Schmollensee

Schmollensee is lying on the island of Usedom in the lake district of Vorpommern - Greifswald, Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. It lies in the east of the district Pudagla. The eastern shore is part of the town of Heringsdorf, southern to Benz. The lake has an approximate length of 3.7 kilometers, a width of 2.0 km and an average depth of 2.7 meters. With an area of ​​five square kilometers Schmollensee is the second largest lake on the island Usedom after Gothensee and one of the larger lakes in Western Pomerania. The lake has a larger and deeper northern basin and a smaller shallower southern basin. About the Groote Beek is a connection with the backwaters.

On the eastern shore of the lake is bordered mixed deciduous forest, the North Shore goes into a moorland landscape. The shore is mostly overgrown with reeds. The lake is located in the nature park Usedom Island. He is weak eutrophic The minimal depth of the lake. The lake offers many seabirds an ideal breeding and resting area. He is a magnet for tourism because of its charming natural surroundings.

The lake has emerged as the most Pomeranian lakes in the Weichsel glaciation. The subsequent on the eastern and southern shore regions are Stauchendmoränen between which gave rise to the two basins of the lake meltwater during the retreat of the inland ice. Sediment investigations revealed that the Schmollensee was filled with brackish water lagoon to the Jungholozän. It was not until around 1000 were formed with the change in the course of ongoing coastal freshwater conditions out. Its proximity to the Baltic Sea, it always came back in a storm flood the entry of saline water into the lake.