Ziernsee is a lake in the
, in
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. Whilst most of the lake is in the district of
Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (municipality
Priepert) in the state of
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in pop ...
, a portion of its southern shore is in the state of
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an area of 29,480 square ...
.
The lake has an elevation of and a surface area of .
The navigable
River Havel
The Havel () is a river in northeastern Germany, flowing through the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Berlin and Saxony-Anhalt. It is a right tributary of the Elbe and long. However, the direct distance from its source to its mo ...
flows through the Ziernsee, entering it via a long channel from the
Ellbogensee to the west, and exiting via a channel to the
Röblinsee. Navigation is administered as part of the
Obere–Havel–Wasserstraße.
References
Lakes of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Lakes of Brandenburg
Federal waterways in Germany
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