Stacking lakes

The staple lakes were three lakes and five other state lakes in Schleswig-Holstein . They were located in the Sorge lowlands east of the Stapelholmer Geest , a ridge between Norderstapel and Süderstapel as the dividing line between Eider and Treene . The waters were the Börmer See , Wittenhagener See , Kleinsee and Meggersee , two staple lakes with the same name , the Dacksee and the Meyensee . They were sea waters of concern that spread very widely when there was precipitation in the Worry Lowlands and represented a problem area for settlement for centuries. Only in the 17th / 18th In the 19th century, with the settlement of Dutch remonstrants who built Friedrichstadt , the problem in the low-lying worries could be solved.

literature

• TK25 sheet 1621 Suederstapel (1906 edition) with Dacksee and Kleinsee
• TK25 sheet 1622 Meggerdorf (edition 1925) with Meggersee and Börmer See

Coordinates: 54 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  N , 9 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  E