Grüner See (Lower Saxony)
The Green Lake is a lake in Melle- Buer near the Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalian border. Despite its comparatively small area of almost 1,000 m², it is one of the largest lakes of the Wiehengebirge east of Hunte and one of the northernmost mountain lakes in Germany anyway.
Geography
The Green Lake is located in the district of Osnabrück and belongs to the city of Melle. It is located about 4 km north-east of Buer and about 400 m east of the Great trowel hill (211 m above sea level. NN ) and approximately 500 m west of the aforementioned border to about 145 m above sea level. NN.
Its inflow takes place at its northern shore over a stream, the, pours into the lake over a small waterfall, the highest of the Wiehengebirge. In the cascade, the water rush around 5 m in depth.
At its southern bank of the lake is drained by a stream in the Hunte just 2 km away. This stream rises to 240 meters above sea level yet on Westphalian area in Roedinghausen - AEB. It first flows downward gradient of the Northern Slope of the mountain range to the north following the Eggetal out changes for a little more than 600 m at the Hunte Große Aue watershed its course and flows through a gorge cut into the Hunte.
History and Origin of the name
The Green Lake owes its existence to the fact that in the 1930s was a small quarry up there. Were obtained slaty rock for road construction and quarry stones for building. The reduction then had to be discontinued due to strong inflow of groundwater.
In 2003, the bottom of the lake and the shore area by the home club Buer (district of Melle ) were sludged consuming.
The name Green Lake is derived from the " turquoise - green" staining of its water, which is justified by the dissolved minerals in this, especially the relatively high proportion of calcium carbonate; the reason for this, in turn, is the fact that the rock of the Wiehengebirge mainly consists of limestone.
Hydrology
From an average rainfall of 800 mm / year in its catchment area basis, the lake has an annual inflow of about 95,000 m³ of Bach -described and 800 m³ of direct entry through precipitation on the lake surface. Accordingly, the seawater is around 100 times a year, or in other words, changed every 3 to 4 days.
Accessibility of the lake
The Green Lake is not far east of the county road 203 ( Kellenberg road) and is easily accessible from a parking lot on a signposted path in 5 minutes on foot. Not far is also located the bus stop " Markendorf - Green Lake ." On the west bank a small shelter with seating is available. Information panels provide interesting facts about the lake and the surrounding area. When bathing it is rather unsuitable also due to its shady location in the forest as well as the high water exchange and the resulting low water temperature, also there is a lack of suitable " slabs ". Leading from the lake an initially steep, but in the course convenient footpath on the Westphalian 274 m high Nonnenstein, on the summit of an openly accessible lookout tower.
Nearby, about 1.8 km to the northeast at the junction between the K 203 and K 40 / K 79 on the southern edge of the scattered settlement Büscherheide offers a home-style tavern, Eggetaler kitchen.