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Red Sandy Beach – View of Speicherbecken Borna loop from Deutzen

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Red Sandy Beach – View of Speicherbecken Borna loop from Deutzen

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Red Sandy Beach – View of Speicherbecken Borna loop from Deutzen

03:15

12.6km

60m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 23, 2026

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5.86 km

Informational Sign: Borna Reservoir

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The Borna-West opencast mine was an open-cast mine in the central German lignite district consisting of the two open-cast mines Borna-Nord (1910–1942) and Borna-Süd (1939–1970). It was used to extract …

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Information board at Speicherbecken Borna

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8.89 km

Görnitz and Hartmannsdorf Memorial

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In 1939, in the Borna-Süd opencast mine, the exploration began in front of what is now the high tip in the north construction field. The coal was initially mined in …

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8.93 km

Information board Speicherbecken Borna

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9.13 km

Red Sandy Beach

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11.1 km

Regulatable outlet structure to the Pleiße – Borna Reservoir

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The reservoir Borna is one of the largest reservoirs in Saxony and is fed by the Pleiße. At the southern part of the lake comes on at the outlet. The …

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View of Speicherbecken Borna

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The Borna storage basin is a former opencast mine waste lake near Borna, south of Leipzig, which was converted into a flood retention basin between 1964 and 1980. The reservoir …

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Bridge Over the Flood Channel at Borna Reservoir (Deutzen)

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To the west side of the dam (Deutzener height) at the Bornaer reservoir leads a flood ditch, which dissipates excess water into the Pleiße. At water level, some small bridges …

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12.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.18 km

3.37 km

2.98 km

1.08 km

Surfaces

5.32 km

4.00 km

2.20 km

604 m

475 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 11 July

29°C

12°C

52 %

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Comments

September 28, 2025,Iron Lake Challenge Sachsen - See 7 - Speicherbecken Borna

After five months, the Iron Lake Challenge in Saxony continues. Today it's the turn of the Borna reservoir – also called Adria, although I don't know why. This artificial lake, a flood retention basin, was built from an open-cast mining lake during the GDR era from 1964 to 1980. Remediation work has been underway since 2010 because the lake was …

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February 15, 2025,Iron Lake Challenge "Sachsen" - See-Nr. 7: Speicherbecken Borna

Off to a beautiful winter landscape, to the Borna reservoir in Saxony.

This reservoir is a former open-cast mining lake that was converted into a flood retention basin after the end of brown coal mining between 1964 and 1980. The towns of Blumroda, Hartmannsdorf, Görnitz and Alt-Deutzen had to make way for this huge pit.

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Red Sandy Beach – View of Speicherbecken Borna loop from Deutzen

Informational Sign: Borna Reservoir

Information board at Speicherbecken Borna

Görnitz and Hartmannsdorf Memorial

Information board Speicherbecken Borna

Red Sandy Beach

Regulatable outlet structure to the Pleiße – Borna Reservoir

View of Speicherbecken Borna

Bridge Over the Flood Channel at Borna Reservoir (Deutzen)

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