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Caution. Warning signs about the oak processionary moth

It is a great place to take a short break at Lake Gartower.

Nice to bathe

smoky waters on the Elbe During floods, dykes and troughs and depressions that accompany watercourses can be subject to an undercurrent, especially in the case of coarse-pored, sandy-gravelly ground. Due to the water pressure of the high river level, the dike is then underflowed by groundwater. It often comes to the surface immediately behind the dyke and forms temporary flat water. The water escapes sometimes "bubbling" or "smoking" because air stored in the ground is pushed up. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as smoky water or crowded water. Where very high amounts of smoke water occur, a smoke dike is sometimes built parallel to the land side of the dike on agricultural areas in order to secure the wider area. In nature reserves, on the other hand, smoke water is a desired effect that is the basis for very valuable biotopes. These offer a certain landscape-ecological partial replacement for the floodplain that was lost due to the covering. On the middle Elbe, where temporary smoky water occurs particularly frequently, these are habitats for amphibians that are rare elsewhere, such as the fire-bellied toad, the moor frog or the tree frog, as well as refuges for Tadpole Shrimp. The rest of the water that presses through a dyke during high water and emerges on the inner embankment is called Drangwasser, Kuverwasser, Köhrwasser, spring water or sweat water. (https://www.biologie-seite.de/Biologie/Qualmwasser)

Bathing lake in Gartow. Circumnavigation is mandatory.

Lake Gartower is the largest lake in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district. A beautifully situated lake with many recreational opportunities (hiking, cycling, photography, sailing, canoeing, swimming, etc.). There are hiking and cycling trails around the lake. Lake Gartower also offers great motifs for nature and landscape photographers, including many species of birds.

Nice place to relax even if you don't go swimming. For me, as a hobby photographer, there are many beautiful photo motifs at Gartower See.

In our opinion, more beautiful than the Arendsee. You can see a lot more of the lake and there was more to do around it.