Lake Tegel

Second largest lake in Berlin

52°35′0″N 13°16′0″E / 52.58333°N 13.26667°E / 52.58333; 13.26667Primary inflowsRiver Havel, Tegeler FließPrimary outflowsRiver HavelBasin countriesGermanyMax. length4 km (2.5 mi)Surface area4.61 km² (1.78 sq mi)Average depth7.9 m (26 ft)Max. depth16 m (52 ft)IslandsHasselwerder, Lindwerder, Scharfenberg, Reiswerder, Baumwerder, Valentinswerder, MaienwerderSettlementsTegel, Tegelort

Lake Tegel (German: Tegeler See) (German pronunciation^ⓘ) is the second largest lake in Berlin, Germany. It is situated in the northwest of the city in the Reinickendorf borough, in the Ortsteil of Tegel.

Overview

The historic name Tegel (first recorded in 1322 as Tygel) is common for a larger territory and also used for the settlements of the Tegel locality, the Tegelort ("Tegel Village") neighbourhood within the Konradshöhe locality and the Berlin-Tegel International Airport.^{[citation needed]}

The lake is connected to the navigable River Havel, which flows in and out of the lake at its western end. The lake is navigable to its eastern end, and navigation is administered as part of the Havel–Oder–Wasserstraße.^[1]^[2]

Most of the waterfront of the lake is privately held. Within the lake are the islands of Hasselwerder, Lindwerder, Scharfenberg, Reiswerder, Baumwerder, Valentinswerder and Maienwerder. Scharfenberg, Valentinswerder and Maienwerder are accessible by some of Berlin's ferry services.

Lake Tegel

References

^ "Hauptstrecken Abkürzungen" [Main route abbreviations] (in German). Wasser- und Schifffahrtsverwaltung des Bundes. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
^ Sheffield, Barry (1995). Inland Waterways of Germany. St Ives: Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson. pp. 100–103. ISBN 0-85288-283-1.

External links

Media related to Lake Tegel at Wikimedia Commons
Nixdorf, B.; et al. (2004), "Tegeler See", Dokumentation von Zustand und Entwicklung der wichtigsten Seen Deutschlands (in German), Berlin: Umweltbundesamt, p. 23