It is a fascinating range of courses: the lake laboratory at Lake Wöhrsee. It offers its visitors exciting insights into all aspects of the body of water.
Experiments on the lake and in the lake laboratory give them an understanding of how much life there is on and under water.
In 2019, the environmental office of the city of Burghausen, under the leadership of city councilor Gunter Strebel, at the suggestion of limnologist Dr. Joachim Fürst the lake laboratory at the Wöhrsee. In the wooden building next to the lifeguard building there are stereo magnifying glasses, analysis devices and display boards.
The latter show what the visitors of the lake laboratory can later observe and analyze.
Together with the nature conservation officer Susanne Unterstaller and other volunteers, children in particular can discover the Wöhrsee and its surroundings in a playful way.
Depending on the age of the pupils, the lake laboratory focuses on the respective curricula with its concepts for the research days in the laboratory.
Contact
Contact person
Christina Schmid (assistant)
T. +49 8677 887-308
christina.schmid@burghausen.de
Environment Agency
Stadtplatz 112
Room 308
Directions/route planner
Public visitor times:
Monday to Wednesday
08: 00 clock to 12: 00 clock
14: 00 clock to 16: 30 clock
Thursday
08: 00 clock to 12: 00 clock
14: 00 clock to 17: 00 clock
Friday
08: 00 clock to 12: 00 clock
"If you discover a mayfly or a dragonfly larva under the stereo magnifying glass, even the coolest children will find the lake laboratory at Wöhrsee completely fascinating"
Gunter Strebel, city councilor and initiator of the lake laboratory
project profile
The lake laboratory at Wöhrsee pursues the goal of bringing children and young people from the region closer to the life and ecosystem of the local body of water. The Burghausen nature conservation officers and volunteers make this fascinating offer possible through their commitment.
The lake laboratory expands the range of courses at Wöhrsee by another interesting attraction. So far, the range of courses has included excursions, bike tours and the researcher's diary campaign.
The lake laboratory offers a wide variety of options for exploring the Wöhrsee: First of all, this includes general information on the history of the Wöhrsee, the Wöhrbach and the mills that millers used to operate there.
In the bathing area, visitors learn which animal species live in the Wöhrsee. There they deal with the developmental stages of fish. At the upper lake there is the possibility to observe the bird life with binoculars and to explore the Wöhrbach.
On the shore of the lake itself, the researchers from the lake laboratory take water samples from the Wöhrsee and examine them in detail.
School classes taking part in research days in the sea science laboratory explore the terrain and the water in two groups: a research group and an excursion group.
The lake laboratory at Wöhrsee is only possible when accompanied by supervisors. It is not publicly accessible.
The Burghausen Environment Agency allocates dates for interested parties and school classes.
Anyone who would like to support the Lake Laboratory project at Wöhrsee as a volunteer can contact the Burghausen City Environment Agency at any time.