Saxony Anhalt is famous for its historic cities and buildings, but this small state can do much more. Many of the towns and Central German Lake District ("Mitteldeutschen Seenland") gehörenden Seen liegen in Sachsen Anhalt und die meisten davon sind ehemalige Bergbaugruben die als „Bergbaufolgelandschaft“ geflutet wurden und zu wunderbaren Naherholungsgebieten wurden oder derzeit dazu werden. Es ist spannend zu sehen wie lange es dauert(e), bis sich die Natur die ehemaligen Bergbauwüsten wieder zurückholt.

If you want to understand and get to know this state, then you should walk around the ten largest lakes in Saxony-Anhalt, keep your eyes open and visit the nearby villages. Experience how nature forgives even the greatest sins of the past and recovers everything if you let it.

Join the Iron Lake Challenge Saxony-Anhalt and go around the ten largest lakes of this beautiful state. On more than 170 shore kilometers you will experience Saxony-Anhalt where it is most beautiful.

RULES

The rules for the Iron Lake Challenge "Saxony-Anhalt" are very simple. Nevertheless, we would like to clarify them again at this point:

• Melde Dich bei der Iron Lake Challenge Sachsen-Anhalt an!
• To conquer the Iron Lake Challenge Saxony-Anhalt and earn the beautiful collector's medal, you have to walk around the ten largest lakes in Saxony-Anhalt (see below) after your registration.
• Bicycles, skates, etc. are not allowed, but you are welcome to hike or run.
• Each lake must be circumnavigated "in one piece". This means that you are welcome to take breaks, but you should complete the lake within one day. Of course, you can divide the 10 lakes into different days. Do only one lake per day, because you want to enjoy this time!
• We trust you that you have really circumnavigated the lakes. However, if you want to be included in the honor roll, we need a copy of your tracking. We don't care what you use (watch, smartphone or app).

General PLEASE NOTE!

• Please note that the Road Traffic Act applies in public traffic areas and along roads and cycle paths. So move considerately.
• You circumnavigate the lakes at your own risk and at your own risk. The operator of this website assumes no liability.
• Please heed medical advice if necessary or have a medical examination before the start of the Challenge. You are responsible for your own health, equipment and condition. Breaking off a tour is not a disgrace, health always comes first!

A few rules for dealing with nature during your lake tour:

• Please take into account the local instructions for the protection of nature.
• Please do not go off the trails.
• Please do not make noise.
• Please do not collect rocks or minerals.
• Please do not collect mushrooms.
• Please do not leave trash lying around.
• Please do not feed animals.
• Please do not make an open fire.
• Please do not pick plants.

This should be obvious to all of us, but it doesn't hurt to remember it from time to time. 

REGISTRATION AND SCOPE OF SERVICES

The registration for the Iron Lake Challenge Saxony-Anhalt costs you 24,- EUR.

In this entry fee is our Iron Lake Challenge “Sachsen-Anhalt“ Sammlermedaille and the green marble (20mm) of the Timeless Challenge .

However, for this you first have to go around the ten largest lakes of this beautiful state! Only then we will send you the well-deserved medal and marble! After all, you want to earn them and not get them as a gift.

With your registration fee you support my heart project of the Reforestation of one million trees worldwide!

How to register:

• Please click on the logo and you will be redirected to the registration page of our partner Digistore24
• You will now receive a registration confirmation
• Nun musst Du um die zehn größten Seen Sachsen-Anhalts zu Fuß. Sobald Du die zehn Seen geschafft hast, schick uns bitte einen Auszug Deines Trackings als Nachweis. Gerne kannst Du auch unser Tool (siehe „Ehrentafel“ auf dieser Seite) nutzen!
• After we have checked this, you will receive your well-deserved medal and marble. Easy, isn't it?

YOUR MEDAL AND YOUR MARBLE

If you have walked around the ten largest lakes in Saxony-Anhalt, then you have earned the beautiful Iron Lake Challenge "Saxony-Anhalt Edition" medal. This can be the first in your upcoming Iron Lake Challenge collection, or it can complement the ones you already have.

LIFE SCORE POINTS AND THE TIMELESS MARBLE

The Iron Lake Challenge is part of our Timeless Challenge. Therefore, you deserve (in addition to the collector's medal) the marble in green (health/sport). This will also be sent to you. The marble will have a diameter of 25mm.

You earn with your performance ca. 17 Life Score Punkte. These will be presented to both the Ehrentafel Sachsen-Anhalt, as well as the Life Lake Museum credited.

THE TEN LARGEST LAKES IN SAXONY-ANHALT

Geiseltalsee

Located in southern Saxony-Anhalt (Saalekreis), Geiseltalsee is the largest artificial lake in Germany and the largest lake in Saxony-Anhalt with its 19 square kilometers. It is, as with most lakes in Saxony-Anhalt, a flooded open-cast mining lake that was recultivated and is now a beautiful recreational area.

For a circumnavigation you need to walk about 25 kilometers. You will certainly find the appropriate paths very easily.

Route recommendations for circumnavigation of the Geiseltal Lake

• Saalekreis.de - Geiseltalsee circular route
• ich-geh-wandern.de - Geiseltalsee circular route

Great Goitzsche Lake

The large Goitzsee lake is also an artificial lake created by the flooding of a former open pit mine, which has been recultivated since 2002. In the meantime, the lake has been opened for tourist use and is very popular with local residents.

For the circumnavigation of the large Goitzsee you have to cover just over 30 kilometers, but in the meantime it is worth it, because it is beautiful there!

Route recommendations for circumnavigating the large Goitzsee lake

• OutdoorActive - Circuit
• bergfex - Circumnavigation of the large Goitzsee lake

Muldestausee

The Muldestausee is also a flooded open pit mine with a length of about 9 kilometers and a width of two kilometers (at the widest point). However, it was already flooded in the years 1975/1976, so that one can hardly see from the outside that this lake is not of natural origin. It is located in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld. For the circumnavigation on foot you have to complete about 17 kilometers.

Route recommendations for circumnavigating the Mulde Reservoir:

• Komoot - Circumnavigation Muldestausee
• Alltrails - Around the Muldestausee Lake

Arendsee

Arendsee is one of the most popular lakes in Germany. It is the largest and deepest natural lake in Saxony-Anhalt. It is also interesting that it is located on a salt dome, which has broken away over the years by the groundwater (subrosion). On its shores you can look forward to untouched nature with a rich flora and fauna. For the circuit you have to calculate with about 10 kilometers of shore.

Route recommendations for circumnavigating the Arendsee:

• Komoot: Circumnavigation Arendsee
• Around Arrendsee Lake

Gremmin lake

Der Gremminer See oder Ferropolissee ist ebenfalls aus einem gefluteten Tagebau entstanden und ist damit ein Tagebaurestsee. Auf einer Halbinsel befinden sich, weithin sichtbar fünf große Tagebaugroßgeräte (Bagger) die im Rahmen des „Freilichtmuseums Ferropolis“ ausgestellt werden.

Circumnavigation of the Gremminer Lake is possible via a circular trail with a length of about 13 kilometers.

Route recommendations for circumnavigation of the Gremminer Lake:

• Komoot: View of Ferropolis - Circumnavigation of the Gremminer Lake
• Gremminer lake bike path

Lake Concordia

Der Name stammt von der ehemaligen Braunkohlegrube „Concordia“. Der Concordiasee gehört zum Harzer Seenland und ist der Größte dort. Aufgrund eines Erdrutsches sind derzeit nur das Nordufer zur Nutzung für Wassersport und den Badebetrieb freigegeben. Das Südufer bleibt gesperrt. Eine Umrundung ist jedoch möglich. Dafür musst Du ca. 13 Kilometer zu Fuß zurücklegen.

Route recommendations for circumnavigating Lake Concordia:

• Bikemap: Around Lake Concordia
• Komoot: Circumnavigation of Lake Concordia

Lake Gröbern

Lake Gröbern was also created from an open pit mine that was flooded. It is one of the northernmost lakes in the Central German Lake District. A few years ago, a 100,000-year-old forest elephant was found in the former Gröbern open pit mine, which can now be admired in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle. Today, the forest elephant would have to walk about 14 kilometers to circumnavigate Lake Gröbern.

Route recommendations for circumnavigation of the lake Gröbern

• Komoot - Circumnavigation of Lake Gröbern
• OutdoorActive - Around the Gröbern Lake

Wallendorf lake

Auch der Wallendorfer See entstand als sogenannte „Bergbaufolgelandschaft“ aus dem ehemaligen Braunkohlebau Merseburg Ost. Die touristischen Angebote rund um den See sind mau, aber trotzdem lohnt sich ein Besuch der Region, denn um den Wallendorfer See herum gibt es zahlreiche Seen und kleine Städte die auf alle Fälle einen Besuch wert sind. Eine Umrundung des Wallendorfer Sees zu Fuß kostet Dich ca. 12 Kilometer.

Route recommendations for circumnavigation of the Wallendorf Lake

• Komoot - Wallendorfer See open pit mine circuit
• Wallendorf lake circuit

Rappbode Dam

The Rappbode Dam is located in the Harz Mountains, near the famous Bodden and is a hydroelectric power plant. The Rappbode Dam is 415 meters long and with a height of 106 meters at the same time the largest dam in Germany. If you want to go around it, you have to walk about 26 kilometers! This is due to the topography of the landscape here. Don't miss the famous suspension bridge!

Route recommendations for circumnavigating the Rappbode Dam

• Komoot - Circumnavigation Rappbode Dam
• AllTrails - Circumnavigation Rappbode Dam

Raßnitzer See

Der Raßnitzer See liegt in unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft zum Wallendorfer See, bietet sich also für eine gemeinsame Umrundung an. Auch er gehört zur lokalen „Bergbaufolgelandschaft“, hervorgegangen aus der Flutung eines ehemaligen Tagebaus. Eine Umrundung kostet Dich ziemlich genau 10 Kilometer.

Route recommendations for circumnavigation of the lake Raßnitz

• AllTrails - Around the Raßnitz Lake
• Round trip - Lake Raßnitz and Lake Wallendorf

Iron Lake Challenge Sachsen-Anhalt Ehrentafel

Here you can quickly and easily enter your results and upload the evidence (e.g. screen copy of your tracking). We check them and approve them. Then your result is saved and appears in the honor roll.

Instructions for the Challenge Tool

This is how our honor board works

• Register on our site
• Please reload this page (so that the system recognizes that you are logged in)
• Select the lake you are circumnavigating under "Summit/Lake
• Enter the distance you have covered (in meters) under "Length / Mountain height (in m)"
• Enter the required time (in minutes) under "Time needed (in min).
• Enter the date of your circumnavigation under "date"
• Now you can upload the evidence (e.g. a screenshot of your tracking) under "Upload proof (optional)"
• Now all you have to do is SAVE!
• We check your round and release it. Then you will see your result in the ranking.
• Your result will now appear in the Iron Lake Challenge honor roll, but also in the "Life Lake Museum“.

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