Lake Gremmin
Five huge lignite excavators escaped scrapping. Today, these steel giants are bearing witness to a bygone industrial era in the „Ferropolis“. In the year 2000, flooding the mine Golpa-Nord near Gräfenhainichen resulted in a recreational area. Several bathing spots invite people to spend the day lakeside. People can even camp in the shadows of the imposing excavators.
Children feel particularly at home at the playground of the "iron city". Here, they can play at being excavator drivers, using toys based on the former mining equipment. In the center of the peninsula, in the orangery, a restaurant offers treats.
Ferropolis, the "iron city", is not only a lively open-air museum, its arena on a peninsula is also an impressive event location. Music festivals such as Splash, Melt or Full Force have made their home in Ferropolis, and sports and automobile events have also discovered the space.
Imposing art works made of steel line the path from the city balcony Gräfenhainichen towards Ferropolis. In 2004, students from the Gräfenhainichen Ferropolis School started designing and creating these sculptures in the course of their art classes. Every year, two additional works extend the art path.
Another project of the Ferropolis pupils extends from the city balcony toward Radis. 10 fascinating information panels recall the former village of Gremmin, which gave way to lignite mining in 1982.
Beaches
There are four bathing spots on the southern and western shores of Lake Gremmin.
Camping under excavators
Lake Gremmin in numbers
Water surface: 541 ha
Volume: approx. 67 Mio. m³
Lenght (shoreline): 15,9 km
Max. depth: 33 m
water level : approx. +78,60 m NHN
Open pit mining: 1957 - 1991
Flooding/Renaturation: 2000 - 2009
