Bärwalder See

Lake left of the mine Bärwalde

The Bärwalder Lake (also called memory Bärwalde, Upper Sorbian Bjerwałdski JĘZOR ), with an area of 13 km ², the largest lake in Saxony and the third largest lake in the Lusatian Lakeland. It is located in the municipality oberlausitzischen Boxberg / OL between the towns of Boxberg, Klitten and Uhyst. The eponymous place Bärwalde is located north of the lake.

The lake

The Bärwalder lake lies in the landscape park Bärwalder Lake, a mining landscape that is reclaimed from the LMBV. The lake itself is the residual hole of the pit Bärwalde. Its flooding began on 13 November 1997 and should be completed in 2007. Lack of rainfall has delayed this goal several times. In April 2008, the lower storage blade and one year was 123 meters above sea level for the first time later, with 125 meters reaches the upper blade storage in April 2009. This is completed with the first attainment of the full storage condition, the actual flooding. Is fed to the lake from the river, the Schilenburgkanal and the Dürr Bacher flow. About the Black Schoeps part of the water flows back into the river Spree.

The name memory Bärwalde indicates that the lake has the function of a water management storage basin. In addition to directly northwest lying reservoirs Lohsa II are 25 million cubic meters from 174 million cubic meters of water ( maximum volume ) are available. This is the Bärwalder lake, as measured by the usable storage space, the sixth-largest reservoir in Saxony. The memory Bärwalde and Lohsa II are among other things the supply of the Boxberg power plant with hot water and regulate the water level of the river Spree. The latter is particularly necessary for adequate water supply in the Spreewald Biosphere Reserve and in Berlin.

Tourism

The lake is Bärwalder of the community Boxberg / OL used for tourism, an expansion of the existing facilities is intensively pursued.

According to the structure concept in 2003, the lake is in three of the community Boxberg / OL associated development areas divided: Boxberger, Klittener and Uhyster shore. A port with about 90 water berths and numerous country berths and two Bootsanlager has already been realized. The 7.20 m high lighthouse Marina Klitten has the water sports the way into the harbor and provides the necessary security. In realization there are other infrastructural investments, a campsite with caravan pitches and holiday homes ( Star Camp ), a tourist information center and other maritime and tourist commercial sites. Can be already used about 6 km textile, nude, dog and surf beach areas.

Since 2005, hosts the annual light and sound festival " transNATURALE " instead. Some of the exhibits of past events remained even after the festival site. For example, the plastic POLAR STAR PIPE α UMi of Roland Fuhrmann or EX Sorabia by Rupprecht Matthies.

Near the west bank, north of Uhyst, there is a deer park; to the lake also connects to the Biosphere Reserve Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond Landscape. A few kilometers north of the lake was the Lusatian Findling Nochten. This landscape park was designed from boulders that were found in the open pit and with Heath and Erik plants from Scandinavia.

South of Boxberg originated from about 100,000 cubic meters of earth for an idea of the Warsaw artist Jarosław Kozakiewicz a hilly landscape, which - viewed from the air - like a human ear. The walk- ear is around 350 meters long, 250 meters wide and 18 meters high. At the highest point of the ear, there is a viewing platform that allows a wide view over the lake and to the power plant. Inside the ear, the theater was built in the EAR.

For the safety of the water sports on 1300 acre lake, among others, the volunteers of the district DLRG white water and the lifeguard lifeguard local group Boxberg ensure eV from the DRC District Association White Water

Near the devastated for opencast mining town formerly Klittener Jasua an extensive tourist infrastructure arises arise. The water sports center with a marina, DLRG and supplies ( food, toilets, showers ) has already been realized. An ambulance station and a campground are under construction.