The Greater Köpenick Round Trip

Dämeritzsee and end of the round trip

We leave the Müggelspree at Roseneck and travel onto the Dämeritzsee, the penultimate stop before we return to the starting point of our round trip.

Roseneck – Dämeritzsee corner Müggelspree
Fig. 41: Roseneck – Dämeritzsee corner of the Müggelspree (Photo: Sterger, 21.5.2020)


The property "Roseneck" in Fig. 41 is said to once have belonged to silent film star Henny Porten.

Roseneck – Dämeritzsee corner Müggelspree
Fig. 42: Kleiner Müggelsee, Müggelspree, Neu Venedig and Dämeritzsee (Screenshot from OpenStreetMap)


The Dämeritzsee lies half within Berlin city limits and half on Brandenburg territory. Hessenwinkel borders the lake to the north and west, while the town of Erkner (Landkreis Oder-Spree) lies on the shore to the east and south. The water surface of the Dämeritzsee is about 1 km², but the lake is fairly shallow with a mean depth of 2,66 m and a maximum depth of 4,50 m.


The Dämeritzsee is a hub for local recreational boating, since from here you can explore many different water bodies in and around Berlin – the Spree, the Müggelsee, the Gosener Kanal and the Seddinsee. Via the Flakenfließ, which flows into the Dämeritzsee, you reach the Flakensee, from where both the Löcknitz with Werlsee, Peetzsee and Möllensee and, via the Woltersdorf lock, the Rüdersdorf waters from Kalksee to Stienitzsee can be accessed.

Roseneck – Dämeritzsee corner Müggelspree
Fig. 43: Skaters on the Dämeritzsee (Photo: Sterger, 29.1.2006)


The ice on the Dämeritzsee is safe to bear only when there has been prolonged severe frost (at least one week with night frosts below -10° C). Therefore, ice-skating as shown in Fig. 43 will probably remain a rarity in the future…

If, coming from the Müggelspree, you turn to the left after entering the Dämeritzsee, most of its water surface opens up before you. On the left-hand side, on the western shore, the DämeritzSeeHotel lies about 500 m away.

Drone image of the Dämeritzsee
Fig. 39: Evening mood at the Dämeritzsee, (Drone photo Mathis Sterger, 9.8.2025)


However, after we have entered the Dämeritzsee we keep to the right and, after about 400 m, turn into the Gosener Kanal. After a further approx. 100 m we reach the junction with the Alte Spree and moor at the Sturzbecher boatyard. With that our Greater Köpenick Round Trip is complete.