Lake Gröbern
At Lake Gröbern, proximity to nature rules. A modern vacation resort welcomes families, people seeking peace, and water sports enthusiasts to the Dübener Heide. In 1993, the Gröbern pit was the last open pit mine in the Bitterfeld area to be closed. Its flooding (2004 to 2010) created today’s lake (almost 370 hectares).
Located in the immediate vicinity of Lake Gröbern, the lake and forest resort Gröbern offers facilities for swimming and fishing. But there is more. Standup paddling is a definite possibility, and there are rental stations offering bicycles, rowing boats, canoes and rafts. A large children’s playground, a boulder garden and an animal enclosure near a lake cottage cater to younger guests. There’s even a diving school offering courses.
The logo of the resort features the Gröbern elephant. In 1984, excavators discovered the remains of a 120,000-year-old forest elephant in the Gröbern pit. The elephant was a full-grown bull, about 40 years of age, with a shoulder height of 4.2 meters, a weight of 5 tons and tusks of about 2.5 meters length. Today, the State Museum for Prehistory and Early History in Halle exhibits the skeleton of the Gröbern elephant, while the Ferropolis has a copy on display.
Lake Gröbern in numbers
Water surface: 374 ha
Volume: approx. 68.1 million m³
Length (shoreline): 9.5 km
Max. depth: 52 m
Water level: approx. +87.80 m NHN
Open pit mining: 1966-1993
Flooding/Renaturation: 2004-2010 (natural groundwater plus water from the Mulde)
Beaches
The lake/forest resort on the south side of the lake has a beach. Offering various water sports, the resort also rents out bicycles, rowing boats (with/without electric motors), pedal boats and stand-up paddle boats. Rentals are per hour or per day. The soft sand of the beach areas promises total relaxation, the lake will cool you down on hot days, and a water trampoline offers lots of fun.