The Borna Reservoir (German: Speicherbecken Borna) is a balancing lake near Borna, Leipzig, in Germany. After the was shut down in 1970, the site underwent construction in the following years (64-80) and was taken into service starting in 1977.
The lake is usually only half-full, with the capacity of storing an additional 46,1 million cube meters of water. 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,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 Hartmannsdorf, Görnitz and Alt-Deutzen.
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References
External links Index of Saxony Reservoirs of 2002