Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve
The Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve lies in western Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on its border with Schleswig-Holstein. From 1952 to 1990 large parts of the Schaalsee landscape lay within the military out of bounds area of the Inner German Border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Protected area
- Description: biosphere reserve in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Also known as: “Biospharenreservat Schaalsee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burgwall Kittlitz and Goldensee.
Goldensee
Photo: Kate1kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goldensee is a lake in the Nordwestmecklenburg district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. At an elevation of 36.1 m, its surface area is 0.94 km2. During the division of Germany, the lake was entirely located in East Germany, but the south/western coast was in West Germany. Goldensee is situated 3 km north of Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kittlitz and Kneese.
Kittlitz
Village
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Kittlitz is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Kneese
Village
Kneese is a municipality in the south west of the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The municipality is governed by the government office Gadebusch in the city Gadebusch. Kneese is situated 3 km east of Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve.
Roggendorf
Village
Photo: Niteshift, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roggendorf is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Roggendorf is situated 6 km northeast of Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve.
Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve
- Categories: biosphere reserve and biosphere reserve
- Location: Krembz, Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
53.6615° or 53° 39′ 41″ northLongitude
10.94106° or 10° 56′ 28″ eastElevation
58 metres (190 feet)Open location code
9F5GMW6R+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 827085100GeoNames ID
13511734Wikidata ID
Q864765
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Satellite Map
Discover Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Czech to Swedish—“Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Biosférická rezervace Schaalsee”
- German: “Biosphärenreservat Schaalsee”
- Swedish: “Biosfärområdet Schaalsee”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Niendorf am Schaalsee and Rosenhagen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Freiwillige Feuerwehr Kittlitz and ehem. Gutshaus Dutzow.
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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 “Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve”. Photo: DorisAntony, CC BY-SA 3.0.