Borkener See

Borkener See is a nature reserve in , , . Borkener See is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .
Photo: Baummapper, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Borkener See and Hessisches Braunkohle Bergbaumuseum.

Lake
Photo: Oliver Deisenroth, Public domain.
is an artificial 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.

Museum
Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.

Lake
Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.
is a 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
51.0364° or 51° 2′ 11″ north
Longitude
9.2731° or 9° 16′ 23″ east
Open location code
9F3F27PF+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 165881865
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Wiki­data ID
Q58336629
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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

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