Great Stechlinsee
| Great Stechlinsee | ||
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| The Great Stechlinsee | ||
| Geographical location | Municipality Stechlin , Oberhavel | |
| Drain | Polzow Canal to Nehmitzsee | |
| Places on the shore | Neuglobsow | |
| Location close to the shore | Fürstenberg / Havel , Rheinsberg | |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 9 '6 " N , 13 ° 1' 34" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 59.6 m above sea level NHN | |
| surface | 4.12 km² | |
| length | 3.525 km | |
| width | 2.625 km | |
| volume | 99,648,698 m³ | |
| Maximum depth | 70 m | |
| Catchment area | 25.56 km² | |
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particularities |
1966–1990: Rheinsberg nuclear power plant on the west bank |
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The Große Stechlinsee (also Großer Stechlin , Stechlin or Stechlinsee ) is a natural lake in the north of the state of Brandenburg with an area of 412 hectares . It is known for its excellent water quality and at 70 meters it is the deepest lake in Brandenburg.
geography
The Große Stechlinsee belongs to the Rheinsberg lake area in the natural area of the Neustrelitz Kleinseenland . It is located in the municipality of Stechlin in the Oberhavel district . The west bank belongs to the area of the city of Rheinsberg in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district . The village of Neuglobsow is on the east bank . The origin of the Großer Stechlinsee is interpreted with the burial and the subsequent accumulation of a block of dead ice in an extensive sand area . The discharge takes place via the Polzow Canal to the Nehmitzsee . While the water level is at a height of 59.6 m above sea level. NHN , the deepest point of the lake is about ten meters below sea level.
history
The name Stechlin is said to be derived from steklo , the Slavic word for glass. Theodor Fontane gave his last novel the title Der Stechlin . It describes the fate of a fictional noble family von Stechlin , who reside on the Großer Stechlinsee. The novel was published in 1897/1898 and was made into a film in 1975 .
Between 1960 and 1966, the Rheinsberg nuclear power plant was built between Nehmitzsee and Großem Stechlinsee as a research and experimental power plant for the German Democratic Republic . It was used to generate electricity from 1966 until it was closed in 1990. The cooling water was taken from the Nehmitzsee and after it was heated it was channeled into the Großer Stechlinsee via a channel built especially for this purpose. From there the water flowed back over the Polzow Canal into the Nehmitzsee. The warming of the lake water had consequences for the flora and fauna of the two lakes.
The Great Stechlinsee has been scientifically observed since the 1950s at the latest. A branch of the Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries examines, among other things, the creatures of the lake for long-term changes. There is also a measuring station for the Federal Environment Agency and a meteorological station for the German Weather Service .
The Große Stechlinsee is managed by the Stechlinsee fishery of the Böttcher & Sohn family in the sixth generation. The shallow beaches and clear water make it a popular swimming lake and an excellent diving spot .
Rheinsberg nuclear power plant on the west bank of the Großer Stechlinsee, 1966
Use of a plankton network at the Großer Stechlinsee, 1984
ecology
The Great Stechlinsee is now the only large oligotrophic lake in northern Germany. The depth of view is up to 11 meters and an average of 6 meters. The Stechlin whitefish is a species of fish that only occurs in the Stechlinsee . In addition, pike , perch , tench , bream , roach , rudd , carp , grass carp and eel are common in the lake . As part of the Stechlin nature reserve , the lake is part of the Stechlin-Ruppiner Land nature park . In 2012 it was named Living Lake of the Year by the Global Nature Fund .
literature
- Michael Feierabend / Peter Sandmeyer: The fascination of Stechlin . be.bra verlag, Berlin 2011. ISBN 978-3-86124-654-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Großer Stechlinsee in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ a b c d e f Stechlinsee water profile ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at LUIS Brandenburg (PDF; 226 kB).
- ↑ natur + kosmos , May 2012, p. 60.
- ↑ R. Koschel, SJ Casper: The ecological significance of the nuclear power plant I of the GDR 'Rheinsberg' for the Stechlin. In: Biologische Rundschau 24, pp. 179-195, VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena, 1985.
- ↑ Homepage of the Stechlinsee fishery, Böttcher & Sohn. ( Memento of the original from September 27, 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.
- ^ State of the lakes in the north German lowlands , Federal Environment Agency
- ↑ Märkische Naturfotos, Stechlinsee, Lebendiger See .
- ↑ Living Lake of the Year 2012: Stechlinsee , Global Nature Fund.
