Dürener See

In the past, the area was referred to as the Düren opencast mine, because the bathing lake is the remaining hole filled with gravel from a lignite opencast mine, the Düren opencast mine, in which lignite was mined from May 27, 1941 to February 28, 1956 (interrupted by the Second World War). .The lake is a maximum of 11 m deep and has a water surface of 350,000 m². 35,000 m² have been developed as an outdoor pool with jetties and gastronomy. The bath has a capacity of 10,000 visitors.The rest of the lake is available to anglers and divers. In the lake there are rudds, eels, perch and now and then pike, zander and catfish. In addition, there are still carp of all kinds as well as roach, trout and various types of white fish.The bathing lake is also known as Dürener Adria or Gürzenicher See. It is also the place for a wide variety of sporting and cultural events such as DJ events, sporting events, concerts, themed parties, etc.