Schwarzer See (Rheinsberg)

The Black Lake, also known as Little Zechliner lake, belongs to Rheinberger Lake District in the north of the federal state of Brandenburg and is a freshwater lake. At its western and northern shore lies stains Zechlin, a place in the Ostprignitz - Ruppin.

The lake has an area of ​​30 hectares and is up to 12 meters deep. The plots of the village surround the lake partially, while a short navigable puncture, the Zechliner channel, located on the opposite side to the Great Zechliner lake. Originally both lakes were separated. The applied in 1880 artificial link the water level of the Black Sea fell by 3.45 meters.

The Black Sea is part of the Zechliner waters, a so-called "other inland waterway" the federal government. Responsible is the Waterways and Shipping Office Eberswalde.