Discovering Properties near Lakes in Poland
With almost 10,000 closed bodies of water covering more than one hectare (2.5 acres) each,
Poland has one of the highest numbers of lakes in the world.
In Europe, only Finland has a greater density of lakes. The largest lakes, covering more than 100 square kilometers
(386 square miles), are Lake Sniardwy and Lake Mamry in Masuria, as well as Lake Lebsko and Lake Drawsko in Pomerania.
In addition to the lake districts in the north (in Masuria, Pomerania, Kashubia, and Greater Poland),
there is also a large number of mountain lakes in the Tatras, of which the Morskie Oko is the largest in area.
The lake with the greatest depth—of more than 100 metres (330 feet)—is Lake Hancza in the Wigry Lake District,
east of Masuria in Podlaskie Voivodship.
Among the first lakes whose shores were settled are those in the Greater Polish Lake District.
The stilt house settlement of Biskupin, occupied by more than 1,000 residents, was founded before the 7th
century BC by people of the Lusatian culture. The ancestors of today’s Poles, the Polanie, built their first
fortresses on islands in these lakes. The legendary Prince Popiel is supposed to have ruled from Kruszwica on Lake Goplo.
The first historically documented ruler of Poland, Duke Mieszko I, had his palace on an island in the Warta River in Poznan.
The most important lakes of Poland
* Czarny Staw pod Rysami
D
* Dabie Lake
* Great Dabrowa
* Little Dabrowa
* Drawsko
* Druzno
* Lake Drweca
F
* Lake Firlej
G
* Lake Gardno
* Goplo
G cont.
* Gwiazda Lake
* Gluszynskie (Gluszynskie)
H
* Hancza
J
* Jeziorak
L
* Lebsko Lake
* Lednica (lake)
* Lake Lidzbark
M
* Lake Malta
* Lake Mamry
* Masurian Lake District
* Miedwie
M cont.
* Morskie Oko
R
* Lake Ros
* Lake Rusalka
S
* Sniardwy
* Lake Solina
W
* Wet Lake (Kuyavia-Pomerania Voivodeship)
* Wet Lake (Warmia-Masuria Voivodeship)
* Wigry Lake
Z
* Lake Zarnowiec
* Zegrze Reservoir