Lake Stechlin
Lake Stechlin or Großer Stechlinsee is a lake in Landkreis Oberhavel, Brandenburg, Germany. At an elevation of 60 m, its surface area is 4.52 km2. The Stechlin cisco, a dwarfed fish, is found only in this lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Oktaeder, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Germany
- Also known as: “Der Große Stechlin” and “Groß Stechlin See”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Großer Krukow-See and Rheinsberg Nuclear Power Plant.
Rheinsberg Nuclear Power Plant
Rheinsberg Nuclear Power Station was the second nuclear reactor in East Germany after the Rossendorf Research Reactor, and the first nuclear power reactor in East Germany.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neuroofen and Steinförde.
Neuroofen
Hamlet
Neuroofen is a small hamlet of around 25 people in the Stechlin district of Germany. It lies in the area between Menz and Altglobsow and is surrounded by the forests and lakes of the Furstenberg Conservation Area and the Stechlin-Ruppiner Land Nature Park.
Priepert
Village
Photo: Botaurus, Public domain.
Priepert is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the River Havel between the lakes of Großer Priepertsee and Ellbogensee.
Lake Stechlin
- Categories: mesotrophic lake, oligotrophic lake, and body of water
- Location: Brandenburg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.15502° or 53° 9′ 18″ northLongitude
13.01909° or 13° 1′ 9″ eastElevation
58 metres (190 feet)Open location code
9F5M5249+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 61652111OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
2915982Wikidata ID
Q319144
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Stechlin from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Lake Stechlin” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Grosser Stechlinsee”
- Cebuano: “Großer Stechlinsee”
- Chinese: “大施泰希林湖”
- Chuvash: “Гросер-Штехлинзе”
- Danish: “Großer Stechlinsee”
- Dutch: “Lake Stechlin”
- Dutch: “Stechlinmeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ستيتشلين”
- French: “Grand Stechlinsee”
- French: “lac Stechlin”
- German: “Großer Stechlin”
- German: “Grosser Stechlinsee”
- German: “Großer Stechlinsee”
- German: “Stechlinsee”
- Japanese: “大シュテヒリーン湖”
- Macedonian: “Големо Штехлинско Езеро”
- Polish: “Großer Stechlinsee”
- Russian: “Гросер-Штехлинзе”
- Spanish: “Lago Stechlin”
- Swedish: “Großer Stechlinsee”
- Swedish: “Stechlinsee”
- Ukrainian: “Штехлінзее”
- Welsh: “Llyn Stechlin”
- Western Frisian: “Stechlinmar”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Neuglobsow and Dagow.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stechlinsee and Dachsberg.
Brandenburg: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Potsdam, Cottbus, Frankfurt an der Oder, and Brandenburg an der Havel.
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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 “Lake Stechlin”. Photo: Oktaeder, Public domain.