Rotes Luch

Rotes Luch
Landscape between Berlin and the Oderbruch
Rotes Luch between Berlin and the Oderbruch
Floor elevation45 metres (148 ft) up to 48 metres (157 ft)
Geology
TypePlain grassland, glade, fen area
AgeGlacial period of the Holocene
Geography
Locationnear Waldsieversdorf, Märkische Schweiz, Brandenburg, Germany
Coordinates52°31′26″N 14°01′41″E / 52.524°N 14.028°E / 52.524; 14.028
Mountain rangeGlacial valley, Märkische Schweiz Nature Park

Rotes Luch (literally "Red Glade") is a reclaimed (i.e. drained) fen area, known locally as a luch, and extends to a width of about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) over a length of approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from southwest to northeast. It is located in the southwestern corner of the nature reserve Märkische Schweiz (German: Naturpark Märkische Schweiz) of Brandenburg, Germany.