Seeburger See

Called The Seeburger See, also, the " eye of the Eichsfeld ", located in the district of Göttingen, about 15 kilometers east of Göttingen, at 157 m above sea level. NN. At the eastern and western shore are the towns of Berne Hausen and Seeburg. By the lake the floodplain, a left tributary of the wallow flows.

Description

The Seeburger lake is the largest natural water area in southern Lower Saxony. The water area is 86.5 acres ( 0.865 km ²) in size; the shoreline comprises 3.67 km. The largest north-south extent is about 1.2 km, west - east there are nearly 1.1 kilometers. The maximum depth of 3.5 meters are called. The lake is approximately 2,500 years old and is located above the solution zone of rock salt deposits of the Zechstein. It was created by the collapse of an underground cavity. A formed in this manner is also referred to as surface formation sinkhole.

The lake and a large portion of the riparian zone are since 1973 a nature reserve ( " reserve Seeburger See " ), certain areas of the lake were still released for swimming, rowing, sailing and fishing. For fish stocks include eel, pike, perch, tench, carp, roach, whitefish and trout.

The water quality is affected in some summer months by blue-green algae blooms. The cause nutrient pollution from agriculture are suspected to be in particular is flooded over the floodplain. In August 2006, a fish kill was discovered, which mainly eels were affected.

Tourism

The lake is a very popular holiday destination in the region. In addition to a Naturseefreibad, boat rentals and a restaurant right on the lake, there are in the immediate vicinity an adventure playground, tennis courts, a mini golf course, a campground and a Nature Interpretation Centre.

There are reported several hiking and biking trails, including a 4.5 -kilometer trail around the lake with seven stations, which indicate special features of this area. Sailing and fishing are possible after registration. In the environment, the renaturation project was " Seeanger, Westersee and Luttersee " started by the Göttingen district, which operates mainly rewetting dry and silted defined wetlands.

History

• A first written reference is found in a document from 1312, in the two lakes named Westersee and Luttersee named in the vicinity of the place Seeburg: in dual-powered bus lacubus suis iuxta Seborch, minoribus videlicet, quorum unus vocatur Westerse, alius vero Lutterse.
• At the lakeshore some exterior shots for the Heinz Erhardt movie father, mother and nine children originated (1958).
• 1973, the lake and a large portion of the riparian zone has been put under protection.

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