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Cottbuser Ostsee

Brandenburg  >  Germany

Germany's biggest articial lake was declared fully flooded on 23 Dec 2024. The former open cast mine provides habitat for many bird species.

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Zuletzt aktualisiert 28 Dezember 2024

Beschreibung

On the northwestern shore of Cottbuser Ostsee, near Viewpoint Lakoma (Aussichtspunkt Lakoma), you can observe different species of geese, ducks and grebes. Seeadler can be observed flying over and in December 2024 a Eistaucher was observed foraging together with a flock of Prachttaucher.

On the western side, near Observation Tower Merzdorf (Aussichtsturm Merzdorf), is where the future marina is planned. At the moment, however, one can observe Bläßhuhn, Gänsesäger, Höckerschwan as well as Turmfalke and Schwarzkehlchen plus different ducks and geese.

The area around the southern observation point (Aussichtspunkt Süd) is likely the most promising in the future because that part of the lake is bookmarked as a nature reserve and no swimming or boats will be allowed. During summer, Rohrweihe and Fischadler can be seen. Seeadler are there all year round and in the surrounding woody areas there are Pirol and Wiedehopf.

Details

Zugang

Cottbuser Ostsee is located east of the city of Cottbus. Attention: at the time of writing, Lakoma and Merzdorf can be officially reached by car, Aussichtpunkt Süd not - according to signposts along the road, cars have no access. It is planned to create a cycle path around the whole lake (approximately 25 km long). Press a P on the map for directions.

By public transport, you take the Frankfurt-Cottbus train to Cottbus-Wilmersdorf and walk about 1 km to the lake (Lakoma). On weekends, there's bus #12 from Cottbus to Merzdorf (every 2hours, check VBB).

Aussichtspunkt Süd is best reached by bicycle.

For wheelchair users, Lakoma is probably the best option.

Terrain und Habitat

Wald , Vereinzelte Bäume und Büsche , Landwirtschaft , See , Strand

Bedingungen

Flach , Offene Landschaft , Kein Schatten

Rundweg

Nein

Ist ein Spektiv nützlich?

Möglicherweise hilfreich

Gute Beobachtungszeit

Ganzjährig

Beste Beobachtungszeit

Frühjahrszug , Frühjahr , Herbstzug , Winter

Route

asphaltierte Straße , Normaler Weg , unbefestigte Straße

Schwierigkeitsgrad der Tour

Einfach

Erreichbarkeit

zu Fuß , Fahrrad , Rollstuhl , Auto

Beobachtungshütten oder -türme

Ja

Zusätzliche Informationen

In December 2024, the city of Cottbus didn't do any construction work on the marina, but this is planned for the future. Also, because of some geological instabilities, direct access to the shore is not possible at the time of writing. This might change in 2025. For now, follow the signposts!

Many people already make use of the cycle path between Wilmersdorf/Lakoma, Merzdorf down to Dissenchen and Schlichow. The latter two are also served by busses.

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