Quenzsee

The Quenzsee is a Havel Lake in the western city of Brandenburg an der Havel.

Location

The Quenzsee lies on the western outflow of Silokanals, which saves the shipping since 1910, the passage of the south passing through the city of Brandenburg partly narrow Havel and 2 km route. The Quenzsee is part of the Federal Waterways Lower Havel waterway waterways of class IV, for which the Water and Shipping Authority Brandenburg is responsible. In the south, the lake after the Lake District of Lake Plau. It forms the conclusion of the so-called glacial Bohnenland -Gorden - channel. In the Quenzsee next to the Silokanal also opens the Quenzgraben from the nearby Gördensee.

Extent and depth

The Quenzsee takes an area of ​​about 68 ha ( see list of lakes in Brandenburg). Other authors on 90 ha. Outside the rd. 1.3 km long waterway is its maximum depth just over 3m.

Origin and age

The Quenzsee came together with the Breitlingsee, the Plau and the Moser 's Lake after the melting of the glacier of the Brandenburg stage of the Weichsel ice age about 19,000 years ago as Grundmoränensee.

Name

The meaning of the name is uncertain. Some authors attribute it to the altpolabische " kwet'ny " of kvet = " flower " back, what about " flower color " translate (see russ: цвет " color", цветка "flower" )

Others

After Quenzsee a settlement area of ​​the city of Brandenburg was named " The Quenz ". The Quenz is mainly dominated by the location of an electric steel plant. This steel plant is located on the eastern shore of Quenzsees.