Gombether See

Resting place for migratory birds

The Gombether Lake is an artificial lake southwest of Gombeth, a district of Borken, and northeast of the core city of Borken in the Schwalm -Eder district in Hesse, Germany. It lies in the west of Hesse Valley and is an important resting place for migratory birds.

The lake is conceived in the wake of the now closed lignite mining in the coal mining area of Borken in the making and is expected to reach its planned area of ​​about 80 ha in 2015. He emerged from the former brown coal mining " Altenburg III " and arises in the course of restoring since 1988 by the inflow of groundwater and rainwater.