Koseze Pond ( sl, Koseški bajer), Martinek Pond () or Lake Koseze () is an

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pond A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Defining them to be less than in area, less than deep, and with less than 30% emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing their ecology from ...

at the edge of

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, the capital of

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, between Šiška Hill to the west and the neighborhood of Mostec to the east. It is part of the Tivoli–Rožnik Hill–Šiška Hill Landscape Park and is named after the nearby Koseze neighborhood in Ljubljana's

Šiška District The Šiška District (; sl, Četrtna skupnost Šiška), or simply Šiška (), is the most populous district () of the City Municipality of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. It is named after the former villages of Spodnja Šiška and Zgornja ...

. Near Koseze Pond, the

Path of Remembrance and Comradeship The Trail of Remembrance and Comradeship ( sl, Pot spominov in tovarištva, acronym ''PST''), also referred to as the Trail Along the Wire (), the Trail Around Ljubljana (), or the Green Ring (), is a gravel-paved recreational and memorial walkw ...

touches Tivoli–Rožnik Hill–Šiška Hill Landscape Park. The pond has an area of and a maximum depth of . It is fed by Mostec Creek. It was created after a former

clay pit A clay pit is a quarry or mine for the extraction of clay, which is generally used for manufacturing pottery, bricks or Portland cement. Quarries where clay is mined to make bricks are sometimes called brick pits. A brickyard or brickworks is ...

at the site, which supplied the brickworks operated by Gustav Tönnies (1814–1886), was closed. The pit was then overgrown by grass, but the Agrostroj company later flooded the area to test irrigation pumps. Koseze Pond is now used as a recreation area by local residents. In the summer it is used for racing radio-controlled model boats and fishing. Swimming is prohibited due to the poor quality of the water, which is also contaminated by cyanobacteria. In the winter it is used for skating. Koseze Pond is a natural habitat for the

edible frog The edible frog (''Pelophylax'' kl. ''esculentus'') is a species of common European frog, also known as the common water frog or green frog (however, this latter term is also used for the North American species ''Rana clamitans''). It is used ...

migrant hawker The migrant hawker (''Aeshna mixta'') is one of the smaller species of hawker dragonflies. It can be found away from water but for breeding it prefers still or slow-flowing water and can tolerate brackish sites. The flight period is from July to ...

, common bulrush, and

common reed ''Phragmites australis'', known as the common reed, is a species of plant. It is a broadly distributed wetland grass that can grow up to tall. Description ''Phragmites australis'' commonly forms extensive stands (known as reed beds), which may ...

.City Municipality of Ljubljana. 2004. ''Koseški bajer'' (sign posted at the pond). Ljubljana: MOL, ZRSVN.

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Ljubljana: 'Koseški bajer' - ribnik
jubljana: Koseze Pond 2007. VR panorama.

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. (Rich media - may be viewed with QuickTime). Accessed on 19 February 2012.
Ljubljana: The Green Ring of Ljubljana
The Path of Remembrance and Comradeship at Koseze Pond. 8 May 2009 – 9 May 2009. VR panorama (surround photography).

. (Rich media - may be viewed with QuickTime). Accessed on 19 February 2012. {{Ljubljana Ponds of Slovenia Artificial lakes Geography of Ljubljana Šiška District Tivoli–Rožnik Hill–Šiška Hill Natural Park

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