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Bathing lake

Lake Natels-Heidesee

Lake Natels-Heidesee, with its expansive sandy beach near the A352, was created during the construction of the highway

 

A typical highway lake created by the construction of the A352. The Krüger family has been running a campground here since 1964, but Lake Natels-Heidesee, with its expansive sandy beach, is also a popular destination for many swimmers. Here, anything made of rubber is allowed in the water. Air mattresses, inflatable boats, surfboards, and water toys add variety to the water’s surface, and on land, you’re sure to work up a sweat playing volleyball, basketball, billiards, or soccer.

Read the results of the bathing water analysis

Infrastructure

A view from the terrace of the water and the beach. Palm fronds can be seen in the foreground.

View from the terrace at the Lake Natels-Heidesee campground

Water area:
20,000 square meters with a designated shallow water zone

Equipment:
Restroom, Shower, changing room, very large beach, a small sunbathing area, forest behind the beach

Activities:
Soccer, volleyball, beach volleyball, foosball, billiards, playground with a slide, swings, sandbox, and a rocking horse; the campground’s surfboards can be used for paddling; annual beach volleyball tournament

Food and beverage:
Kiosk and snack bar with seating and shade

Interesting facts about lifeguards, watercraft and more

Swim at your own risk; in good weather, the DLRG tower is staffed starting at noon

Lake Natels-Heidesee Information Profile

Natal's Heidesee is a bathing paradise. A lake surrounded by trees.

Due to intensive agricultural use in the surrounding area, nutrients can enter the lake via surface runoff or groundwater. The excess nutrients promote the growth of cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae.

Some types of "blue-green algae" excrete metabolic products that can lead to allergic or toxic health problems in humans and animals. Mass accumulations of blue-green algae, so-called algal blooms, can be recognized by a bluish-greenish turbidity of the water, streaks, foamy mountains or cream-like layers on the water.

The Department of Health, as the responsible authority, conducts regular tests of the bathing water at the bathing site. The first water sample is taken before the start of the season. During the bathing season, from May 15 to September 15, samples are taken once a month. The water is tested for the indicator bacteria Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci. These results are published here and on the Lower Saxony State Health Office’s bathing water portal, among other places.

If the authorities become aware of the occurrence of mass proliferation of blue-green algae, the water is tested for blue-green algae and, if necessary, an official warning of acute occurrence of blue-green algae is issued. If large quantities of toxic blue-green algae are detected, a bathing ban is issued and published on site and on the internet.

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