Ruppiner See

The Lake Ruppin is an elongated inland waters in Ostprignitz -Ruppin in the northwest of the state of Brandenburg. The Ruppin lake is 14 km (at a maximum width of 800 m), the longest lake in the state of Brandenburg. Its surface is 825 hectares (8.25 km ²). The lake is crossed from north to south by the Rhine, leaving him in two directions: through the Wustrauer Rhin to the southwest and the southeast Bützsee. Since the Lake Ruppin by definition is a pond, some of the water flows out of the Bützsee in the Upper Havel, but about 150 Havel kilometers downstream the water passes from the Wustrauer Rhin into the Havel, the Lake Ruppin is a Pseudobifurkation.

Formation

The Ruppin lake is located in a glacial trough, which was created in the last ice age, the Weichsel glaciation, about 18,000 years ago. After the melting of the glacier initially remained stagnant ice back in the groove. Only with the warming at the end of the Ice Age about 12,000 years ago when the Toteisblock melted, the lake was formed.

Economic Importance

At the Rhinmündung of the North Shore, the German castle Ruppin (Alt Ruppin today ) and only a few decades originated in the 12th century next to a Slavic attachment later the southwest Neuruppin. Also the Mühlenort Altfriesack next to the Slavic Wustrau at the south exit of the lake is probably one of the oldest settlements. There are many other villages that today are usually incorporated to Neuruppin ring around the lake.

In addition to its strategic location in the Slavic area and the abundance of fish of the lake and the supply of wood raft on the Rhin particular the importance of the lake. A significant economic recovery has been achieved with the completion of the Ruppin channel, which thus connects the Lake Ruppin in 1788 with the Havel and also with Berlin.

Since 1898, a railway embankment ( railway Kremmen - Wittstock ) cuts through 2.5 kilometers away from the northern shore of the lake in east-west direction.

The Ruppin lake is part of the Ruppin waterway.

The Ruppin lake is the water reservoir for the Rhinluch. By early May, the spring precipitation water is dammed up, then is delivered needs-oriented via the lock Old Friesack water into Rhinluch without the local fen landscape would dry up. The balancing act between the lowering of the lake level and water demand in Rhinluch is potential for conflict between sea and Luchanrainern.

Others

In 1994, ball lightning has been observed by many residents Neuruppin on the Lake Ruppin.