{{Infobox Stausee |NAME =Speicherbecken Borna |BILD =AdriabornaNW 02.JPG |BILDBESCHREIBUNG =The lake in 2013 <!-- Geographie --> |LAGE = Landkreis Leipzig, Sachsen, Deutschland |ZUFLUSS = Pleiße |ABFLUSS = Pleiße |UFERORT = |NAHERORT = Borna <!-- Daten Bauwerk --> |BREITENGRAD=51/6/46/N |LÄNGENGRAD=12/27/7/E |REGION-ISO=DE-SN |BAUZEIT = 1964–1980 |BAUHOEHE = |TALHOEHE = 14 |GRUENDUNGSHOEHE = 17.9 |WASSERHOEHE = |KRONENHOEHE = 152 |MAUERVOL = |KRONENLAENGE = 6500 |KRONENBREITE = 30 |BASISBREITE = |RADIUS = |NEIGUNG-LUFT = 1:3 bis 1:4,5 |NEIGUNG-WASSER = 1:7 |LEISTUNG = <!-- Daten Stausee --> |STAUZIEL = 150 |FLÄCHE = 5.72 |SEELAENGE = |SEEBREITE = |SPEICHERRAUM = 97,10 Mio. m³ |STAURAUM = 99,80 Mio. m³ |EINZUG = 769 |HOCHWASSER = 305 |BESONDERHEITEN = }}
The '''Borna Reservoir''' (German: '''Speicherbecken Borna''') is a balancing lake near Borna, Leipzig, in Germany. After the {{Ill|Borna-West surface mine|de|Tagebau Borna-West}} was shut down in 1970, the site underwent construction in the following years (64-80) and was taken into service starting in 1977.<ref>{{Webarchiv|url=http://www.devastiert.de/tagebau/borna-west.php |wayback=20151208212000 |text=Der Tagebau Borna-West auf www.devastiert.de}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Öffentlichkeitsarbeit |first=Referat Kommunikation und |title=Wasserspeicher Borna - Landestalsperrenverwaltung des Freistaates Sachsen - sachsen.de |url=https://www.wasserwirtschaft.sachsen.de/SP_Borna.html |access-date=2026-04-04 |website=www.wasserwirtschaft.sachsen.de |language=de}}</ref>
The lake is usually only half-full, with the capacity of storing an additional 46,1 million cube meters of water.<ref name=":0" /> The maximum depth is 25 m and can be up to 38 m if the lake is full.
The lake is served by the Pleiße and is today used for recreational purposes and fishing. It is a certified bathing lake of the state of Saxony as well as the EU. Locals colloquially call it "Adria".
== History ==
Villages that had to be resettled when the mine was originally include Blumroda,<ref>Christliches Umweltseminar Rötha e. V., Kulturbüro Espenhain, Heimatverein Regis-Breitingen und Umgebung e. V. (Hrsg.): ''Erinnerungen an die Dörfer Blumroda, Hartmannsdorf, Görnitz, Deutzen und Schleenhain.'' Regis-Breitingen 1996, ISBN 3-930044-07-2</ref> Hartmannsdorf, Görnitz and Alt-Deutzen.<ref name=":0" />
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Borna Ufer010.jpg|In 1998 File:Zufluss-borna.jpg|tributary river File:Abfluss-borna.jpg|Abfluss des Speicherbeckens File:Tafel-blumroda.jpg|Plate commemorating the removal of the vilage of Blumroda </gallery>
== References == <references />
== External links == *[https://www.publikationen.sachsen.de/bdb/artikel/15219 Index of Saxony Reservoirs of 2002]
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Category:Reservoirs in Saxony