Plauer See (Mecklenburg)
| Plauer See | ||
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| Seaside bay with a seaplane in Plau am See | ||
| GKZ | DE: 59259 | |
| Geographical location | Districts of Mecklenburg Lake District and Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | |
| Tributaries | Lenz Canal ( Elde ) from the Petersdorfer See | |
| Drain | Elde → Elbe | |
| Islands | Cabbage Island | |
| Places on the shore | Plau am See | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 28 ' N , 12 ° 18' E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 62 m above sea level NHN | |
| surface | 38.4 km² | |
| length | 14.2 km | |
| width | 4.8 km | |
| volume | 300.0 million m³ | |
| scope | 57 km | |
| Maximum depth | 25.5 m | |
| Middle deep | 6.8 m | |
| PH value | 8.4 | |
| Catchment area | 1109 km² | |
The Plauer See in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is largely located in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district . The two northern bays near Alt Schwerin belong to the Mecklenburg Lake District .
location
It is traversed by the Elde from east to west and is part of the federal waterway Müritz-Elde waterway with waterway class I; The Lauenburg Waterways and Shipping Office is responsible . The body of water was awarded the title Living Lake of 2011 by the Global Nature Fund .
With an area of 38.4 km², the Plauer See is the third largest lake in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the seventh largest in Germany. It has a north-south extension of around 14 kilometers, a maximum width of 5 kilometers and an average depth of 6.8 meters. It has connections via the Elde to Fleesensee , Kölpinsee and Müritz in the east and to the Elbe in the west. The eponymous town of Plau am See , which is also the center of tourism in this region, is located on the west bank of the Plauer See . There are many tourist facilities around the Plauer See, such as the campsites on the east and north banks, near the town of Plau and on the island of Plauer Werder in the north. The lake is surrounded by a (largely unpaved) circular cycle path.
The Plauer See was called Cuzhin or Kuzin in the 12th century , like the settlement of the same name and castle Kutin or Kutsin - today's Quetzin - on the west bank of the lake. Only later did the lake get the name of the town Plau on the bank.
The north-western part of the lake lies in the nature reserve north shore Plauer See .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Documentation of the condition and development of the most important lakes in Germany: Part 2 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (PDF; 3.5 MB)
- ↑ a b Documentation of the condition and development of the most important lakes in Germany: Foreword (PDF; 471 kB)
- ↑ Directory E, Ser. No. 35 of the Chronicle ( memento of July 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration.
- ↑ Plauer See - Living Lake of the Year 2011 , Global Nature Fund, Online. ( Memento from January 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch: The land of Kutsin or Kutin in year books of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology . - Vol. 10 (1845), pp. 36–41, digitized on mvdok.lbmv.de .