Senftenberger See
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Senftenberg Lake Złykomorojski jazor |
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| View from the observation tower over the lake and the island | ||
| Geographical location | Oberspreewald-Lausitz district | |
| Tributaries | Black magpie | |
| Drain | Black magpie | |
| Places on the shore | Senftenberg | |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 99 m | |
| surface | 13.00 km² | |
| Maximum depth | 25 meters | |
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particularities |
artificial lake, very high water quality |
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The Senftenberger See (formerly also the Niemtsch reservoir ; Lower Sorbian Złykomorojski jazor ) is located in the Lusatian Lake District , an artificially created chain of lakes. The lake is located on the border of Lower and Upper Lusatia between the southern Brandenburg town of Senftenberg and the districts of Niemtsch and Großkoschen in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district . With a water area of 1300 hectares , the Senftenberger See is one of the largest man-made lakes in Germany. There is still an island about 250 hectares in size.
location
The travel time from Dresden to Senftenberger See via the federal motorway 13 is less than an hour.
history
The lake was created by the flooding of the former brown coal - open pit Niemtsch of the Black Elster made in the period from 15 November 1967 to November 1972.
The amount of flooding was initially up to 60 cubic meters per minute. In order to shorten the flooding time, another culvert with an open channel was put into operation in May 1968 , 40 meters from the first flooding point . In this way, meltwater and rainwater could also be absorbed and the amount of flooding increased to up to 140 cubic meters of water per minute.
Since the opening of the first beach section in 1973, the lake has enjoyed great popularity as a local recreation area with vacationers, bathers, surfers and sailors. Out of a total of 18 kilometers of shoreline, 7 kilometers are designated as a bathing beach. After 1990, bank reinforcements were carried out in large sections, as large parts of the steep bank threatened to slide down due to the changing water level. The depth of the lake was initially 40 meters, more recent measurements have not found any deeper than 25 meters.
A city harbor was built in Senftenberg from December 2010 to April 2013. It was opened on April 23, 2013. A marina with over 100 boat berths, an 80-meter-long floating pier and a port building were created. The construction costs were 13 million euros.
On September 13, 2018, there was an embankment slide opposite the Niemtsch beach area at the level of the pier for passenger ships. As a result, the lake area west of the Senftenberg city port was closed first, then the lake to shipping and finally the entire shore area. As a result, extensive renovation measures were carried out in autumn and winter 2018/2019, so that the lake was opened again in April 2019.
Water quality
The bathing water quality is regularly monitored by independent organizations. The water is so clear that under favorable conditions you can see to a depth of 5 m. The lake is also a popular fishing area due to its abundance of fish ( zander , pike , perch , eel , carp , roach and catfish ). For a long time, the partially acidic pH value of the lake water was problematic. This is due to the gradual decomposition of overburden containing iron sulfide to form sulfuric acid and sulfates. Due to the constant dilution with fresh water from the Black Elster, only a few places in the nature reserve and the so-called South Sea are affected. The Senftenberger See has been a navigable body of water since November 2007 and can be driven on by motorized vehicles (max. 12 km / h).
Leisure options (selection)
- Swimming (textile and nudist beaches)
- Diving ( diving base with diving school on the beach section Peickwitz)
- Sailing, surfing, rowing, treading water
- fishing
- Hiking and water hiking
- bike tours
- Camping, holiday homes
- Round trips on the Senftenberger See with the MS Santa Barbara and with the solar catamaran Aqua Phönix through the Koschen Canal (incl. Ship tunnel ) to the neighboring Geierswalder See
island
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In the lake there is a 250 hectare, also artificially created, wooded island, which was declared a nature reserve in 1981 and cannot be entered due to the high risk of landslides. It consists of heaped overburden from the former opencast mine.
Stretches of beach
- Senftenberg , mostly smaller stretches of beach, all textiles
- Niemtsch , beach at the place itself and about two kilometers further south on the so-called "South Sea" (mixed textile and nudist).
- Großkoschen , sandy beach and meadow area at the family park mostly textile with a small nudist section
- Buchwalde is a beach section that was redesigned at the end of the 1990s in the course of securing the steep bank (separate textile and nudist area). There is a water slide and a beach volleyball facility here. The beach is also popular with surfers.
- "South Sea" between Peickwitz and Großkoschen with the diving centers of the diving club "Dino" e. V. and the diving club Senftenberg II eV, nudist beach and snack bar
See also
literature
- Christoph Bernhardt: From the “lunar landscape” to the socialist “recreational landscape”? Niederlausitz as a parade ground for regional planning in the GDR era. In: Günter Bayerl and Dirk Maier (eds.): Lower Lusatia from the 18th century to today: A disturbed cultural landscape? Waxmann, Münster a. a. 2002 (Cottbus studies on the history of technology, work and the environment, 19), pp. 301–323, ISBN 3-8309-1197-1 , ISSN 1430-2659 (perspective on planning history).
- Ute Jochinke and Ulf Jacob: “A new home in the very best sense”. The Senftenberger See and the problem of scarcity in the "real existing socialism" of the GDR . In: Stephan Beetz, Ulf Jacob and Anton Sterbling (eds.): Sociology beyond borders. European perspectives . Festschrift for Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Bálint Balla for his 75th birthday. Krämer, Hamburg 2003, pp. 503-529, ISBN 3-89622-060-8 .
- Ute Jochinke and Ulf Jacob: Our homeland GDR. The Senftenberger See recreation area as a socialist leisure oasis . In: Ulf Jacob and Ute Jochinke: Oases of Modernity. Urban and landscape design in the Lausitz area , ed. from the international building exhibition Fürst-Pückler-Land, Großräschen ( Lausitz time machine ). Verlag der Kunst, Dresden in the publishing group Husum, Husum 2004, pp. 86–118, ISBN 3-86530-065-0 (interpretation as a social, cultural and longing space and as an object of medial reflection).
- Torsten Meyer: The Senftenberger See, or the end of the lunar landscape? In: Yearbook for Regional History , Volume 23, 2005, pp. 113–142, ISBN 3-515-08183-6 .
- Torsten Meyer and Axel Zutz: On the way to the Senftenberg Lake District. Protagonists and institutions of the recultivation of lignite opencast mines in Niederlausitz (1920-1960) . In: Frank Betker, Carsten Benke and Christoph Bernhardt (eds.): Paradigm shift and lines of continuity in GDR urban planning. New research on East German architecture and planning history . Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Erkner 2010 ( REGIO transfer , 8), pp. 273–328, ISBN 978-3-934669-09-3 , ISSN 1611-5767 (actor and institutional history approach).
- Otto Rindt : The Senftenberger See. Origin and previous use . In: Förderverein Niederlausitzer Kulturlandschaft eV (Hrsg.): Otto Rindt. Six decades of work for the landscape . Cottbus 1993, pp. 40–42 (summary of an important protagonist).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information board at the Senftenberger See at the former flooding point
- ↑ City harbor on Senftenberger See opened on www.rbb-online.de from April 23, 2013 ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Construction of the city port on www. Zweckverband-lsb.de accessed on November 12, 2016.
- ↑ In the Senftenberger See part of an island is slipping away. Retrieved September 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Press release | LBGR. Retrieved October 3, 2018 .
- ↑ Christina Pickl: Ecotoxicological investigations of open pit lakes in Niederlausitz. Herbert Utz Publishing House
- ↑ Senftenberger See - the family bathing lake in the Lusatian Lakeland. Retrieved September 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Home. Retrieved on September 19, 2018 (German).
- ^ Tauchsportverein Senftenberg II eV Accessed on September 23, 2018 (German).