Lake Schwerin
The Schwerin Lake is a lake in western Mecklenburg between Schwerin and High Viecheln. Geomorphological he can be described as Gletscherzungensee the Weichsel glaciation.
Description
The lake is 24.8 km long and up to six miles wide with an area of 61.54 km ². Thus, it is the second largest North German lake to the Müritz and the fourth- largest lake in total. The average level is 37.8 m above sea level. NHN.
Lake Schwerin is surrounded by small lakes and has its drain to the south by sturgeon and the interference channel to Elde and on to the Elbe into the North Sea. To the north is through the Wallenstein digging a connection to Wismar, which is navigable by experienced paddlers. The lake lies to the west and south of the North Sea - Baltic Sea watershed. The drain on the Wall Steinengraben to Lostener lake was created by a puncture of the site from 1531 Duke Albrecht VII artificial. The Lostener lake drained previously in the Baltic Sea. The long-term average discharge amount of the sturgeon is 1.65 m³ / s and the over the wall Steinengraben 0.68 m³ / s As minimum flows of 0.5 m³ / s ( sturgeon) and 0.3 m³ / s ( Wallenstein Graben) are fixed. The water level is regulated by a weir at the northern outflow and the lock in Banzkow during the sturgeon Waterway.
Lake Schwerin is divided in the middle by the 1842 finished Paulsdamm in foreign and interior lake. With the Paulsdamm channel which is spanned by a road bridge of the federal highway 104, a navigable connection has been left open. In the Outer Lake are the islands Lieps, Horst and Rethberg, in the islands of Lake Inner Castle Island, Kaninchenwerder and Ziegelwerder.
The entire Lake Schwerin is a part of the federal waterway disturbance waterway waterway class I in the jurisdiction of the Water and Shipping Authority Lauenburg.
Nature
The eutrophic Lake Schwerin is important for the species and habitat protection. Among the breeding birds of the area include, for example sea and fish eagle. Otters were detected in many waters to shores in the urban area in Schwerin. As part of the European network of protected areas Natura 2000 Lake Schwerin for European bird sanctuary (Schwerin lakes) was declared. In addition to the Schwerin Lake Outer another lakeside sections have ( Döpe, forest near Wiligrad, Ramper Moor, changing villages Moor, Görslower shore, Reppin ) the protection status of a FFH area (Fauna -Flora-Habitat Directive).
Flora and fauna in the Schwerin Lake
The flora and fauna of the Schwerin Lake is very rich in species, both above and under water. In Schwerin interior lake there is the widely held, native perch, but also, former native of America, rainbow trout. The Inner Lake Schwerin does not differ too much from the larger Outer Lake Schwerin. In the Outer Lake, however, the genus of predatory fish is frequently represented. These include pike, walleye, perch and eel. White fish dominate in all waters. The white fish include bream, rudd, roach, arbor and many more. The fishing lake is the poorest Ostorfer lake. Due to the poor water quality, it is the fish species not yet managed to establish themselves in the larger stock there. The flora is also very well developed. It is important for the fish. Predatory fish use water lily fields to find cover and to make white fish hunting, which serves the lily field in search of food, because there are insects, snails, algae and plankton found in particularly high concentrations. Otherwise, the lakes are richly decorated with Elodea, Hornwort and Wasserfarn and other aquatic plants.
Gallery
Schwerin Castle, which was built on its own small island in Lake Schwerin
Sailing and Yacht Club on Lake Schwerin
Investors for the White Fleet at the Old Garden
Beach of Zippendorf, a district of Schwerin
In the bag
Sunrise in front of the stables Peninsula
Seen from Lake Schwerin
Lookout on the Kaninchenwerder, an island in Lake Schwerin
Sunrise on the island Ziegelwerder