View of Harald-Krug Lake

View of Harald-Krug Lake

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View of Harald-Krug Lake

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Bockwitz

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Location: Frohburg, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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May 20, 2024

Mountain biking

Very beautiful shelter, next to it a memorial stone in memory of Harald Krug, a recognized conservationist.
From the hut you can observe the bird protection and breeding area of the little grebe, marsh harrier, bittern, lapwing or crane through hatches. An informative board explains the post-mining landscape of the Bockwitz nature reserve.

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June 13, 2022

Running

From the vantage point marked on the map, you can see the lake landscape around the former Südkippe residual hole, which was renamed Harald-Krug-See in 2018. Like the other lakes, …

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April 3, 2022

Cycling

A small lake in the Bockwitz nature reserve bears the name "Harald Krug". This is to commemorate the Groitzsch conservationist and bird expert, who died in October 2016.

Between the Bockwitzer See east of Borna and the Harthsee near Neukirchen there is a small body of water that looks almost like a nose on maps: 33 hectares in size, maximum water depth 5.90 meters and only flooded by the groundwater rise, breeding area for great reed warblers, marsh harriers and little grebes as well as a resting place for Nordic geese in winter.

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