# Knappensee

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thumb|Panorama of the Knappensee
The '''Knappensee''', also known as the '''Knappenrode reservoir''' ([German](/source/German_language): ''Speicher Knappenrode''; [Upper Sorbian](/source/Upper_Sorbian_language): ''Hórnikečanski jězor''), is a lake and former open-pit mine located southeast of [Hoyerswerda](/source/Hoyerswerda) in the state of [Saxony](/source/Saxony), [Germany](/source/Germany).

The Knappensee is named after the town of Knappenrode to the north and is primarily located within the municipality of [Lohsa](/source/Lohsa). The lake was formed by two flood events in May and June 1945, which resulted in the inundation of the Werminghoff lignite open-pit mine.<ref name="Meyer/Zutz">{{cite book |last1=Meyer |first1=Thorsten |last2=Zutz |first2=Axel |title="Auf dem Weg zum Senftenberger Seengebiet. Protagonisten und Institutionen der Rekultivierung von Braunkohlentagebauen in der Niederlausitz (1920–1960)", in: REGIO transfer 8, Leibniz-Institut für Regionalentwicklung und Strukturplanung |date=2010 |publisher=Erkner |pages=273–328}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Knappensee (municipality)](/source/Knappensee_(municipality))

==References==
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Category:Artificial lakes of Germany
Category:Lakes of Saxony
Category:Mining in Saxony
Category:Hoyerswerda

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