Großer Goitzschesee
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| Großer Goitzschesee | |
|---|---|
 Goitzschesee with marina | |
| Location | Landkreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Sachsen-Anhalt |
| Coordinates | 51°37′35″N 12°21′49″E / 51.62639°N 12.36361°E |
| Primary outflows | Mulde |
| Surface area | 13.32 km2 (5.14 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 48 m (157 ft) |
| Water volume | 213,000,000 m3 (7.5×109 cu ft) |
| Surface elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Settlements | Bitterfeld |
The Großer Goitzschesee is the largest lake in the Goitzsche lake district, which emerged from the former Goitzsche (pronounced: Gottsche) brown coal open-cast mine in Saxony-Anhalt. The opencast mine residue lake belongs to the Bitterfeld mining area. The northeastern bay near Mühlbeck is called Amber Lake.
Since the flooding of the Geiseltalsee was completely in 2011, the Großer Goitzschesee has been the second largest lake in the Central German Lake District.
The name of the alluvial forest originally located here has changed several times over the centuries until the name 'Goitzsche' became established.[1]
History
The lake is located southeast of Bitterfeld and north of Delitzsch and, together with the Mulde reservoir, encloses the village of Pouch. In 1998, flooding of the former opencast mining area began with the introduction of water from the Mulde river, with the project being completed in 2002: A break in the Mulden dam caused by the Mulde flood caused the water to fill by 7 meters to well above the target level within two days, so that it overflowed and partially submerged the nearby town of Bitterfeld.[2][3]
Although the opencast mine extended across Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, today's Großer Goitzschesee is located only in Saxony-Anhalt. On the other hand, the neighboring Seelhausener See, located to the south, is located almost entirely in Saxony. It used to be a part of the Goitzsche opencast mine too.
