Roofensee is a

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

Oberhavel Oberhavel is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the north): Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts of Uckermark and Barnim, the ''Bundesl ...

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

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. It has a surface area of 0.56 km².

Overview

Roofensee (Lake Roofen) is located in the county of Oberhavel in the north of Brandenburg, about 6 km from the border of

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

. It has an elongated shape, in a northwest-southeast direction, covering of an area of 0.56 square kilometers and is up to 19 meters deep. Roofensee is part of the

Stechlin-Ruppiner Land Nature Park Stechlin-Ruppiner Land Nature Park is a nature park and reserve in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It covers an area of . It was established on July 1, 2001. It includes Lake Stechlin, home to the endemic Stechlin cisco ''Coregonus fontanae'' ...

. It is situated in the district of

Stechlin Stechlin is a municipality in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Geography Stechlin is part of the northern border of Brandenburg, at the start of the Mecklenburg Lake District. It is part of the Stechlin-Ruppiner Land Nature Park, ...

and at its southeastern end is the village of Menz. There is a 6 km path around the lake. Over a part of this path there is also a 12 km marsh trail that leads beyond the lake into the surrounding forest area. It contains five stations, some of which are suitable for disabled people, and which were partly completed in 2007. The complete marsh trail was opened on 26 June 2008. Roofensee is connected to other waterways by the Polzowkanal. To the east it connects with both the small and large Wentowsee (Lake Wentow) and the River Havel, and on the west with the Nehmitzsee (Lake Nehmitz) and Stechlinsee (Lake Stechlin). Lakes of Brandenburg Oberhavel {{Brandenburg-geo-stub