Seeburger See

Infobox lake
lake_name = Seeburger See
image_lake = Seeburger See (2005-09-18).jpg
caption_lake =
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location = Landkreis Göttingen, Lower Saxony
coords = coord|51|33|54|N|10|9|52|E|region:DE-NI_type:waterbody_source:dewiki|display=inline,title
type =
inflow = Aue
outflow = Aue
catchment =
basin_countries = Germany
length = 1.2 km
width = 1.1 km
area = 0.865 km²
depth =
max-depth = 3.5 m
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shore =
elevation = 157 m
islands =
cities = Bernshausen, Seeburg
frozen =

Seeburger See is a lake in the karst region of Lower Eichsfeld, Landkreis Göttingen, in southeastern Lower Saxony, Germany.

Also known as the "Auge des Eichsfelds" (Eichsfeld's eye) "der grosser See bei Bernshausen" (the large lake by Bernshausen), the shallow 86.5 hectares (0.865 km²) lake is fed in the east by the Aue creek at Bernshausen and drained to the west in Seeburg by the same creek and lies 157 m AMSL. The lake is postglacial, having formed about 500 B.C. when an underground cave collapsed. The lake is the largest natural body of water in Landkreis Göttingen. The lake is bordered in places by reedy growth and elsewhere by trees and grasslands. Other than the two villages, the surrounding land is mostly agricultural, though there is a recreational area with swimming facilities by Seeburg, and a large part of the lake's shoreline ("Naturschutzgebiet Seeburger See“), and a small forested area to the north are protected Nature zones. [ http://www.landesrecht.brandenburg.de/sixcms/detail.php?gsid=land_bb_bravors_01.c.15684.de, http://www.nlwkn.niedersachsen.de/master/C17705755_N5512611_L20_D0_I5231158.html, retrieved 6 September 2008] Controlled fishing is allowed in the lake, with eel being the most common (and providing a poupular local specialty, smoked eel), along with small pike, pike-perch, carp, tench, red-eyedn, trout, and a few others.

The lake is the area of interest for locals, people from nearby cities and the Netherlands, there being cam-grounds, recreational facilities, an archaeological site,* and a nature-information center as well as a path along the lake shore.

*) In the 1980s, the Seeburger See area was subject to both extensive and intensive archaeological research, which revealed a large amount of neolithic activity as well as lesser Bronze and Iron Age presences and the medieval predessors of today's communities [ K. Grote, G. Pischke and H. J. Frisch, 2003, "Bernshausen: Archäologie und Geschichte eines mittelalterlichen Zentralortes am Seeburger See"; "Das Eichsfeld", http://www.nibis.de/nli1/rechtsx/nlpb/pdf/Regionen/Eichsfeld.pdf, retrieved 6 September 2008] .

ee also

*Bernshausen
*Seeburg

External links

* [http://www.seeburgersee.de/ Seeburg-Online] de icon guide to the area, including recreation, business, and lodging