Seddinsee

The Seddinsee is an elongated lake on the southeastern outskirts of Berlin.

It extends over a length of 2.9 km, with a width of about 500 to 1000 meters, between the village and the village of Goshen Schmoeckwitz the district of Treptow-Köpenick. The depth is a maximum of seven meters, the water surface around 370 hectares. At the north end of Gosen Canal into the lake opens out touching the Dahme at the southwest end, that the lake as a side bay of the river can be seen. Together with the Long Lake and the Lake Zeuthen, represent the extensions of the Dahme, as well as the side bay Large Krampe and a little further south Krossinsee part of Seddinsee to an extensive seascape in southern Köpenick. In the southeast of the Lake of the Oder- Spree Canal branches off.

The Seddinsee ( MOM ) is as a waterway class IV, a section of the federal waterway Seddinsee and Gosen Canal (WSG ), which legally belongs to the Spree- Oder waterway for which the Water and Shipping Authority is responsible Berlin.

On the northeastern shore there is a due to Goshen cottage settlement, in addition, the area around the lake is forested. Immediately at the mouth in the Dahme river and at the southern end of the Long Lake are pastures Wall and Werderchen, halfway up the lake lie the islands Seddinwall and Small Seddinwall and prior to said cottage settlement eventually the islands mermaids Wall: In the lake several islets are Dommelwall and mountain.

Especially at the northern end are on the edge natural marshes, with other areas - are under protection and in which are found peat layers of up to seven meters in thickness - the Gosen meadows. On the other hand, there are also a sandy beach, a concession stand and until 1990 a camp. The water falls from fairly flat and is therefore also suitable for bathing children. The lake is also used by sailors and paddlers who will benefit from the numerous waterway connections originating from the lake.