Tollensesee

Zungenbeckensee

The Tollensee is a lake in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern ( Germany ). He is part of the landscape area of the lake district and extends over 10.1 km south of the city of Neubrandenburg.

Geography

The Tollensee is located in the city of Neubrandenburg and one in the city structure to Lindenberg district. It is located between Neubrandenburg in the north and the lake Lieps in the south. At the lake adjoining villages are Klein Nemerow, Alt Rehse and Wustrow.

The greatest depth of the Tollense is approximately 31.2 m. It is located approximately half the longitudinal extent near the southeastern shore of the lake in front of Klein Nemerow.

The tributaries of the Tollense in addition to a variety of sources of Gätenbach and the nun. The Gätenbach is a branching of the Linde channel and flows to the north into the lake. The nun springs from the Wanzkaer lake and reached the Tollensee at Nonnenhof in the south. Through various connecting channels of the Lieps, but mainly about the " new divide", the Tollensee receives water from the Liepszuflüssen Zieme Bach and Bach Zippelower. The nun is the water volume of 0.57 m³ / s, the main tributary of the Tollense.

The outflow of Tollense is created in the Middle Ages, upper and lower stream today. The oil mill creek until a few decades ago, another drain, branches, since the transfer from the upper stream. Both streams unite after about 1.6 kilometers from here and form the Tollense.

Islands in Tollensee are the " Fisherman's Island " in the extreme southwest before Wustrow and the artificial "debris island " before Neubrandenburg.

The resulting during the last glacial waters is a typical Zungenbeckensee. It is 10.1 kilometers long and 1.3 to 2.3 kilometers wide. Because the water level of just under 15 m above sea level. NN and its depth of 31 m, it is one of the crypto- depression lake.

In the northern area of the Tollense are large beach resorts and water sports centers with marinas, sailing, rowing and canoeing clubs. The adjacent cultural park Neubrandenburg separates the lake from the built-up area of the city.

Name

The name of the Tollense derives from the Slavic " dolenzia " = Talniederung, " dol " or " valley " = valley. In a late work of Rostock theologian Eilhard Lubin (1565-1621) of Tollensee is called as " Olse lake ".

History

In the area of ​​the south end of the Tollense and the adjacent Lieps the position of the Slavic main sanctuary Rethra is suspected for several centuries. In the numerous attempts to locate Rethra, in addition to the Lieps fishermen island plays a major role. Archaeological Excavations here a massive cultural shift from the Slavic period and 1968 revealed a double-headed Slavic wooden idol was found.

Build in 1942 had forced laborers in the lake, an artificial island, including a large building for a branch of the Torpedo Experimental Station (TVA ) of the Navy. From the latter, both underwater and above-water torpedoes could be fired for testing. The aim was to improve the accuracy. There were no explosions, which defused torpedoes were taken after the tests out of the water. The test section was 8 km. The bathing never having had to be adjusted. When the Red Army approached, the underwater part of the plant was flooded and put the rest of the building on fire. The ruins and the entire artificial island were blown up many years later. What remains is an overgrown double island that is now called the island of debris, torpedo island or TVA. Underwater lie remains of the pilot plant.

Also located in the southwest of the lake village of Alt Rehse is connected with the history of National Socialism: Here the leaders of the German Medical School was established in 1935, which was responsible for political and racial genetic biology education of the German medical profession within the meaning of National Socialism important.

Tourism

• To Tollensee and Lieps introduces a fully-fledged, about 35 km long bicycle trail.
• In Brodaer wood, on the western shore there is a camp.
• In the great lake beaches and Augustabad as well as the swimming pool there are swimming in Neubrandenburg. The nudist beach Buchort in Brodaer wood and the beach in Nonnenhof offer more swimming.
• Passenger ships sail the sea line moderately and tours. Boat docks are available in Neubrandenburg, Klein Nemerow, Nonnenhof, slack wax corner and in Prillwitz at the Lieps.

Conservation

The southernmost part of the Tollense with the fishing island is a nature reserve Nonnenhof. The area is marked by buoys. The pier in Nonnenhof can be approached.

The entire lake and the surrounding forests are part of the 10,440 -acre conservation area Tollensebecken.