Autumn landscape at the Arkenberg quarry pond by Silva Wischeropp

This picturesque, autumnal landscape motif was taken on 20 October 2017 in the late evening hours with the NIKON D90 camera (lens: SIGMA 18.0-70.0 mm f/3.5-4.5).

The Arkenberger Baggersee (also known as Badesee Arkenberge or Arkenberger Kiessee) is located in the north of the Berlin district of Pankow in the village of Arkenberge, close to the Berlin city limits.
The lake was created in 1979.
The name comes from the nearby Arkenberge hills. In previous years, building material had been extracted from a gravel pit here for the expansion of the nearby motorway, now the A 114.

As is typical for quarry ponds, there is neither inflow nor outflow. To the south-west of the quarry pond is the somewhat smaller Arkenberge biotope lake, which lies entirely within the territory of Blankenfelde.

The name Arkenberge originally refers to a natural range of hills in the Berlin district of Blankenfelde in the borough of Pankow. The name of the nearby settlement of Arkenberge is derived from the name of the range of hills. To the east of this settlement, a pile of building rubble was created in 1984. In January 2015, it was discovered that its summit reached a height of 121.9 metres above sea level.
Since then, it has been considered the highest elevation in the state of Berlin, replacing Teufelsberg (120.1 metres above sea level).

The original Arkenberge were a natural chain of hills of Pleistocene origin.
On a survey map from 1911, their greatest height is given as 70.3 metres.
Over the course of the 20th century, they were largely excavated, and in the 1950s, the railway line of the Berlin outer ring road was laid through the area. The highest point of the remaining chain of hills is 64.8 metres high, while the surrounding terrain is between 53 and 57 metres high.