View of Bergheider See

The lake is approved for swimming

The Bergheider See, south of Finsterwalde near Lichterfeld, is a flooded remaining hole of the former Klettwitz-Nord opencast mine. The lake was named after the former town of Bergheide, which had to give way to the mining of lignite from the Klettwitz-Nord opencast mine. The flooding of the remaining hole began on September 1, 2001 and ended on May 19, 2014. The lake is part of the Lusatian Lake District, but is cut off from the connected Lusatian Lake Chain due to the distance of 20 km to the connecting waterways. The Bergheider See has a water surface of about 320 ha. On the Lichterfelder Ufer (north shore) below the visitor mine "Abraumförderbrücke F60" there is the opportunity to swim, the other shore areas are reserved for nature conservation.