Templiner See () is a

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in the state of

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. It stretches to the south and west from the centre of the city 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 of B ...

. The lake is some long, with a maximum width of and a surface area is . It lies at an elevation of above sea level, and has a maximum depth of . The navigable River Havel flows through the lake, entering it at its northern end adjacent to central Potsdam, and leaving it at its southern end via a short channel to the Schwielowsee between Caputh and

Geltow Schwielowsee () is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the shore of the Schwielowsee lake, through which the River Havel flows. The municipality was founded on December 31, 2002 in merge ...

. The lake is crossed by two cable ferries, the

Kiewitt Ferry The Kiewitt Ferry is a passenger cable ferry in the city of Potsdam in Brandenburg, Germany. It crosses the Havel river, at the northern end of the Templiner See, between Auf dem Kiewitt on the Potsdam side and the Hermannswerder peninsular. The ...

towards its northern end, and the Caputh Ferry at its southern exit. Navigation is administered as part of the Untere Havel–Wasserstraße. At the northern end of the lake, the peninsula of Hermannswerder protrudes into the lake. At about its midpoint, the lake is crossed by the Berlin outer ring railway, using an embankment and bridge. This was built in the 1950s, to bypass

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during the

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Albert Einstein Summer Home

During his Berlin years 1929 to 1932 Albert Einstein and Wife Elsa had a summer house by the lake in Caputh. He kept a sail boat at the lake and sailed on the Templiner See and the Havel river lakes.

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* Lakes of Brandenburg Geography of Potsdam Federal waterways in Germany {{Brandenburg-geo-stub