Neumühler See

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The Neumühler Lake is a long, narrow, mesotrophic lake in Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania, which was created during the Ice Age by glaciers. The water is majority on the western Schwerin city area, with the exception of the north-western lobe, which belongs to the municipality Brüsewitz.

Description

The name derives from the present-day district of Schwerin Neumühlestrasse, which lies on the southeastern shore. On the south shore of the lake water mill once powered, which is first mentioned in 1362.

The Neumühler lake is 3.1 km long and a maximum of 410 meters wide. The shoreline length is about 14 km, the average water depth of 7.9 meters. The above-ground catchment area is 18 km ², most of the water is fed by groundwater. The shore is mostly forested and steep. The lake is a habitat of the otter, is FFH (Fauna - Flora -Habitat Directive ) and is part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas, parts of the shore areas are legally protected biotopes.

Until 1989, was removed from the lake water. Through a greater biological stress and greater demands on the water this is now obtained only from deep wells of the shore region. The abstraction of drinking water provided in the past for water level fluctuations of up to 3.5 meters and led to a decrease in the water area of ​​211 ( 1913) to 171 hectares ( 1998). By construction of a new water plant in 1954 and a weir in 1990, the water level of the lake could be stabilized.

Flora and Fauna

Around the lake there are alder and willow breaks. Since only small areas of shallow water there and in the past has fluctuated, the water level, there are only narrow strip of reeds and floating leaf stocks.

In the area of the lake in 1996 were 32 breeding species and 29 migratory bird species, including the osprey, and the otter are detected. Frequently occurring fish are perch, bream, eels, pike, vendace and roach