Lake Tegel () () is the second largest

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It is situated in the northwest of the city in the

Reinickendorf Reinickendorf () is the twelfth borough of Berlin. It encompasses the northwest of the city area, including the Berlin Tegel Airport, Lake Tegel, spacious settlements of detached houses as well as housing estates like Märkisches Viertel. Subd ...

borough, in the ''Ortsteil'' of

Tegel Tegel () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') in the Berlin borough of Reinickendorf on the shore of Lake Tegel. The Tegel locality, the second largest in area (after Köpenick) of the 96 Berlin districts, also includes the neighbourhood of ''Saatwinke ...

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The historic name ''Tegel'' (first recorded in 1322 as ''Tygel'') is common for a larger territory and also used for the settlements of the

locality, the ''Tegelort'' ("Tegel Village") neighbourhood within the

Konradshöhe Konradshöhe () is a German locality () within the borough () of Reinickendorf, Berlin. History In the course of the northern extension of Berlin during the 19th century, many people settled in the suburbs, attracted by the proximity to nature and ...

locality and the

Berlin-Tegel International Airport Berlin Tegel "Otto Lilienthal" Airport () was the primary international airport of Berlin, the capital of Germany. The airport was named after aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal and was the List of the busiest airports in Germany, fourth busiest ...

. The lake is connected to the navigable

River Havel The Havel () is a river in northeastern Germany, flowing through the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt. The long Havel is a right tributary of the Elbe. However, the direct distance from its source to its ...

, which flows in and out of the lake at its western end. The lake is navigable to its eastern end, and navigation is administered as part of the

Havel–Oder–Wasserstraße The Havel–Oder–Wasserstraße (HOW) is a navigable waterway connecting Berlin (Havel and Spree (river), Spree) and the Germany–Poland border, German-Polish border at the West Oder, West Oder River at Friedrichsthal north of Schwedt. Approximate ...

. Most of the waterfront of the lake is privately held. Within the lake are the islands of Hasselwerder, Lindwerder, Scharfenberg, Reiswerder, Baumwerder, Valentinswerder and Maienwerder. Scharfenberg, Valentinswerder and Maienwerder are accessible by some of Berlin's ferry services. File:Berlin - Tegeler See vereist - 2016.jpg File:Tegeler See Berlin 1.jpg File:Tegeler See Berlin 2.jpg File:Tegeler See Berlin 3.jpg

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Reinickendorf River bays Federal waterways in Germany