Paprotzaner See
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| Paprotzaner See | ||
| Geographical location | Silesian Voivodeship , Poland | |
| Tributaries | Gostynia | |
| Location close to the shore | Tichau (Tychy) | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 5 ′ 13 ″ N , 18 ° 59 ′ 1 ″ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 242 m npm | |
| surface | 1.32 km² | |
| length | 2 km | |
| width | 500 m | |
| volume | 1.65 km³ | |
| Maximum depth | 3.5 m | |
| Middle deep | 1.7 m | |
The Paprotzaner See ( Jezioro Paprocańskie in Polish ) is an artificial lake in the south of the Upper Silesian town of Tichau ( Tychy ). It was laid out in 1796 in the mining area of the Paprotzaner ironworks .
Flora and fauna
Around 132 hectares in size, the Paprotzaner See currently has a depth of 150 to 190 centimeters. With the exception of the north-eastern shore, with which it borders on the Tichau district of the same name, Paprotzan ( Paprocany ), Lake Paprotzan is surrounded by forests of the Plesser Heide ( Puszcza Pszczyńska ).
Between 1986 and 1992 the Paprotzaner See underwent extensive recultivation. A diverse marsh landscape has emerged on its southern bank, in which gray herons , black-headed gulls , swans , black terns and mallards, among others , settle. The basin itself is home to perch , pike , eel , crucian carp , tench and carp .
use
The Paprotzaner See serves as a recreational area and flood protection for the southeastern part of the city. In the north-east there is a leisure center of the municipal sports club Mosir Tychy . On the shores of the Paprotzaner See, it also operates a sheltered beach, sports fields for various team sports and tennis , a campsite and jetties for pleasure boats. These are also used by local water sports clubs, such as the kayak team of MOSM Tychy . Growing popularity next to the operated on the Paprotzaner lake canoeing and rowing and the sailing , which is run by two privately organized companies.
Not far from the south-western bank is the Promnitz Hunting Lodge ( Pałac myśliwski w Promnicach ), a property built in 1861 and used as a conference center since 2003. Since 1999, various music festivals have also taken place on Lake Paprotzaner in summer.
Trivia
The German military had maintained a battery with almost one hundred soldiers stationed on Lake Paprotzaner See since 1918 . In the course of the uprisings in Upper Silesia , during the night of August 16-17, 1919, Upper Silesian rebels captured the facility. The main reason was the killing of local strikers by German officials the day before. When the battery was captured, all German soldiers were captured and the military material confiscated.