Plötzensee, Glacial lake in Mitte district, Germany.
Plötzensee is a glacial lake in Mitte that belongs to a chain formed during the last ice age. The body of water has an elongated shape and is ringed by green spaces and recreational areas.
The area fell under the control of a Benedictine convent in Spandau until 1443, when authority shifted to Prussian administrators. Berlin took over the lake in the early 1800s.
The name comes from the roach, a fish that once filled these waters in large numbers. Today such details connect visitors to the long relationship between the lake and the people living nearby.
The waterfront offers different ways to swim and relax, with a historic bathhouse and sports grounds for various activities. Visitors can walk or cycle on quiet paths around the water.
The lake was once used as a site for executions, a part of its past that now lives only in memorial stones. This dark chapter has transformed completely into the peaceful recreation area it is today.
Location: Bezirk Mitte von Berlin
Elevation above the sea: 35 m
GPS coordinates: 52.54389,13.33028
Latest update: December 7, 2025 20:45
Plötzensee Prison
646 m
Plötzensee monument
629 m
Campus Virchow-Klinikum
1.2 km
Volkspark Rehberge
774 m
Westhafen
526 m
Berlin-Plötzensee
619 m
Preussische Spirituosen Manufaktur
913 m
Sugar Museum
1 km
Goethepark
578 m
Plötzensee lock
457 m
Ludwig-Hoffmann-Brücke
761 m
Orpheus
509 m
Hermann-Maass-Brücke
524 m
Memorial to the persecutees of the Third Reich
763 m
Charité Medizinische Bibliothek Campus Virchow-Klinikum
711 m
Volkspark Rehberge
543 m
Goerdelerdammbrücke
692 m
Findling in Volkspark Rehberge
649 m
Wrestler
828 m
Blut-Buche Friedhof Plötzensee
530 m
Impuls
1 km
Findling in Goethepark
478 m
Platane Gedenkstätte Plötzensee
639 m
Platane RVK-Gelände
850 m
Blut-Buche St.-Johannis-Kirchhof Kriegsgräberfeld
356 m
Alte Bibliothek des Instituts für Gärungsgewerbe
829 m
Balkan-Rosskastanie Plötzensee
294 m
Kriegsopferzeichen für die Gefallenen des Zweiten Weltkrieges
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