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Medard (lake)
Medard (lake)
Location	Sokolov District, Karlovy Vary Region
Coordinates	50°10′46″N 12°35′45″E
Lake type	Artificial
Basin countries	Czech Republic
Max. length	4 km (2.5 mi)
Max. width	1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Surface area	4.9344 km (3.0661 mi)
Max. depth	50 m (160 ft)
Water volume	50,150,000 m3 (1.771×109 cu ft)
Settlements	Habartov, Svatava

Medard is an artificial lake (now 4.93 km²) in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic, northwest of Sokolov, near Svatava and Habartov. The lake was created by flooding the former coal mine called Medard-Libík. The lakes surface area stretchs 493 ha, its maximum depth is 50 m and the capacity is approximately 50 mil. m³. It is the largest artificial lake in the Czech Republic.

History

Five villages disappeared due to mining: Čistá u Svatavy, Dvory, Kolonie Hahnemannova, Kytlice, Lísková.

Termination of mining

In 2000, the mining of brown coal in Medard-Libík ceased and the quarry was closed.

Watering

Filling the lake began in June 2008 when Sokolovská uhelná has ceased to draw mine water from retention and completed Medard gross technical reclamation of the future lake bottom. Since 2010, the lake is filled with water from the River Ohře. Filling building stands near the village Citice at the narrowest point between the river Eger and future lake.

Utilisation

Within urban studies being considered for use for various sports and recreational activities such as indoor pool, bmx area, track for roller skating, soccer field, golf course, hotel complex, kiteboarding, base sport of yachting, equestrian base, camping, caravans, cabins, swimming pools, sports grounds rope, airfield for ultralight aircraft, motocross area, diving center, the beach, a softball field, boating camp, campus, amusement park.