The Jungfernsee (translated "Virgin Lake") is north of
Potsdam
Potsdam () is the capital and largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...
,
Germany
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. It was a glacial kettle and is now part of the
River Havel, which runs along its southeastern shore, which is also the only part of its shores that is in
Berlin
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. The rest of the lake lies in the Potsdam district.
Overview
It spans in a northwest–southeast direction, widens to in the southeast from just at its narrowest point. The lake is part of a federal waterway and one point where the
Sacrow–Paretz Canal connects to the Havel. Until 1990, there was a border crossing for ships on the lake, at the end of the canal.
On the lake's southern end at the outflow of the Havel is the
Glienicke Bridge, also known as the Bridge of Spies. Besides that, other sights around the Jungfernsee include
Cecilienhof to the southwest, the
Heilandskirche in Sacrow to the north and the
park and palace of Glienicke, southeast again. The former royal
Dairy in the New Garden also lies on the shore of the lake and is today a restaurant and brewery.
In 1999, the south shore was added to the
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...
.
See also
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Fahrlander See
References
External links
Lakes of Brandenburg
Lakes of Berlin
Geography of Potsdam
Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Federal waterways in Germany
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