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Plötzensee
(German:
[ˈplœtsənzeː]
i)
is
a
small
glacial
lake
in
Berlin.
It
is
situated
in
the
former
borough
of
Wedding,
now
a
part
of
Mitte,
adjacent
to
the
public
park
Volkspark
Rehberge.
The
name
stems
from
Plötze,
one
name
for
the
roach
in
German,
as
the
lake
formerly
teemed
with
it.
Plötzensee
is
part
of
a
chain
of
lakes
stretching
from
the
northeast
to
the Spree valley,
formed
in
the
last ice
age.
Until
1443,
the nunnery of
St.
Mary
at Spandau had
the
rights
to
the
lake,
but
these
were
eventually
assumed
by
the Prussian treasury.
In
1817,
the
city
of
Berlin
bought
the
lake
and
leased
the
rights
to
the
shoreline
and
fishing.
The
first
public
bath
opened
about
1850
and
over
the
years,
there
have
been
an
army
sporting
ground,
a
man-made
beach
(photo),
an inn,
and
the
conversion
of
the
shore
into
a
public
park
in
the
1920s.
Plötzensee
also
gives
its
name
to Plötzensee
Prison,
built
nearby
in
the
19th
century,
which
reached
its
height
of
notoriety
in
the
time
of Nazi
Germany.
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