Kulkwitzer See
- Area
- 1.55 km²
- Tonight
- 9°CCloudy · Wind 26 km/h SW
Kulkwitzer See is a lake at 115 m above sea level in Saxony, Germany, 1.55 km² in area and 2.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 115 m
- Length
- 2.5 km
- Shoreline
- 8.3 km
Kulkwitzer See in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 8.3 km≈2 h to walk around
Kulkwitzer See 3D map
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Kulkwitzer See terrain and contours
2 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Kulkwitzer See elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Kulkwitzer See weather
Tonight · Cloudy · 9°C (48°F) · Wind 26 km/h SW
Kulkwitzer See forecast for about 115 m.
- Tonight9°–26 km/h SW
- Today7°10°4.8 mm32 km/h S
- Sun8°14°4.0 mm35 km/h S
- Mon8°12°0.1 mm27 km/h W
- Tue9°15°–15 km/h SW
- Wed6°14°0.3 mm12 km/h W
- Thu7°11°1.1 mm10 km/h W
- Fri6°11°1.0 mm7 km/h N
- Sat4°9°0.1 mm9 km/h NE
- Sun3°10°0.3 mm7 km/h E
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Kulkwitzer See
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kulkwitzer See, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.4 km W
Nearest campsite
Campingplatz Kulkwitzer See
Nearest caravan site
Wohnmobilstellplatz Kulkwitzer See - Markranstädt
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.4 km W |
| Parking | 0.4 km W |
| Campingplatz Kulkwitzer SeeCampsite | 0.5 km ENE |
| Parking | 0.6 km WSW |
| Wohnmobilstellplatz Kulkwitzer See - MarkranstädtCaravan site | 0.8 km WNW |
| Gefühlsgarten – Stellplätze am AuenwaldCampsite | 6.6 km NNE |
| Caravaning am ElsterstauseeCaravan site | 6.6 km SE |
| Landschaftspark CospudenCaravan site | 7.7 km ESE |
| Campingplatz KleinliebenauCampsite | 7.8 km NNW |
Slope
Share of the 4.5 × 4.5 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 20 km² view
- Relief in view
- 42 m low point 113 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.3 km; 446 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- European Perch52
- European Carp43
- Northern Pike29
- Common Coot22
- Common reed22
- Norway maple17
Where Kulkwitzer See sits
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-15)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)