Küstriner Bach

The Küstriner Bach ( in the lower reaches also called Küstrinchener Bach or Küstrinchenbach ) is a north-east of the northern Brandenburg Lychen located watercourses, which is also the border of Mecklenburg -Vorpommern in the upper reaches.

Geography

The 11 km long Küstriner Bach is a semi-natural watercourses in the Natural Park Uckermärkische lakes. It combines the Feldberg lakes of the Great Küstriner lake with the Oberpfuhl and belongs to the traditional water and walking routes in the north of Brandenburg.

Course

The Küstriner Bach begins at the south end of the Krüselinsees at the Krüseliner mill at a height of 74.2 m above sea level. NHN. Then he crosses the Little and the Great Mechowsee.

From the Grand Küstriner lake the water runs off with a slope of 9.5 meters over a distance of about 7 kilometers in the upper lake of u at a height of 53.9 m. NHN is. This fact was used early on to wooden rafts. To this end, there were four dams, with which the stream was dammed sections.

Ecology

Küstriner creek below the raft lock IV

The Küstriner Bach has a high-quality stream fauna. In addition to various rare species such as the kingfisher and the brook lamprey, there is a population of the little river mussel, which is available nationwide at risk of extinction.

In order to preserve biodiversity in the stream, a control and information system for canoeists was created in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund. The stream may be between Küstrinchen and purgatory ( former raft lock IV) only this be used only for a minimum level of 30 cm or more downstream and.