Lake Gräben­dorf

Lake Gräben­dorf offers clear, good qual­ity water, some of which orig­i­nally came from the river Spree.

The lake takes its name from a vil­lage that had to make way for open-cast min­ing. It was cre­ated by flood­ing the for­mer Gräben­dorf lig­nite mine, a process which was com­pleted in 2007. Near the south­ern shore, the site of the for­mer vil­lage is marked by works from instal­la­tion artist Ben Wagin.

The island near the east­ern shore forms part of a 170 hectare sec­tion of the ‘Lusa­t­ian post-min­ing land­scape’ Euro­pean bird sanc­tu­ary, and is home to rare seag­ulls. The south-west­ern shore near Altdöbern/Red­dern offers camp­ing, as well as ped­alo, wind­surf­ing board and bicy­cle hire.

Float­ing houses, the first one of which was built near Laa­sow in 2008, have become one of the sig­na­ture fea­tures of the Lusa­t­ian Lake­land. There are quite a few of them now, not just on Lake Gräben­dorf. For divers, there is also an under­wa­ter for­est.
Cyclists and in-line skaters enjoy the 9km asphalt loop around the lake.

Facts and fig­ures

• Size of the lake: 457 ha
• Max. depth: 55 metres

Water sports

Fish­ing, bathing, pad­dling, sail­ing*, surf­ing, div­ing

*Pos­si­bil­ity given, but no rental or tourist offer at the lake.

Water tourism use is per­mit­ted from 01.04. to 31.10.

Swim­ming

There are swim­ming areas on the lakeshore near Casel, Altdöbern/Reed­ern, Laa­sow and Wüsten­hain. The beaches are not super­vised.

Water sports providers

• The Gräben­dor­fer See camp­site in Reed­ern hires out wind­surf­ing boards, SUP boards and ped­a­los
• ‘Piraten­bucht am See’ in Casel offers guided raft tours on Lake Gräben­dorf
• Flossen­fre­unde Laa­sow div­ing club, Lake Gräben­dorf

Ser­vice infor­ma­tion

• Park­ing at the lake in Casel, Red­dern, Laa­sow and Wüsten­hain
• Pub­lic toi­let facil­i­ties at the camp­site in Red­dern

Leisure facil­i­ties and activ­i­ties

• Sev­eral small play­grounds around Lake Gräben­dorf, a larger play­ground at the Gräben­dor­fer Garten envi­ron­men­tal encounter cen­tre in Casel
• Sev­eral bar­be­cue and camp­fire areas around Lake Gräben­dorf
• 9km asphalt loop around the lake, suit­able for cycling, in-line skat­ing and run­ning
• Gräben­dor­fer Garten envi­ron­men­tal encounter cen­tre in Casel with views of the lake’s island bird sanc­tu­ary
• Works by instal­la­tion artist Ben Wagin near the south­ern shore
• Cycle hire at Gräben­dor­fer See camp­site in Red­dern

Food and drink around Lake Gräben­dorf

• Snack bar at the Gräben­dor­fer Garten envi­ron­men­tal encounter cen­tre in Casel
• Snack bar at Gräben­dor­fer See camp­site in Red­dern
• Café am See in Laa­sow
• "Imbiss zum See" snack bar in Laa­sow

Fur­ther infor­ma­tion

Amt Altdöbern
Boris Aehnelt (Wirtschaftsförderung/Touris­mus)
Markt 24
03229 Altdöbern
Tele­fon: 035434-600 13
Fax: 035434-600 27
Email: wirtschafts­fo­erderung@​amt-​altdoebern.​de
Web: www.​amt-​altdoebern.​de