Bucket Lake
| (Upper) Bucket Lake | |
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  (Upper) Bucket Lake | |
| Location | Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein |
| Coordinates | 54°29′21″N 9°51′0″E / 54.48917°N 9.85000°E |
| Basin countries | Germany |
| Surface area | 1.5 ha (3.7 acres) |
| Max. depth | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) |
| Surface elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Settlements | Eckernförde |
(Upper) Bucket Lake (German: (Oberer) Eimersee) is an artificial lake and restored wetland in Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It has a surface elevation of 14 m, and its surface area is 1.5 ha. The lake belongs to Eckernförde.
The creation of the lake is unique: in 1990 a polythene bucket (hence the name) was used to plug a culvert that was draining a shallow former agricultural basin.[1] Since then, the lake has become a habitat with a huge diversity of plants and animals. This was also seen as a successful example of cheap land restoration in Japan, in South Korea[2] and the United States.[1][3]
A short documentary about the lake was shown at the Green Screen film festival,[4] at the Matsalu Nature Film Festival in Estonia[5] and at the Innsbruck Nature Film Festival in Austria in 2016.[6] The documentary from German filmmaker Sven Bohde is available in German, English and Japanese.[7]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Management of Urban Watersheds and Re-naturalization of Derelict Lands as a Part of Holistic Ecological City Planning Effort" (PDF). Eckernfoerde.de. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^ Arne Peters (2011-05-18). "Eckernförde: Ein ökologisches Vorbild für Südkorea". Shz.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^ "Ostseebad Eckernförde nimmt eine Vorreiterrolle als Umweltstadt ein – KN - Kieler Nachrichten". Kn-online.de (in German). 2014-04-22. Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^ "Green Screen" (PDF). Greenscreen-festival.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^ "2647". Matsalufilm.ee. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^ "Innsbruck Nature Film Festival" (PDF). Inff.eu. 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^ Sven Bohde (2016-12-06). "Der Eimersee wird zum Festivalstar". Shz.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-12-09.