The Dämeritzsee () is a
lake
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located in
Brandenburg
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and
Berlin
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,
Germany
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. At an elevation of , its surface area is . It is located partly in the municipality of
Erkner (
Oder-Spree district) and part in
Rahnsdorf, a Berliner locality in
Treptow-Köpenick district.
The lake forms part of the course of the
River Spree, and is the location of that river's confluence with the short
Flakenfließ that flows out of the
Flakensee. The reach of the Spree downstream to the
Müggelsee is also known as the Müggelspree.
The Muggelspree and the Flakenfließ are both navigable, and the lake is also linked to the nearby
Seddinsee by the
Gosen Canal. The lake sees considerable sightseeing and leisure traffic, and also forms a link in a commercial navigation route from the
limestone
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workings at
Rüdersdorf, which reaches the Flakensee by a
lock
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at
Woltersdorf, and connects to the
River Dahme and the
Oder-Spree Canal via the Seddinsee.
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References
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LDameritzsee
Lakes of Berlin
Treptow-Köpenick
Lakes of Brandenburg
Oder-Spree
Federal waterways in Germany
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