Kleiner Plöner See

The Kleine Plöner See is a lake in Holstein Switzerland in North Germany.

Kleiner Plöner See
Sunset at the Little Plön Lake
Kleiner Plöner See
Location	Kreis Plön, Schleswig-Holstein
Coordinates	54°9′37″N 10°23′28″E
Primary inflows	Schwentine
Primary outflows	Schwentine
Basin countries	Germany
Surface area	239 ha (590 acres)
Average depth	9 m (30 ft)
Max. depth	31.4 m (103 ft)
Shore length1	112 km (70 mi)
Surface elevation	20 m (66 ft)
Settlements	Plön
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Geography

It lies west of the town of the Plön, has an area of 239 hectares (590 acres), is up to about 31 metres deep and has a surface elevation of around 20 m above sea level (NN). The lake is owned both by the state of Schleswig-Holstein as well as various private individuals.

The weakly eutrophic lake lies on the River Schwentine, which enters in two places from the Großer Plöner See

• West of the Prinzeninsel, through the Rohrdommelbucht and the Mühlensee.
• Through the centre of Plöner, the Schwanensee and the Stadtsee.

See also

• List of lakes in Schleswig-Holstein

Sources

• Muuß, Uwe; Petersen, Marcus and König, Dietrich (1973). Die Binnengewässer Schleswig-Holsteins. 162 pp., numerous photos., Wachholtz-Verlag Neumünster. ISBN 3-529-05302-3

External links

• Environmental report on the Kleiner Plöner See by the state of Schleswig-Holstein (in German)