Plauer See (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

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{{Audio|De-Plauer See.ogg|Plauer See}} (German, literally Lake of/near Plau) is a lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, located at {{coord|53|27|57|N|12|18|27|E}}. Its surface is approximately 38.4 km² and its maximum depth is {{convert|25.5|m|ft}}.

Location

The Plauer See is flowed through by the river Elde from east to west and is part of the "Bundeswasserstraße Müritz-Elde-Wasserstraße"[https://web.archive.org/web/20160722140340/http://www.wsv.de/wasserstrassen/chronik/index.html Verzeichnis E, Lfd. Nr. 35 der Chronik] (Memento vom 22. Juli 2016 im Internet Archive), Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes. with waterway class I; the "Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Lauenburg" is responsible. The Global Nature Fund awarded the water body the title Lebendiger See des Jahres 2011.Plauer See – Lebendiger See des Jahres 2011, Global Nature Fund, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120129160751/http://www.globalnature.org/32301/Kampagnen/Lebendiger-See-des-Jahres-2011/02_vorlage.asp Online]. (Memento vom 29. Januar 2012 im Internet Archive)

With an area of 38.4 km², the Plauer See is the third largest lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the seventh largest in Germany. It has a north–south extension of around 14 kilometres, a maximum width of 5 kilometres and an average depth of 6.8 metres.[https://www-docs.b-tu.de/fg-gewaesserschutz/public/projekte/uba_2/02_meck_pom.pdf Dokumentation von Zustand und Entwicklung der wichtigsten Seen Deutschlands: Teil 2 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (PDF; 3,5 MB)] It has connections via the Elde to the Fleesensee, the Kölpinsee and the Müritz in the east and to the river Elbe in the west. On the western shore of the Plauer See lies the eponymous town of Plau am See, which is also the centre of tourism in this region. There are many tourist facilities around the Plauer See, such as the camping sites located on the eastern and northern shores, near the town of Plau and on the island of Plauer Werder in the north. The lake is surrounded by a (largely still unpaved) circular cycle path.

Lake Plauer was called Cuzhin or Kuzin in the 12th century, like the settlement and castle of the same name, Kutin or Kutsin - today's Quetzin - on the western shore of the lake.Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch: Das Land Kutsin oder Kutin in Jahrbücher des Vereins für Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Altertumskunde. - Bd. 10 (1845), S. 36–41, [http://mvdok.lbmv.de/mjbrenderer?id=mvdok_document_00000690 digitalisiert auf mvdok.lbmv.de.] Only later was the lake given the name of the town of Plau, which lies on the shore.

The north-western part of the lake lies in the "Naturschutzgebiet Nordufer Plauer See".

Places of interest

Plau Castle is a lowland castle on the west side of the lake, built in 1287.

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Plauer See (Mecklenburg)}}
{{Lakes Germany 2004|Plauer See|Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|page=222}}

Category:Lakes of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Category:Federal waterways in Germany