Kleiner Plöner See

Kleiner Plöner See
Sunset at the Little Plön Lake
Kleiner Plöner See
Location	Kreis Plön, Schleswig-Holstein
Coordinates	54°9′37″N 10°23′28″E
Primary inflows	Schwentine
Primary outflows	Schwentine
Basin countries	Germany
Surface area	239 ha (590 acres)
Average depth	9 m (30 ft)
Max. depth	31.4 m (103 ft)
Shore length^1	112 km (70 mi)
Surface elevation	20 m (66 ft)
Settlements	Plön
^1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The Kleine Plöner See is a lake in Holstein Switzerland in North Germany.

Geography

It lies west of the town of the Plön, has an area of 239 hectares (590 acres), is up to about 31 metres deep and has a surface elevation of around 20 m above sea level (NN). The lake is owned both by the state of Schleswig-Holstein as well as various private individuals.

The weakly eutrophic lake lies on the River Schwentine, which enters in two places from the Großer Plöner See

• 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

Sources

• Muuß, Uwe; Petersen, Marcus and König, Dietrich (1973). Die Binnengewässer Schleswig-Holsteins. 162 pp., numerous photos., Wachholtz-Verlag Neumünster. ISBN 3-529-05302-3

External links

• Environmental report on the Kleiner Plöner See by the state of Schleswig-Holstein (in German)