Großer Priepertsee is a

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

in the Mecklenburg Lake District, in the German state of

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

. It is in the district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte. The lake has an elevation of and a surface area of . The navigable River Havel flows the length of the Großer Priepertsee, entering it directly from the connecting Wangnitzsee to the north, and leaving it at

Priepert Priepert is a municipality in the district Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the River Havel between the lakes of Großer Priepertsee and Ellbogensee Ellbogensee (German, 'Elbow Lake') is a lake ...

via a long channel to the

Ellbogensee Ellbogensee (German, 'Elbow Lake') is a lake in the Mecklenburg Lake District, in Germany. Although most of the lake is in the district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district), Mecklenburgische Seenplatte in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a ...

to the south. Navigation is administered as part of the Obere–Havel–Wasserstraße.

References

Lakes of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Federal waterways in Germany LGrosserPriepertsee {{MecklenburgischeSeenplatte-geo-stub