Kupferteich

The Kupferteich is the former mill pond of a long-demolished copper mill between Lemsahl-Mellingstedt and Poppenbüttel. For this purpose, the Mellingbek and Twelenbek rivers, which come from the Wittmoor and join in front of the Kupferteich, were dammed to a height of around 900 m.At the northern beginning of the Kupferteich and below the former mill dam at the lower end, there are still remains of fish ponds.In the middle of the pond there is a dam that also dams up the northern part. There used to be a campsite with a small restaurant on the western bank. Today the area is set up as a dog run.To the west and east of the Kupferteich there is now an extensive golf course.South of the Kupferteich, between the Poppenbütteler Berg and Poppenbütteler Hauptstraße, there is still a street called Kupferhammer, which is partly laid out as a footpath.After leaving the Kupferteich, the Mellingbek flows into the Alster near Hohenbuchen.