Lake Stechlin

Großer Stechlinsee
Location Landkreis Oberhavel, Brandenburg
Coordinates 53°9′5.59″N 13°1′34.22″E / 53.1515528°N 13.0261722°E / 53.1515528; 13.0261722Coordinates: 53°9′5.59″N 13°1′34.22″E / 53.1515528°N 13.0261722°E / 53.1515528; 13.0261722
Primary outflows Polzowkanal
Basin countries Germany
Surface area 4.52 km2 (1.75 sq mi)
Max. depth 69.5 m (228 ft)
Surface elevation 60.0 m (196.9 ft)

Großer Stechlinsee or Lake Stechlin is a lake in Landkreis Oberhavel, Brandenburg, Germany. At an elevation of 60 m, its surface area is 4.52 km². The Stechlin cisco, a dwarfed fish, is found only in this lake. Theodor Fontane's last novel, Der Stechlin, was set in its vicinity.

Stechlinsee has a maximum depth of 69.5 metres, making it the deepest lake in the State of Brandenburg. It is also one of the clearest with a visual depth of up to 11 metres (average 6 metres). The water is of drinking quality. It is home to the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries.[1]

The Stechlin district is still one of the most important oligotrophic landscapes of Central Europe and a LIFE project was undertaken for the restoration of clear water lakes, mires and swamp forests of the Lake Stechlin.[2]

On 22.3.2012 The Global Nature Fund announced Lake Stechlin as the "Living Lake of the Year 2012".[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.igb-berlin.de/
  2. ↑ http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/project/Projects/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.dspPage&n_proj_id=1704&docType=pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.globalnature.org/13811/HOME/Presse/02_vorlage.asp?newsid=1538&newsrefid=11092&row=0&newsrefaddcoid=&nafrom=&nato=
  • Nixdorf, B.; et al. (2004), "Großer Stechlinsee", Dokumentation von Zustand und Entwicklung der wichtigsten Seen Deutschlands (in German), Berlin: Umweltbundesamt, p. 31
  • International Lake Environment Committee: Lake Stechlin


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