The Dieksee is a lake in the

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region of North

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Geography

It has an area of , a maximum length of about 3.4 kilometres and a maximum width of 1.6 kilometres. The lake is up to 38 metres deep, its surface elevation is about and it is crossed by the

River Schwentine The Schwentine is a river in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is approximately long and rises on the hill of Bungsberg, the highest point in the state, near the village of Kasseedorf in Ostholstein. It then runs from its source to ...

from east to west. This waterway links the Dieksee to the other lakes in the Holstein Lake District (the Kleiner- and

Großer Eutiner See The Großer Eutiner See is a lake in Holstein Switzerland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It lies northeast of the town of Eutin. It has an area of , is up to 17 metres deep and lies at a height of about . It northern side borders directly on ...

, the

Kellersee The Kellersee () is a lake in the Holstein Switzerland region of North Germany. It lies east of the village of Malente on the River Schwentine, has an area of , is up to 27 metres deep and lies at a height of . Southeast of the lake is the vil ...

, the Großen- and Kleinen Plöner See and the

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). Like the rest of Holstein Switzerland, the Dieksee was formed during the last

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Dead-ice Dead ice is ice which, though part of a glacier or ice sheet, is no longer moving. When this melts it does so in situ, leaving behind a hummocky terrain known as dead-ice moraine which is produced by the deposition of glacio-fluvial sediments and ...

was preserved in the hollow thus formed; when that melted the lake was formed.

Recreation

Boats may use the lake and pleasure boats (run by ''5-Seen-Fahrt'') link the largest villages of the Holstein lake district. In the villages of

Malente Malente is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is about 5 km northwest of Eutin and 35 km north of Lübeck. The historian Sigrid Jahns Sigrid Jahns (''née'' Langer) (born on 26 October 1 ...

-Gremsmühlen, Niederkleveez and Timmdorf there are jetties on the Dieksee. There is a circular walk and cycle path around lake which is about 14 kilometres long. From the Holzberg Tower there is a good overview of the Dieksee, the lake's islands of Langenwarder and Gremswarder and the other lakes in the region.

External links

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Data on the Dieksee at ''umweltdaten.landsh.de''

Stephan, H.J. (2003) ''Zur Entstehung der eiszeitlichen Landschaft Schleswig-Holsteins'' (The Formation of the Ice-Age Landscape of Schleswig-Holstein)
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Geography

Recreation

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