Borna Reservoir
| Speicherbecken Borna | |
|---|---|
 The lake in 2013 | |
 Interactive map of Speicherbecken Borna | |
| Location | Landkreis Leipzig, Sachsen, Deutschland |
| Construction began | 1964–1980 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Pleiße |
| Height (foundation) | 17.9 |
| Height (thalweg) | 14 |
| Length | 6500 |
| Elevation at crest | 152 |
| Width (crest) | 30 |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 99,80 Mio. m³ |
| Active capacity | 97,10 Mio. m³ |
| Catchment area | 769 |
| Surface area | 5.72 |
| Normal elevation | 150 |
The Borna Reservoir (German: Speicherbecken Borna) is a balancing lake near Borna, Leipzig, in Germany. After the Borna-West surface mine was shut down in 1970, the site underwent construction in the following years (64-80) and was taken into service starting in 1977.[1][2]
The lake is usually only half-full, with the capacity of storing an additional 46,1 million cube meters of water.[2] The maximum depth is 25 m and can be up to 38 m if the lake is full.
The lake is served by the Pleiße and is today used for recreational purposes and fishing. It is a certified bathing lake of the state of Saxony as well as the EU. Locals colloquially call it "Adria".
History
[edit]Villages that had to be resettled when the mine was originally include Blumroda,[3] Hartmannsdorf, Görnitz and Alt-Deutzen.[2]
Gallery
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In 1998
tributary river
Abfluss des Speicherbeckens
Plate commemorating the removal of the village of Blumroda
References
[edit]- ↑ Archived (Date missing) at devastiert.de (Error: unknown archive URL)
- 1 2 3 Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Referat Kommunikation und. "Wasserspeicher Borna - Landestalsperrenverwaltung des Freistaates Sachsen - sachsen.de". www.wasserwirtschaft.sachsen.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-04-04.
- ↑ Christliches Umweltseminar Rötha e. V., Kulturbüro Espenhain, Heimatverein Regis-Breitingen und Umgebung e. V. (Hrsg.): Erinnerungen an die Dörfer Blumroda, Hartmannsdorf, Görnitz, Deutzen und Schleenhain. Regis-Breitingen 1996, ISBN 3-930044-07-2