Lietzensee

The Lietzensee is an inner-city lake in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district. The crescent-shaped lake has an area of 6.6 hectares and is three to four meters deep. The surrounding parks of the Lietzenseepark are a further 10.1 hectares in size. The park was created between 1918 and 1920 by garden director Erwin Barth.
The Lietzensee is located in the densely populated area of Witzleben, which is bordered to the north by the Kaiserdamm, to the west by the Ringbahn route, to the south by the Stadtbahn route and to the east by Suarezstraße. Since 1904, the lake has been divided into a northern and southern half by a dam - built for Neue Kantstraße - which have been connected by an underpass since 1954.
Geologically, the Lietzensee is the northernmost lake in the Grunewald chain of lakes, which developed on the floor of a glacial valley. Today it is completely fed by groundwater, the drainage is underground into the Spree to the north. Since the lake has no inflow, the water quality is not suitable for swimming. Since the lack of oxygen also caused fish to die, aeration devices were installed in the lake.
The lake existed before the area was settled and was located in the middle of a forest. In 1824, the later Prussian Minister of State and War Job von Witzleben acquired the Lietzensee and had the first parks built in the following years. As a special attraction, he wanted to have an island built in the middle of the lake. However, no matter how much rubble and earth the builders poured into the water, there was not enough material and so the project had to be abandoned.
In 1905, elegant apartment buildings were built directly on the east bank of the Lietzensee. Three green spaces were left out: Witzlebenplatz, Kuno-Fischer-Platz and Dernburgplatz. A decision by the Charlottenburg city council in 1910 prevented the total development of the west and north banks. This division of the riverbank area has been preserved to this day.
The park has been a listed garden complex since the 1990s. The Great Cascade and the Park Warden's House are listed buildings. Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lietzensee

A really nice place between Kaiserdamm and Kantstrasse in the middle of City West.

Wonderful here, especially during the week. Bootshaus Stella is nice to enjoy a beer in the sun.