Orankesee
Germany · Europe
About
Orankesee is a lake in Berlin, Germany. Its surface area is 4.0546 hectares (10.019 acres). The Orankesee is a lake without inflow or outflow. Together with the nearby Obersee lake, it forms the center around which the Hohenschönhausen villa quarter developed. The Orankesee belongs to a chain of glacial lakes that extends from the Barnim plateau to the Berlin Urstromtal. The name Oranke derives from the Slavic word Roderanke, meaning “reddish-brown lake.”
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.