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Herthasee is a lake on the island Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. At a length of 170 m and a width of 140 m, it covers a surface area of 0.202 km². It has a maximum depth of 11 m. It is located in the center of the Jasmund National Park and its famous chalk cliffs.

Herthasee
Herthasee
Location	Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Coordinates	54°34′7″N 13°38′52″E
Basin countries	Germany
Max. length	170 m (560 ft)
Max. width	140 m (460 ft)
Surface area	0.202 km2 (0.078 sq mi)
Max. depth	11 m (36 ft)
Settlements	Sassnitz

At its embankment, the lake features a Slavic hill fort called Herthaburg, with a height of 17 m. It was constructed and inhabited between the 8th and 12th century.

Nerthus and Hertha

The misreading of the goddess name Nerthus in Tacitus's 1 CE ethnographic work Germania on the ancient Germanic peoples led to the proliferation of the goddess name Hertha from the 16th century to the 19th century, which led to the coining of the hydronym Herthasee. However, developments in historical linguistics led to a widely accepted etymological identification with the North Germanic god Njörðr. The location of the Nerthus lake ritual attested in Germania has subsequently been rejected, with contenders such as the island of Zealand (in modern Denmark) often proposed.[1]

References

External links

• Media related to Herthasee (Rügen) at Wikimedia Commons
• Chambers, Raymond Wilson (2001 [1910]). Widsith: A Study in Old English Heroic Legend. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108015271
• Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-513-1

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[de] Herthasee (Rügen)

Der fast kreisförmige Herthasee auf der Insel Rügen ist ein ungefähr 170 Meter langer, 140 Meter breiter und bis zu 11 Meter tiefer See, der im Wald des Nationalparkes Jasmund direkt am Wanderweg zwischen dem Besucherparkplatz in Hagen (einem Ortsteil der Gemeinde Lohme) und dem Nationalpark-Zentrum Königsstuhl liegt. An seinem nordöstlichen Ufer befindet sich die Herthaburg, eine bis zu 17 Meter hohe Wallanlage aus der Zeit der slawischen Besiedlung vom 8. bis 12. Jahrhundert.

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- [en] Herthasee (Rügen)

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