Großer Wannsee | |
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Location | Berlin |
Coordinates | 52°26′36″N 13°9′41″E / 52.44333°N 13.16139°E |
Primary inflows | Havel |
Primary outflows | Havel |
Basin countries | Germany |
Surface area | 2.732 km2 (1.055 sq mi) |
Max. depth | 9 m (30 ft) |
Surface elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
Settlements | Berlin-Wannsee |
The Großer Wannsee (German: [ˈɡʁoːsɐ ˈvanˌzeː] ⓘ, "Greater Wannsee", "See" means lake) is a bight of the Havel river near the locality of Wannsee and Nikolassee (in the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf), a south-western suburb of the German capital Berlin not far from Potsdam. Between the river itself and the Wannsee lies the Breite, or Grosse Breite (Broad, or Great Broad). [1] To the north lies the island of Schwanenwerder and, opposite from the Greater Wannsee on the other side of the Havel, is the locality of Kladow (in Spandau). [2]
The Wannsee lake is well known as the number-one bathing and recreation spot for western Berlin, especially from a 1951 Schlager hit by teen idol Cornelia Froboess. The Strandbad Wannsee, an open-air lido with one of the longest inland beaches in Europe and a popular nudist area, was built in 1920–30 after a concept by architect Richard Ermisch. [3] Situated on the eastern shore of the lake it is officially part of the Nikolassee locality.
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