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Plötzensee

Plötzensee is a small glacial lake in . It is situated in the former borough of , now a part of , adjacent to the public park Volkspark Rehberge.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Mitte, Berlin, Germany
  • Also known as: “Plotzensee”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Strandbad Plötzensee and Plötzensee Prison.

Sports venue
Photo: Dreizung, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a sports venue.

Prison
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a men's prison in the locality of with a capacity for 577 prisoners, operated by the State of Berlin judicial administration.

Museum
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Afrikanisches Viertel and Wedding.

Quarter
Photo: Fridolin freudenfett, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a neighborhood in , a locality of Mitte, , . It is bounded by Müllerstraße, Seestraße, Volkspark Rehberge, Goethepark, and the border with the neighboring borough of .

Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a locality in the borough of , , Germany. It was a separate borough in the north-western inner city until it was fused with and Mitte in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform.

Neighborhood
Photo: Sekamor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood.

Plötzensee

Latitude
52.54428° or 52° 32′ 39″ north
Longitude
13.32986° or 13° 19′ 48″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
9F4MG8VH+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4537841
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
2853124
Wiki­data ID
Q541313
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Polish—“Plötzensee” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Plötzensee”
  • Chinese: “普勒岑湖”
  • Czech: “Plötzensee”
  • Dutch: “Plötzensee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره پلوتزينسى”
  • Esperanto: “Plötzensee”
  • French: “lac Plötzen”
  • French: “Lac Plötzen”
  • French: “Plötzensee”
  • German: “Plötzensee”
  • Hebrew: “פלצנזה”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Plötzensee”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Plötzensee”
  • Norwegian: “Plötzensee”
  • Polish: “Plötzensee”
  • “Plötzensee”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Schwimm-Club Wedding and Kapelle.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Plötzensee”. Photo: A.Savin, FAL.