Mecklenburg Lake District Attractions 
The Mecklenburg lakes - well over a thousand in number, large and small - lie in an upland region in the Northern Morainic Ridge, partly forest-covered, partly arable land and pasture. This is an increasingly popular holiday region. Many of the lakes are linked by rivers (the Elde, the Havel, the Warnow, the Nebel, the Peene, the Ücker) or canals, with endless scope for boating and camping holidays.
The lakes are particularly numerous in the western part of the Mecklenburg lake district (Mecklenburgische Seenplatte), around the Schweriner See (alt. 37m/121ft, area 65.5sq.km/25sq.mi). There is another concentration in the area between Sternberg and Krakow (Krakower See, alt. 48 m/157ft, area 15.7sq.km/6sq.mi).
To the east, between Plau and Waren, are the "Grosse Seen" ("Great Lakes"), drained by the Elde, which flows into the Elbe: the Plauer See (38.7sq.km/15sq.mi), the Fleesensee (11sq.km/4.25sq.mi), the Kölpinsee (20.5sq.km/8sq.mi) and the largest of the Mecklenburg lakes, Müritz (116.8sq.km/45sq.mi), all lying at a height of 62m/203ft.
To the southeast are the "Kleinseen" ("Little Lakes") round the town of Neustrelitz and to the south of Lychen and Templin.
There are also a number of lakes of some size to the north of the inner terminal moraine: in the Güstrow basin the Inselsee, in the "Mecklenburg Switzerland" the Malchiner See (14.3sq.km/5.5sq.mi) and the Teterower See, to the south of Neubrandenburg the Tollensesee (17.4sq.km/6.75sq.mi, alt. 15m/49ft), the Feldberger Seen and the Ückerseen.
The lakes are particularly numerous in the western part of the Mecklenburg lake district (Mecklenburgische Seenplatte), around the Schweriner See (alt. 37m/121ft, area 65.5sq.km/25sq.mi). There is another concentration in the area between Sternberg and Krakow (Krakower See, alt. 48 m/157ft, area 15.7sq.km/6sq.mi).
To the east, between Plau and Waren, are the "Grosse Seen" ("Great Lakes"), drained by the Elde, which flows into the Elbe: the Plauer See (38.7sq.km/15sq.mi), the Fleesensee (11sq.km/4.25sq.mi), the Kölpinsee (20.5sq.km/8sq.mi) and the largest of the Mecklenburg lakes, Müritz (116.8sq.km/45sq.mi), all lying at a height of 62m/203ft.
To the southeast are the "Kleinseen" ("Little Lakes") round the town of Neustrelitz and to the south of Lychen and Templin.
There are also a number of lakes of some size to the north of the inner terminal moraine: in the Güstrow basin the Inselsee, in the "Mecklenburg Switzerland" the Malchiner See (14.3sq.km/5.5sq.mi) and the Teterower See, to the south of Neubrandenburg the Tollensesee (17.4sq.km/6.75sq.mi, alt. 15m/49ft), the Feldberger Seen and the Ückerseen.
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