Zarrenthiner Kiessee

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The Zarrenthiner Kiessee located in the district Zarrenthin the municipality in the district of Vorpommern - Greifswald Bentzin. The lake was formed as a result of the carried out since the 1960s, industrial gravel extraction. Geologically, the lake in a meltwater channel formed during the Brandenburg stage of the Weichselian.

Description

The extraction of gravel took place at the end of the 19th century in beachtenswertem extent as the construction of a railway siding of Demminer railways in 1898 shows. In the first half of the 20th century was mostly small degradation. The flow rate was increased in the 1930s, as a building material here has been obtained for the aerodrome Tutow. Between 1934 and 1939, was for a specially constructed narrow-gauge railway track.

Initially affected by gravel extraction areas for recreational purposes were formerly redesigned. For instance, there was a small park with a pond and laid down large stones. The position is to recognize only the remains of the overgrown former benches today.

From 1967, the gravel extraction was carried out continuously on an industrial scale. The direct road from Zarrenthin by Jarman was interrupted and the place Zarrenthin divided by the resulting quarry. The degradation was carried out first using floating - clamshell, since 2006 with a bucket chain excavators. The rise after German reunification demand for building materials for road and highway construction in the 1990s led to a promotion of the sand and gravel mining.

1976 a prehistoric grave mound with a diameter of 20 meters was registered as archaeological monument in the northern part of the mining area. Since impeded the expansion of the mine, it was demolished in 2005 as part of an archaeological investigation and built in 2006 at the entrance of the city on the eastern shore Zarrenthiner bathhouse as replica again.

Archaeologists use the Zarrenthiner Kiessee to store salvaged from the Baltic wooden shipwrecks and ship parts without extensive conservation safe from attack by the shipworm. This includes the " Darßer caravel ," a coastal boat made ​​of oak from 13 meters in length. In spring 2008, considerations for creating a free water archaeological museum were made ​​known, which can be visited by recreational divers. The Greifswald Tauchsportclub operates on the lake a base that was already used in GDR times by the Society for Sport and Technology (GST ).