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
Villages that had to be resettled when the mine was originally include Blumroda,[3] Hartmannsdorf, Görnitz and Alt-Deutzen.[2]
Gallery
In 1998
tributary river
Abfluss des Speicherbeckens
Plate commemorating the removal of the village of Blumroda
References
- ↑ 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