The Jungfernsee (translated "Virgin Lake") is north of
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 ...
,
Germany
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. It was a glacial kettle and is now part of the
River Havel, which runs along its southeastern shore, which is also the only part of its shores that is in
Berlin
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. The rest of the lake lies in the Potsdam district.
Overview
It spans in a northwest–southeast direction, widens to in the southeast from just at its narrowest point. The lake is part of a federal waterway and one point where the
Sacrow–Paretz Canal connects to the Havel. Until 1990, there was a border crossing for ships on the lake, at the end of the canal.
On the lake's southern end at the outflow of the Havel is the
Glienicke Bridge
The Glienicke Bridge (german: Glienicker Brücke, ) is a bridge across the Havel River in Germany, connecting the Wannsee district of Berlin with the Brandenburg capital Potsdam. It is named after nearby Glienicke Palace. The current bridge, the ...
, also known as the Bridge of Spies. Besides that, other sights around the Jungfernsee include
Cecilienhof
Cecilienhof Palace (german: Schloss Cecilienhof) is a palace in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany, built from 1914 to 1917 in the layout of an English Tudor manor house. Cecilienhof was the last palace built by the House of Hohenzollern that ruled ...
to the southwest, the
Heilandskirche in Sacrow to the north and the
park and palace of Glienicke, southeast again. The former royal
Dairy in the New Garden also lies on the shore of the lake and is today a restaurant and brewery.
In 1999, the south shore was added to the
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (german: Schlösser und Gärten von Potsdam und Berlin) are a group of palace complexes and extended landscape gardens located in the Havelland region around Potsdam and the German capital of Berlin. The ter ...
World Heritage Site
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...
.
See also
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Fahrlander See
References
External links
Lakes of Brandenburg
Lakes of Berlin
Geography of Potsdam
Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Federal waterways in Germany
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