Fahrlander See

The Sacrow Paretzer - channel tangential to the lake

The Fahrlander Lake (also called Lake Fahrländer ) is a lake in the north-west of Potsdam.

Geology and Geography

The lake has an approximately rectangular shape and is situated in a marshy lowlands of a glacial valley of Weichselhochglazials. He is a calcareous, unstratified lowland lake and belongs to a trough of at least four lakes. They formed a glacial meltwater runoff in the direction Nauen. It has a length ( north-south) of 1.72 km and a width ( east-west) of 1.33 km. At the southeastern shore rises with the 85 m above sea level. NN high Kirchberg the residue of a glacial terminal moraine. In the south, a roughly 30 -foot-wide artificial dam separates the lake from the Sacrow - Paretzer channel. The Sacrow - Paretzer channel is a federal waterway and is part of the Lower Havel waterway. This dam has a 100 m wide opening to the channel. The lake is closed for shipping.

Ecology

The lake, whose shore is lined almost anywhere from a wide reed belt, is a popular surfing and fishing. But it is only available in a few places. In Fahrland are swimming. For decades, the lake was used as intensive aquaculture waters. The lake is classified as very polytroph with the class 6 on the six-point scale.