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Söllkensee near Potthagen

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Location: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

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1. St. Jacobi Church, Greifswald – Potthagener Forst loop from Greifswald

35.8km

02:09

100m

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2. Greifswald Market Square – Pappelallee loop from Greifswald

54.6km

04:13

190m

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3. Towpath along the Ryck – Wieck Hand-operated Drawbridge loop from Kemnitz

44.0km

02:48

110m

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Christian Caspari

July 11, 2022

The Söllkensee is not written "Sölkensee" but "Söllkensee".
The Söllkensee is a bog in the Helmshagener Forest.
The Söllkensee was created in the 19th century by peat extraction in "Küsterbäcks Moor", a meltwater channel of the Greifswald terminal moraine. Today it is a natural monument and spawning ground for common toads and moor frogs. In the north-eastern part, the new siltation process is clearly visible. A cotton grass peat bog has formed here, which is partly forested with downy birches (bot.: sheath cotton grass peat moss community, Eriophoro-Sphagnetum recurvi).
The floating pondweed (Potamogeton natans) can be discovered in the open water area.

The name of the Söllkensee is probably derived from the word "Soll", which describes Ice Age dead ice holes in the north German lowlands and was used here in a somewhat broader sense for a small body of water. Originally, the locals called the lake "dat Sülkenmuur" and at the end of the 19th century it developed into an attraction for those seeking relaxation, who traveled especially with the small train from Greifswald. According to legend, an old privy councilor from Charlottenburg walked here. Impressed by the place, he suggested to the owner of the inn in Potthagen that they set up signposts from the village to the lake and thus show the excursionists the beauty of the area. However, according to the legend, the old privy councilor found the name “Sülkenmuur” too daunting and boggy. And so the “Sülkenmuur” became the Sölkensee. Both names – Sölkensee and Söllkensee – are common today.

North of the Söllkensee is the Plagens lime tree. It is said that the forest warden Plagens planted this tree in 1933 and built a bench next to it to enjoy his retirement here.
Link: weithagen.info/naturweit/soellkensee

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Gerd

April 9, 2017

Blue moor frogs at spring time to see the dead

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Stefanie

June 21, 2022

The Sölkesee is a natural monument and spawning ground for common toads and moor frogs.
The fish species found at the Sölkensee include eels, perch, pike, tench, bream, roach, rudd and crucian carp.

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Söllkensee near Potthagen

1. St. Jacobi Church, Greifswald – Potthagener Forst loop from Greifswald

2. Greifswald Market Square – Pappelallee loop from Greifswald

3. Towpath along the Ryck – Wieck Hand-operated Drawbridge loop from Kemnitz

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