Ostorfer See

Ostorfer See
View over the Lower Ostorfer See from the west bank
Geographical location	Western Mecklenburg
Tributaries	Nuddelbach from Neumühler See , Lankower Aubach from Lankower See , ditches from Grimkesee and other small inlets
Drain	Püsselbeke to Lazy Lake
Islands	Isle of the Dead
Places on the shore	Schwerin
Data
Coordinates	53 ° 36 '48 "  N , 11 ° 23' 39"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 36 '48 "  N , 11 ° 23' 39"  E
Altitude above sea level	39.5  m above sea level NHN
surface	2.089 km²
Maximum depth	5.1 m
Middle deep	2.9 m

The Ostorfer See is located in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state capital Schwerin in the districts of Ostorf and Görries . It is divided into the Upper and Lower Ostorfer See by a land connection on which two roads and a railway line run.

description

Both lakes are connected by a ditch and were classified as polytrophic in 1997 . The water level of the Upper Lake is 39.8  m above sea level. 30 cm above sea ​​level above the Lower Lake. Parts of the bank areas belong to the legally protected biotopes .

The Siebendörfer Moor on the southwestern city limits has been drained into the Lower Ostorfer See via the Herrengraben since the 1930s. In this context the water level of the lake was lowered by 35 centimeters.

In the lower Ostorfer See is the island of the dead , also called Tannenwerder . Here, in the shallow grave field of Schwerin-Ostorf, graves of around 70 individuals from the Neolithic Age have been discovered since the 19th century .

Flora and fauna

In the area of ​​the water body there are 32 plant species on the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Red List , numerous species of birds, including ospreys , white-tailed eagles , gray herons and kingfisher , as well as the otter .

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  View of the lake from the Schwerin-Neumühle water tower

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  Belt of reeds on the east bank

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  The sea

See also

• List of lakes in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

literature

• Wolfgang Zessin: Stone Age finds from Ostorf, Schwerin-Stadt district. In: Information from the district working group for prehistory Schwerin 22 (1982), pp. 3–15 PDF

Web links

• Description, pictures and maps of the Ostorfer See on the website of the city of Schwerin

Footnotes

1. ↑ Sonja Kastilan: The island of those left behind. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung . September 6, 2009, accessed July 5, 2017 .