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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.

Key facts

Body of water.name
Jungerfernsee
Body of water.image
Jungfernsee-18-V-07-006.jpg
Body of water.caption
Jungfernsee near Nedlitz
Body of water.pushpin_map
Brandenburg
Body of water.location
near Potsdam, Germany
Body of water.inflow
River Havel
Body of water.outflow
River Havel, Sacrow–Paretz Canal
Body of water.basin_countries
Germany

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
lake
Country
Germany
Area
1.242
Elevation
29.4
Image
Jungfernsee-18-V-07-006.jpg
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basin country
Germany
Commons category
Jungfernsee
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Jungfernsee
inflows
Havel
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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.

==Overview== It spans in a northwest–southeast direction, widens to in the southeast from just 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jungfernsee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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