipped over an area of around 900 m². Parts of the hiking trail were also affected. A resting bench, rubbish bin and signs were thrown into the water; these were recovered by divers in 1996.
Photovoltaic system
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On the north shore of the lake, i.e. on the south-facing slope, RWE installed an open-air photovoltaic system in 1991 .
The system was based on findings from the similar photovoltaic system in Kobern-Gondorf , which was built three years earlier . Consisting of 3,700 modules with a total area of 3,500 m², the system on Lake Neurath generates around 270,000 kWh of electrical energy annually with a specified 360 kWp . At the time of construction, the Neurath plant was the largest photovoltaic power plant in Germany; this was the first time that large modules were used in Germany.
The facility is the northernmost station on the Energy Road .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nixdorf, Brigitte et al .: Brown coal open pit lakes in Germany. (PDF; 14.0 MB) (No longer available online.) Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Chair of Water Protection, May 2000, archived from the original on September 2, 2011 ; Retrieved December 8, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c History of the fishing club. (No longer available online.) ASV - Glückauf Neurath eV, formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 8, 2010 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c "Earthquake Diver" in Martinssee. (PDF; 114 kB) (No longer available online.) Neuss-Grevenbroicher Lokal-Zeitung, August 27, 1996, archived from the original on August 8, 2006 ; Retrieved December 8, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Zenker, Peter: Brown coal mining in Neurath. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 17, 2007 ; Retrieved December 8, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Daniela Buschkamp: Birds and ducks take a winter break in Neurath: Lake as a resting place for ospreys. Neuss-Grevenbroicher Zeitung - NGZ Online, January 6, 2003, accessed on December 8, 2010 .
- ↑ Earthquake damage will be removed. (PDF; 10 kB) (No longer available online.) Erftkurier, August 1996, archived from the original on August 8, 2006 ; Retrieved December 8, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Street of Energy. Station 5: Neurather See photovoltaic system - electricity from the sun. (No longer available online.) RWE Power, Information Center Schloss Paffendorf, archived from the original on December 6, 2010 ; Retrieved December 8, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Christian Daberkow: Solar energy in Germany - Chapter 2: Structure, functionality and possible uses of solar cells. Technical work in geography. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 7, 2010 ; Retrieved December 8, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
