Wannsee is a lake and beach on the river Havel near Berlin. Lake "Greater Wannsee"

In the Berlin district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf is located Lake Wannsee, which is also called the Big Wannsee, since there is also a Small Wannsee, which is part of the Gribnitsky Canal. The Greater Wannsee is a large section of the river Havel.

River buses run along the Wannsee lake, so everyone can take a water trip to Potsdam, Werder or to the Tegel region. Not far from the Wannseebrücke railway station and the bridge of the same name, there is a pier where they moor. In addition, a ferry arrives at the pier, which goes from Kladovo.

In the northern part of the eastern shore of the Wannsee, there is a beach, which is part of the Nikolassee district. Previously, this area was a favorite vacation spot for residents of West Berlin. The beach building located there is an architectural monument; in addition, there is a special area for nudists.

The reservoirs of the Big Wannsee, Lake Gribnitsky, Gribnitsky Canal, Glienicke Lake and the Havel River encircle the Wannsee administrative region from all sides. Thus, this area is a river island, which is located to the west of the Greater Wannsee. There are two more islands nearby, Schwanenwerder to the north and Pfaueninsel to the west.

This area is of great historical importance. At the beginning of the new year 1942, in a villa located on the western shore of Lake Wannsee, high-ranking representatives of the imperial departments of the Third Reich and the NSDAP held a secret meeting, at which questions were raised about the possibility and implementation of plans for the extermination of the Jewish population of Europe.

This meeting was later called the Wannsee Conference. Today, the Villa Marlir, where it was held, houses the Holocaust Memorial Center.

Information for tourists
Address: Colomierstraëe 2
14109 Berlin, Germany
Train: stations Wannsee and Nikolassee, lines S1, S7

Good afternoon, dear readers! Lake Wannsee is very close to Berlin, only 20 minutes by train or car. Why not come here on the weekend? In summer you can swim, it is clean river water. And yet, the local beach is officially recognized as the longest in Europe.

The picturesque view, the beach, clean air and sights - all this attracts both tourists and Berliners.

The lake is easily accessible from Berlin and Potsdam. There is a bike route. A good walk is guaranteed.

Lake Wannsee is one of the most beautiful lakes in Europe. When the water is cold and weather not allowed to swim - you can just walk along the shore.

In summer, you can swim here, sunbathe on the beach and relax in cute little cafes. So, if you are tired of the city and its "European" rhythm, then pack your beach bag and go to nature.

If you are in Berlin for a few days, take the train to Nikolassee. This is one of the districts of the administrative district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf.

Near Wannsee there are several significant memorial sites. And one of the villas, the infamous Villa Marlir, even became in 1942 the venue for a secret conference of departments of the Third Reich.

Lake Wannsee

By the way, what lake Wannsee are we talking about? There are two of them right here. There is a Greater Wannsee. This is a lake formed by the expansion of the river Havel. And there is another one, guess for yourself what it is called.

Yes, just Little Wannsee. It is part of the Berlin Gribnitsky Canal. Agree, the name of the channel is somehow not German at all. In German it sounds like Griebnitzkanal.

In general, Berlin is called the city of canals. Channels - connection with the Baltic Sea. The total length of the navigable canal Berlin - the Baltic Sea - is 150 kilometers.

The lake is located in the Wannsee area of ​​the same name, which is an island. You can get to it in different ways, including 5 bridges. Since it is an island, it is surrounded by water on all sides. This is the Havel River itself, then our current destination is the Great Wannsee, the Gribnitz Canal, here is the artificial Gribnitz Lake (Griebnitzsee), and another Glienik Lake.

The longest beach in Europe

Of all the European lake beaches, this one is the longest. On the Great Wannsee lake, 1200 meters are reserved for a recreation area. It has excellent clean water (plus, neat Germans clean it regularly), Sandy shore and nothing blocks the sun for you.

The beach belongs to the Nikolassee area, not Wannsee. Even before it fell, the beach was chosen by nudists. Today there is a small area allocated for them, but to lie on the other beaches, you will certainly need a swimsuit.

The beach is well equipped, a huge number of cabanas, toilets, showers. The place is very popular. In the summer, whole families come here to relax.

For vacationers created maximum comfort. There are several nearby good restaurants, bars, eateries.

Many come for a run along the lake. By the way, even in winter, some people manage to swim here. German connoisseurs of a healthy lifestyle and "walruses" gather here to plunge into ice water and rubbed with snow, of course.

River trams run along the Havel and the Gribnitsky Canal. You can ride them, or even drive to Potsdam and the area.

What to see around the lake

If we move a little away from the beach, pass houses with attics, then we will come to the Glinnik bridge. You may have heard of it, its second name is Spy Bridge. Here many times the Soviet and American intelligence services carried out the exchange of captured intelligence officers.

There is also Pfaueninsel, or simply "peacock island", where you can really meet peacocks, a lot of peacocks.

This island was acquired by King Friedrich Wilhelm II, who also ordered the creation of a menagerie. But, things did not go beyond the peacocks. The island is quite small, you can get to it by ferry from the beach.

Peacocks have chosen branches of trees, walk on the ground and are not afraid of tourists. Although, we do not recommend coming close to this majestic bird, it may even peck.

And there is also the white Pfaueninsel castle of the same name.

Secret Conference at Lake Wanzee

The phrase "secret conference" smacks of a conspiracy scenario. So it was. One of the worst conspiracies ever modern history humanity was drawn up here.

The Wannsee Conference was held on the shores of this peaceful lake in 1942. World War II is already in full swing, what else could be so terrible planned? History buffs already know what I'm talking about.

January 20, 1942, Villa Marlir. The conference was attended by representatives of various departments of the Third Reich, as well as members of the NSDAP.

They discussed in detail the topic of destruction in Europe. More precisely, a plan was drawn up for the "final solution of the Jewish question."

Reinhard Heydrich was appointed responsible for the implementation of the plan.

It is clear that the meeting was very secret. To everyone who was supposed to be present at Villa Marlir, Heydrich himself sent out invitations by secret mail.

The guests were invited to arrive at a picturesque, very cozy villa.

Breakfast was served by 9:00. Then, some of the guests decided to admire the lake.
At 12:00 this terrible discussion began.

Today, the famous Holocaust Remembrance Center is located here. Villa Marlir has become a museum.

As for the lake, you can get here from Berlin by bike. The island also has bike paths.

Beach opening hours

The beach is open from April to September.

How to get from Berlin

• . From the main station Berlin Berlin Hauptbahnhof. S-Bahn S1 train to Strandbad Wannsee station. It's very close to the lake. The trip will take only 20 minutes.
• by car. On the motorway Kronprinzessinenweg to the intersection with Wannseebadweg, and along it already to the lake.
• on a bike. To get to the island, you need to take a ferry. You will arrive in the Zehlendorf district. An island in the Clado area. Take the ferry that runs across the entire lake. This ferry is an urban transport. You can ride it with a regular ticket that you use on city buses and the Berlin metro. You don't have to pay extra.

How to get from Potsdam

Train S-Bahn S7 to Strandbad Wannsee. Departs from Potsdam main station. Potsdam Hauptbahnhof.

Address: Colomierstrasse, 14109 Berlin, Germany

Wannsee on the map

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First, we took the train directly to the town of Wannsee. Very nice place with lots of lakes. It literally attracts many vacationers and tourists both from Berlin itself and from neighboring regions.

Our yacht was on the Großer Wannsee lake, which is actually an extended section of the Havel riverbed (a tributary of the Elbe). On it, we sailed on to Potsdam.

My two captains

Wanzi Beach is located in the northern part of the eastern shore and is part of the Nicolaszi area. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, this picturesque shore with a wide-spread beach building, which is an architectural monument, and a specially designated area for nudists, was a favorite vacation spot for residents of West Berlin.

Schwanenweerder Island

Schwanenwerder is almost completely built up with villas and mansions, access to the coast is closed. Schwanenwerder is a prestigious residence in Berlin. Here lived, in particular, Joseph Goebbels, Albert Speer, Ernst Udet, Theo Morell and Axel Springer. Living on the island, formerly called "sandy" (German: Sandwerder), since the time of the Kaiser, testified to the high position of its inhabitants in society.

Now the island houses a youth rest home, a children's boarding house, a tent site and a post of the Berlin water police. The site of the demolished Goebbels villa is currently occupied by the building of the Aspen Institute. The Goebbels bunker is available for inspection by prior arrangement.

A copy of the mini-frigate "Royal Louise" (1999), donated in 1832 by the British royal house to the Prussian monarch Friedrich Wilhelm III, lives near the island.

Peacock Island (Berlin)

In addition to redistributing the outlines of the wooded area, creating clearings, pastures and a spacious, all-encompassing network of paths, Lenne added many rare plant species. He wanted to create an idyllic look as a vacation spot for the royal family. Several buildings, such as a dairy farm built in the style of neo-gothic ruins with cows and playgrounds for the children of the royal family, completely completed the look.

These structures were gradually added in the form of the Palm Greenhouse built by Schinkel in 1830-31, which later burned to the ground, and a menagerie for exotic animals, which was then moved by Friedrich Wilhelm IV and thus laid the foundation for the now famous Berlin Zoo (Berlin's Tiergarten). Currently, the Peacock Island Garden, a park, many buildings have been completely restored, restoring the atmosphere of a 19th century island of relaxation to the subtleties.

A ferry regularly connects the island to the main land. In 1990, the entire island with the castle, garden and park was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Royal Farm is located on the island. It was built on the initiative of the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm II. On the farm, members of the royal family worked "occupational therapy"- they milked cows, churned butter, cared for pigs and horses. And the building of the restaurant is a Bavarian-style hunting lodge built in 1840 by order of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV.

Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Nikolskoye is Protestant and is located in the Glienicke park. Today it is part of the Evangelical Church Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. The church has a Russian Orthodox profile, with a notable difference - it has only one dome, instead of five, as is customary in Russia.
King Friedrich Wilhelm III built the church on August 13, 1837. His daughter Charlotte (after her marriage, Alexandra Feodorovna) was married to Tsar Nicholas I.
Here is the tomb of Prince Charles of Prussia.

Heilandskirche am Port von Sacrow

Meierei im Neuen Garten

And in the background in this photo is the Tsetsilienhof Palace

Cecilienhof

Cecilienhof gained world fame by becoming the venue of the Potsdam Conference in 1945. It was while at the Cecilienhof conference that Truman gave the order over the telephone to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

I also succeeded in this palace.

Potsdam Palace(Potdamer Stadtschloss) - the winter residence of the Prussian kings and German emperors, located in the center of Potsdam. The palace was built in 1662-1669 and extensively rebuilt in 1744-1752.

In April 1945, it was destroyed during the bombing of the city by the allies and then demolished by order of the GDR authorities in 1959. At that time, only the building of the stables survived.
In 1991, a cinema began to be built on the site of the palace, but the work was curtailed.
In 2002, the Gate of Fortune was rebuilt.
A full-scale reconstruction of the Potsdam Palace was carried out only in 2010-2014, and the Landtag of Brandenburg currently sits here.
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Pumping station (Pumpenhaus) - was built in 1841 - 1843 according to the project of Ludwig Persius and served as a pump for supplying water to fountains in the park. The building is made in oriental style and is a Turkish mosque in architecture.

Cafe-restaurant Seerose

On the way back, it was already completely dark and I kept asking my captains how to navigate in the dark on a smooth, empty surface of the water.In fact, this was my first trip on a yacht in my life - the sensations are simply unimaginable!

Lake Eten is located in national park Muritz in Roggentin, Germany. The first mention of it dates back to 1258. The name of the reservoir is translated from Old Slavonic as "dam". The lake is divided by the island of Schulzenwerden into 2 large basins. Its western part has an elongated thin shape, it is also divided into smaller basins. The eastern basin is wider than the western one.

The size of the lake is 2000 by 1700 meters. The Havel River flows into the lake from the east. The local coast is quite swampy, not planted with forest. Eten Pond is popular with kayak enthusiasts.

Lake Kleiner Wannsee

We say Berlin, we mean beautiful nature. In the capital of Germany, there are more than two hundred and fifty landscape gardening complexes, almost a fifth of the territory is covered with forest. Walking on a warm summer evening in the Grunewald or wandering through the Gardens of the World in Marzan, admiring the waterfall in the Victoria Park in Kreuzberg, boating on Lake Müggelsee or swimming in the Schlachtensee, it is so easy to forget that you are in a metropolis of almost three and a half million inhabitants. Berlin is a very green city. Berlin has eight lakes located within the city's transport network. And this number attracts many tourists, both from Berlin itself and from neighboring regions.

Lake Kleiner Wannsee is located in the eastern part of Berlin, in the southern part of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district, and is an integral part of the Gribnitz Canal. The lake connects the Groser-Wansee and Polese lakes. Water flows from the Teltow Canal through the Kleiner Wannsee to the Groser Wannsee.

On the shore of the lake is the grave of the German playwright, poet and prose writer Heinrich von Kleist. Also on the shore of the lake there are numerous sports associations for rowing.

Lake Müggelsee

Müggelse or Great Müggelse is the largest of the lakes that belong to the Berlin Lakes. The Müggelsee is located in the Treptow-Köpenick district of Berlin. The area of ​​the lake exceeds 7.4 square kilometers. The maximum depth of the lake does not exceed eight meters, the greatest length is about 4 kilometers, and the width is about 2.6 kilometers. Next to Lake Müggelsee, on the south side, is the most high point Berlin, whose height is 115 meters.

They began to call the "Big" Müggelse in order to distinguish it from the "neighbor" - the Small Müggelse. This is a lake that has an area of ​​​​only 0.16 square kilometers.

Lake Müggelsee for residents of the eastern part of Berlin is a very popular place for leisure and recreation. In 1961, the Müggelturm tower was built on the Small Müggelsee, from which you can observe not only the insanely beautiful lake and the forests adjacent to it, but also the silhouettes of the skyscrapers of Berlin.

Tegel lake

Berlin is famous for its lakes. In the summer, on weekends, crowds of citizens go to the Berlin lakes in city trains, and in winter, of course, to the skating rink. Numerous colorful lakes in and around Berlin are ideal for outdoor recreation, sunbathing and boat trips. Here you can find everything for a summer holiday: beaches, numerous cafes, river buses and, of course, water sports centers. Holidays on the German lakes are ideal for those who do not tolerate hot weather areas, as well as for those who care about their health. Those who appreciate outdoor walks, as well as the beauty and tranquility of nature come here.

Lake Tegel is located in the Berlin district of Reinickendorf, in the Tegel district. This area is located in the northwestern part of Berlin and is known for its beautiful parks and Lake Tegel with convenient bays and beaches. The area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe lake is 408 hectares, it ranks second among the Berlin lakes in size. Lake Tegel is a branched section of the Havel River. The water in it is of high quality, and the lake itself is famous for its transparency.

Passenger and tourist shipping is established on the lake. The lake is also popular with water sports athletes. And yet, on Lake Tegel is located a large number of islands with villas and garden plots. It is also worth trying the famous local trout cooked according to an old recipe in the famous fish restaurant with 300 years of history.

Lake Ubbachtalsperre

Lake Ubbachtalshperre was created in 1904-1906 in accordance with the plans of the Aachen professor Otto Inze on the territory of Kierspe, Germany. The dam built here supplies the city with drinking water. On the coast of the lake there is a hiking trail, the length of which is about 2.7 kilometers.

Built of rubble, the dam is 4.5 meters wide, 27 meters high and 152 meters long. The area of ​​Lake Jubbahtalsperre is 11.7 hectares, and the volume is 1.05 million cubic meters. From 1990 to 1991, the local dam was reinforced with a reinforced concrete wall. Repeated modernization work was carried out in August 2009.

Lake "Greater Wannsee"

Lake "Great Wannsee" is an extended section of the river Havel. It has a picturesque coast and a beach area located in the northern part of the east coast in the Nikolassee area.

Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a beach building with a specially designated area for nudists, which was a favorite vacation spot for residents of West Berlin.

From the pier located on south coast lakes next to the Wannseebrücke bridge, you can take a walk on the river buses along the Havel River or along the Gribnitz Canal and get to the cities of Potsdam and Werder or move to the Tegel area.

Lake Grimnitz

Lake Grimnitz is located near the city of Angermünde, about 60 kilometers from Berlin, the capital of Germany. The lake with an area of ​​about 8 square kilometers is a relic of the last ice age. Its height above sea level is 64 meters, and the depth does not exceed 11 meters.

Lake Grimnitz is fed by springs, rainwater and the Schorfheide river. Due to intensive economic activity, the fish in the lake did not have the opportunity to be fertilized for a long time, but in recent years this situation has changed. Lake Grimnitz is part of biosphere reserve Schorfheide-Chorin, its shores are a popular holiday destination among local residents and tourists.

Lake Kahliner

Lake Kahliner is located on the island of Usedom, in the southwestern region of Thurbruchs, Germany. The drainage ditch of Lake Kahliner was built in 1750. The lake has an area of ​​approximately 100 hectares, and its average depth is 1.5 meters. To the southwest of the lake is the village of Dargener Kachlin.

The water level of Lake Kahliner is largely regulated by pumping stations. During the period of low rainfall, the lake is at risk because all the water flows into the surrounding ditches. Areas of shallow water are a gathering place for numerous waterfowl, which is of considerable interest to ornithologists.

Lake Kalk

Lake Kalk is a body of water located in the south of the village of Rüders in the Spree Oder region east of Berlin, Germany. Its name in German means "Lime Lake", as it is located directly on a unique limestone deposit. The lake is bordered in the south and west by the village of Voltaire, in the north and east by the commune of Rüdersdorf.

Lake Kalk is used for swimming, as well as a venue for competitions in water sports sports. The lake, whose depth is about ten meters, has gained wide popularity among divers. In 2003, a tourist base. In addition, the reservoir is widely used by professional fishermen. Despite its name, this is a fairly clean lake. In 2002, it was awarded the EU Blue Flag for its clean water.

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