Borkener See

Borkener See is an artificial lake in West Hesse Depression, , . At an elevation of 177 metres, its surface area is 139 hectares. Created by the mining of lignite coal, the lake is nutrient-poor and slightly basic in pH.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Oliver Deisenroth, Public domain.
Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hessisches Braunkohle Bergbaumuseum and Schloss Nassenerfurth.

Museum
Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.

Castle
Photo: Presse03, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a castle.

Lake
Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.
is a lake in Westhessische Senke, , . At an elevation of 177 m, its surface area is 30 ha.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borken and Kalbsburg.

Town
Photo: Rüdiger Wölk, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a small town with about 13,000 inhabitants in the in northern , . The town is a former centre for brown coal mining and coal-fired electrical generation in Hesse.

Neighborhood
Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.
is a neighborhood.

Borkener See

Latitude
51.0354° or 51° 2′ 7″ north
Longitude
9.267° or 9° 16′ 1″ east
Open location code
9F3F27P8+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 15807153
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Wiki­data ID
Q893846
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Borkener See” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Trockenerfurth and Nassenerfurth.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Borkener See and Giesenbühl.

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