View of Bergheider See – Aquaforum Conference Ship loop from Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf

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Lower Lusatia

Elbe-Elster

Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf

View of Bergheider See – Aquaforum Conference Ship loop from Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf

Moderate

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153

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View of Bergheider See – Aquaforum Conference Ship loop from Lichterfeld-Schacksdorf

04:26

17.3km

80m

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: September 2, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.20 km

View of F60 from Bergheider See

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This view is definitely worth it for a trip there. It was really nice.
And if you want to have some peace and quiet, you can swim a little bit …

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12.1 km

View of the Beach at Bergheider See

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12.6 km

Diesel-Electric Track Relocation Vehicle

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With these autonomous vehicles, the tracks of the overburden excavators were moved so that they could continue to excavate at the new position. The tracks could be moved by a maximum of 60 cm.

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13.3 km

View of Bergheider See

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The lake is approved for swimming

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13.8 km

Self-sufficient floating house on Bergheider See

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A technology test of whether and how a self-sufficient house on the water is possible. On some days (mostly weekends) someone from the Dresden Institute is on site to carry …

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13.9 km

Aquaforum Conference Ship

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The conference ship "aquaforum" (in the immediate vicinity of the floating house autartec) is based on a private initiative and was created in close cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute. It …

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17.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.2 km

2.36 km

1.26 km

471 m

Surfaces

5.55 km

4.43 km

3.35 km

2.73 km

969 m

220 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

17°C

8°C

42 %

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Comments

May 6, 2023,Wanderung rund um den Bergheider See.

I'll be back if the weather gods are kind to me!!

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October 31, 2024,Iron Lake Challenge Brandenburg - See 30 - Bergheider See

I'm hiking in Lusatia again. It seems this is where most of the lakes ranked among the 30 largest lakes are located. As I approach the parking lot, I see that this is the lake where the enormous "F60 Visitor Mine Overburden Conveyor Bridge" is located. A lot of people are already standing in front of the tour, perhaps waiting …

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October 31, 2024,ILC - Bergheider See mit F60-Führung

Today my ILC Brandenburg team @Cornell Paasche, @Kerstin and @Reni went around the Bergheider Lake. Highlights of the tour were the lunar crater landscape, the view into the future and of course the F60.

After walking around the lake we treated ourselves to the F60 tour and I would say that it was money well spent. The guide had a …

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March 6, 2025,Bergheider See - Brandenburg10 Iron Lake Challenge

Start/Finish - Grünhaus Nature Paradise car park
The entire hike runs through the middle of a mining area that is being renaturalized. I wasn't sure at times whether it was all right when I was walking along a construction road and giant dump trucks and monster bulldozers overtook me. But firstly, the path was signposted as a hiking trail and …

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October 5, 2025,Iron Lake Challenge "Brandenburg" - See-Nr. 10: Bergheider See

Great, a lake to my liking! 👍
It has everything: shores, panoramas, adventures, sights

Bergheider See in the Elbe-Elster district is a remnant of the Klettwitz-Nord lignite open-cast mine and is named after the former village of Bergheide, which had to make way for the mine.
Flooded from 2001 to 2014, it is a maximum of 53 meters deep, …

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