The Steinhuder Meer is a lake in Lower Saxony, Germany located 30 km northwest of Hanover. It is called "Steinhuder Meer" in German, after the adjacent village of Steinhude. It has an extension of c.30 km² and is very shallow, with an average depth of only 1.35m. It lies within a region known as the Hanoverian Moor Geest.
It is part of the glacial landscape formed after the recession of the glaciers of the latest Ice Age, the Weichselian glaciati...
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The Steinhuder Meer is a lake in Lower Saxony, Germany located 30 km northwest of Hanover. It is called "Steinhuder Meer" in German, after the adjacent village of Steinhude. It has an extension of c.30 km² and is very shallow, with an average depth of only 1.35m. It lies within a region known as the Hanoverian Moor Geest.
It is part of the glacial landscape formed after the recession of the glaciers of the latest Ice Age, the Weichselian glaciation. There are two theories regarding how the lake of Steinhude was formed. One of them says that glaciers gouged out the hole and meltwater filled it. The other theory states that an ice storm formed the hole and as the groundwater rose, the lake was created. In its middle there is a small artificial island carrying an 18th-century fortification, the Wilhelmstein. The lake is today the core of a nature reserve, the Naturpark Steinhuder Meer, and is also used as a recreational area.
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