Kraaker Kiessee

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The Kraaker Kiessee, also Kraaker lake, is incurred by gravel extraction quarry near the village Kraak, which belongs to the municipality in the district of Rastow Ludwigslust - Parchim in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The lake is located 300 meters west of Kraak directly 70 meters away from the running in the Southwest Federal Highway 24 With the exception of the East is the area of the water body forested. On the northern bank, a wider strip of sand exists. The Kiessee has an almost rectangular shape and a maximum dimension of about 350 times 220 meters. The water surface occupies 6.8 hectares, the scope is a little more than a kilometer. The lake is 32.4 m above sea level. HN, which is about 1.5 meters below the level of the environment. Only in the south west of the site is up to four meters above the water level, which is why the banks in the south and west are steep.

The lake was created in 1980 artificially by the accumulation of groundwater in a gravel pit. The mined gravel was used in 1980 to build the transit highway from Hamburg to Wittstock / Dosse, today's A 24. More gravel pits on the A 24 in the district of Ludwigsburg pleasure Parchim located in New Zachun and Dreenkrögen.

The lake is used for recreation.