Kachliner See

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The Kachliner Lake is located on the island of Usedom, in the southwestern area of ​​the Thurbruchs. The lake has an area of ​​about 100 hectares and is averaging 1.5 meters deep. Southwest of the lake is the Dargener district Kachlin.

In the 18th century began to gain in Thurbruch by drainage measures new agricultural land. Such a drainage ditch from the lake to Kachliner Wolgastsee in 1750 under the direction of the country builder stick built, which was named after him stick ditch. After a natural outflow for Gothensee was silted up over time, 1772 was an artificial drainage channel, Bäck, dug. Today, these ditches are of only limited function. The water level of the lake Kachliner is largely regulated by pumping stations. In low rainfall years, the lake is threatened by siltation, because the water then flows into the surrounding ditches. The shallow water areas are rallying point for numerous water birds, which makes the lake to a ornithological interesting waters.

The wind Schöpfwerk Kachlin, which served until 1968 the drainage of Thurbruchs, now a technical monument, located east of the lake.