Schmachter See

Shallow lake

The Schmachter Lake is a lake in Binz and part of the nature reserve and lake Schmachter Catch Rien.

Description

The lake is of glacial origin. At the end of the Ice Age was a glacier here. Today the lake has a water surface area of ​​about 118 hectares. About 14,000 years ago, but the time still belongs to the Baltic sea had a depth of up to 15 meters. About 5000 years ago, the water was cut off by the resulting Spit Schmale Heide from the Baltic Sea. The only connection to the Baltic Sea then put the drainage ditch Ahlbeck dar. by natural sedimentation processes is today a shallow lake. In the center he now has a depth of only one to two meters. In addition, the lake clearly lost in space. Originally, he is said to have served in the south to Nistelitz. The name of the lake comes from the south-west to settlement Schmacht ago, but no longer sits on the shore today. The Ahlbeck, which discharges the water of the lake in the Baltic Sea, was piped into the 1950s. The mouth of the pipe section is located at the Binz beach and is now provided with a sign.

On the lake and live a variety of animal and plant species, with 40 species are on the Red List of Threatened Species. So Bittern, Great Reed Warbler, Grey Goose, Goosander, Smew, bald eagles and osprey occur.

The slopes of the water body are covered mostly by beech forest. At the foot of the slopes are seepage. Towards the lake close to alder swamps and marshes. The shore itself is often made of reeds and marsh vegetation swing.

At the northern end of the lake is bordered by Binz. Here is a promenade and the park of the senses.

Project for the lake restoration

From a wastewater treatment plant temporarily shut down were introduced into the lake for many years. There were nutrient inputs from agriculture. The Schmachter lake was therefore eutrophic in 1990 and ecologically unstable. It was developed a strong siltation. As part of an eV supported by the community and the Binz Landschaftspflegeverband Ostrügen project the lake to 300,000 cubic meters of mud are removed. In addition to 1.45 million m³ of seawater phosphorus are removed.

After project completion, a nutrient-poor, clear water lake makrophytendominierter said to have originated.

In the course of the renovation of the pipe threaded drain the Ahlbeck was re-laid in 2008. For 450 meter cast iron pipes were laid from the total Schmachter lake to the bottom of the Baltic Sea.