Lake Müritz

The Müritz is a broad lake in the Mecklenburg lake country, its name derived from a Slavic word for a little sea. The river Elde both feeds and drains its waters. On the northern shore stands Waren, founded in the thirteenth century near a Slavic village and castle. The town received fishing rights on the Müritz in 1306, and from 1347 to 1425 it served as a residence of a branch of the lords of Werle.