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

Kleiner Plöner See
Sunset at the Little Plön Lake
Kleiner Plöner See is located in Schleswig-Holstein
Kleiner Plöner See
Kleiner Plöner See
LocationKreis Plön, Schleswig-Holstein
Coordinates54°9′37″N 10°23′28″E / 54.16028°N 10.39111°E / 54.16028; 10.39111
Primary inflowsSchwentine
Primary outflowsSchwentine
Basin countriesGermany
Surface area239 ha (590 acres)
Average depth9 m (30 ft)
Max. depth31.4 m (103 ft)
Shore length1112 km (70 mi)
Surface elevation20 m (66 ft)
SettlementsPlön
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Geography

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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

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Sources

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