Ruppiner See
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| The Ruppiner See in Wustrau-Altfriesack | ||
| Geographical location | Ostprignitz-Ruppin district | |
| Tributaries | Rhin ( lock Alt Ruppin ) | |
| Drain | Wustrauer Rhin , Bützsee ( lock Altfriesack ) | |
| Places on the shore | Alt Ruppin , Wustrau , Neuruppin | |
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 53 '32 " N , 12 ° 49' 12" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 36.5 m above sea level NHN | |
| surface | 8.07 km² | |
| length | 9636 m | |
| width | 1418 m | |
| volume | 72.97 million m³ | |
| Maximum depth | 24 m | |
| Middle deep | 12 m | |
| Catchment area | 628.89 km² | |
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particularities |
longest lake in Brandenburg |
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| Surroundings of the Ruppiner See | ||
The Ruppiner See is an elongated inland body of water in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district in the north-west of Brandenburg . With a stretched length of 14 km, the Ruppiner See is the longest lake in the state of Brandenburg. Its surface is 807 hectares (8.07 km²). The lake is traversed from north to south by the Rhin , which leaves it in two directions: through the Wustrauer Rhin to the south-west and into the Bützsee to the south-east. Since the Ruppiner See is by definition still water , part of the water from the Bützsee flows into the Oberhavel, but the water from the Wustrauer Rhin reaches the Havel about 150 kilometers downstream, the Ruppiner See is a pseudobifurcation .
Emergence
The Ruppiner See lies in a glacial channel that was created in the last ice age, the Weichsel ice age, about 18,000 years ago. After the glacier melted, initially dead ice remained in the channel. It was not until the warming at the end of the Ice Age about 12,000 years ago, when the block of dead ice melted, that the lake formed.
Economical meaning
At the mouth of the Rhin on the north bank, the Slavic castle Ruppin was built between the 10th and 12th centuries and around 1200 the German castle Ruppin with the settlement later called Alt Ruppin . A few decades later, Neuruppin was built southwest of it . The mill town of Altfriesack next to the Slavic Wustrau at the southern exit of the lake is probably one of the oldest settlements. There are other villages around the lake, most of which are now part of the city of Neuruppin.
In addition to the strategically favorable location in the middle of the Slavic area and the abundance of fish in the lake, the supply of raft wood via the Rhin also determined the importance of the lake. A significant economic upswing was achieved with the completion of the Ruppiner Canal , which has connected the Ruppiner See with the Havel and thus with Berlin since 1788 .
Since 1898 a railway embankment ( Kremmen – Wittstock line ) has cut through the lake in an east-west direction 2.5 kilometers from the north bank.
The Ruppiner See is part of the Ruppiner waterway .
The Ruppiner See is the water reservoir for the Rhinluch . The spring rainwater is dammed up until the beginning of May; then water is released into the Rhinluch via the Alt Friesack lock as required. Without this measure, the fen landscape there would dry up. The tightrope walk between lowering the lake level and water demand in the Rhinluch is potential for conflict between the lake and Luchan neighbors.
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Profile of the Ruppiner See ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (PDF; as of March 4, 2009) from the Brandenburg State Office for the Environment, Health and Consumer Protection , accessed on November 26, 2016.
