The Bockwitzer See was created as a post-mining landscape near Borna south of Leipzig from the former open-cast lignite mine Borna-Ost / Bockwitz, which was flooded from 1993 to 2005 by rising groundwater. The lake was named after the devastated Gut Bockwitz.

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1. View of Bockwitzer Lake – Viewpoint at Bockwitzer Lake loop from Borna

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2. View of Bockwitzer Lake – View of Harald-Krug Lake loop from Dittmannsdorf

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3. View of Harald-Krug Lake – Schönau Post Mill loop from Borna (b Leipzig)

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1. View of Bockwitzer Lake – Viewpoint at Bockwitzer Lake loop from Borna

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