The Großer Wannsee (, "Greater Wannsee", "See" means lake) is a
bight
The word is derived from Old English ''byht'' (“bend, angle, corner; bay, bight”). In modern English, bight may refer to:
* Bight (geography), recess of a coast, bay, or other curved feature
* Bight (knot), a curved section, slack part, or loo ...
of the
Havel river near the locality of
Wannsee and
Nikolassee (in the borough of
Steglitz-Zehlendorf), a south-western suburb of the German capital
Berlin
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not far from
Potsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o ...
. Between the river itself and the Wannsee lies the ''Breite'', or ''Grosse Breite'' (Broad, or Great Broad). To the north lies the island of
Schwanenwerder
Schwanenwerder (; English: "Swan Ait") is an island in the locality of Nikolassee in southwestern Berlin, located in a wider stretch of the Havel close to the eastern bank and adjacent to the Großer Wannsee to the south of it. The neighbourhood ...
and, opposite from the Greater Wannsee on the other side of the Havel, is the locality of
Kladow (in
Spandau
Spandau () is the westernmost of the 12 boroughs () of Berlin, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and extending along the western bank of the Havel. It is the smallest borough by population, but the fourth largest by land ...
).
Overview
The Wannsee lake is well known as the number-one bathing and recreation spot for western Berlin, especially from a 1951
Schlager hit by
teen idol
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By region Asia
East Asia possess ...
Cornelia Froboess
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. The ''
Strandbad Wannsee'', an open-air lido with one of the longest inland beaches in Europe and a popular
nudist area, was built in 1920–30 after a concept by architect
Richard Ermisch.
Historical infos and pictures on www.strandbadwannsee.de
Situated on the eastern shore of the lake it is officially part of the Nikolassee locality.
Photogallery
File:Strandbad Berlin-Wannsee vom See 04-2015.jpg, Strandbad Wannsee
File:WannseeTerrasse.JPG, View of the lake from Wannsee railway station
File:AufDemZugefrorenenWannsee29Jan2006-CIMG3425.JPG, Sunset on the lake
See also
* Kleiner Wannsee (''Little Wannsee'')
* Pfaueninsel
*Griebnitzsee
Griebnitzsee (, from the Slavic ''Grib'', ''Mushroom'') is a lake at the south-western outskirts of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. At an elevation of 29.4 m, its surface area is ca. 0.592 km². The lake forms the border between the Germ ...
* Wannsee Conference, which took place at a villa on the banks of the Grosse Wannsee
References
External links
Lakes of Berlin
Steglitz-Zehlendorf
River bays
Federal waterways in Germany
LGrosserWannsee
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