The Kleine Plöner See is a lake in
Holstein Switzerland
Holstein Switzerland (german: Holsteinische Schweiz) is a hilly area with a patchwork of lakes and forest in Schleswig Holstein, Germany, reminiscent of Little Switzerland (landscape), Swiss landscape. Its highest point is the Bungsberg (168 m ...
in North
Germany
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.
Geography
It lies west of the town of the
Plön
Plön (; Holsatian: ''Plöön'') is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 8,700 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on ...
, has an area of , is up to about 31 metres deep and has a surface elevation of around . The lake is owned both by the state of Schleswig-Holstein as well as various private individuals.
The weakly
eutrophic
Eutrophication is the process by which an entire body of water, or parts of it, becomes progressively enriched with minerals and nutrients, particularly nitrogen and phosphorus. It has also been defined as "nutrient-induced increase in phytoplank ...
lake lies on 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 ...
, which enters in two places from the
Großer Plöner See
The Großer Plöner See ("Great Plön Lake") or Lake Plön ("Plöner See", ) is the largest lake (30 km²) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is located near the town of Plön. Its main tributary, as well as its main outflow, is the River S ...
:
*West of the
Prinzeninsel, through the Rohrdommelbucht and the Mühlensee.
*Through the centre of Plöner, the Schwanensee and the Stadtsee.
See also
*
List of lakes in Schleswig-Holstein
This List of lakes in Schleswig-Holstein shows a selection of well-known lakes in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein (''sorted by surface area''):
See also
* List of lakes in Germany
* List of waterbodies in Schleswig-Holstein
...
Sources
* Muuß, Uwe; Petersen, Marcus and König, Dietrich (1973). ''Die Binnengewässer Schleswig-Holsteins.'' 162 pp., numerous photos., Wachholtz-Verlag Neumünster.
External links
Environmental report on the Kleiner Plöner See by the state of Schleswig-Holstein
Ploner See, Kleiner
Plön
LPlonersee, Kleiner
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