The Jungfernsee (translated "Virgin Lake") is north of Potsdam , Germany . It was a glacial kettle and is now part of the River Havel , which runs along its southeastern shore, which is also the only part of its shores that is in Berlin . The rest of the lake lies in the Potsdam district.
5-533: It spans 3.52 kilometres (2.19 mi) in a northwest–southeast direction, widens to 1.45 kilometres (0.90 mi) in the southeast from just 180 metres (590 ft) at its narrowest point. The lake is part of a federal waterway and one point where the Sacrow–Paretz Canal connects to the Havel. Until 1990, there was a border crossing for ships on the lake, at the end of the canal. On the lake's southern end at
10-811: A short cut for the River Havel, and also has its downstream end at Paretz, both ends of the Sacrow–Paretz Canal are downstream of Berlin . The canal is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) long, of which 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) comprises artificially cut channel, whilst the rest is accounted for by several lakes. Besides the Jungfernsee, these include the Weißer See , the Fahrlander See and the Schlänitzsee . The canal has no locks , and
15-583: Is a canal in the northeastern German state of Brandenburg . It provides a short cut for vessels navigating the River Havel , linking the Jungfernsee , near Potsdam , with Paretz . Building of the canal began in 1874, and it was opened in 1876. Since then, it has been widened and deepened twice, once between 1888 and 1890, and again in the 1920s. Unlike the Havel Canal , which also provides
20-699: The outflow of the Havel is the Glienicke Bridge , also known as the Bridge of Spies. Besides that, other sights around the Jungfernsee include Cecilienhof to the southwest, the Heilandskirche in Sacrow to the north and the park and palace of Glienicke , southeast again. The former royal Dairy in the New Garden also lies on the shore of the lake and is today a restaurant and brewery. In 1999,
25-615: The south shore was added to the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin World Heritage Site . [REDACTED] Media related to Jungfernsee at Wikimedia Commons This Brandenburg location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sacrow%E2%80%93Paretz Canal The Sacrow–Paretz Canal , or Sacrow-Paretzer-Kanal in German ( pronounced [ˈzakʁoː ˈpaːʁɛt͡sɐ kaˈnaːl] ),
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