Lake Jungfernze

Lake Jungfernze is a small picturesque body of water that is located north of Potsdam. The lake is part of the Hasel River and is also surrounded by magnificent parks and a whole cascade of small lakes. The area of the lake is only 1.2 square kilometers with a maximum depth of 4 meters.

Translated from German, Jungfernze means “lake of virgins”. Across the river lies the Glinike Bridge, better known as the Spies Bridge. The lake is notable for the fact that it passed the water border between the GDR and Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990.