Sunny Lake
The Sunny Lake, known until 1945 as the Reservoir, is an artificial fresh water lake in Szczecin, Poland in the neighbourhood of Gumieńce, located near the intersection of Derdowskiego and Ku Słońcu Streets. It forms a central point of the Adina Blady-Szwajger Park. The lake was formed in the 1930s.
History
The artificial lake was formed in the 1930s, when a natural depression was flooded by water, after the surrounding it grounds have been developed into a house estate. It was originally referred to as the Reservoir, and after 1945, was renamed to the Sunny Lake. In the 1950s, at its coast was located a beach.In 2021, area surrounding the lake, commonly referred to as the Green Square Park, have been officially named the Adina Blady-Szwajger Park, after a physician and pediatrician active in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Second World War.
Characteristics
It is a fresh water lake with an elongated shape, maximal length of 1.3 km, and maximal width of 0.2 km, the total area of 2 ha, and the maximum depth of 2 m. It is crossed by the Bukowa river. It induces the Love Island, connected to the mainland by a wooden bridge.It forms the central point of the Adina Blady-Szwajger Park, also alternatively known as the Green Square Park. Its a small urban green area surrounding the lake.