 The southern shore belongs to the Schorfheide municipality.With a surface area of it is the fourth largest lake in Brandenburg and with the second deepest (after Lake Stechlin).Werbellinsee became famous for the Hubertusstock hunting lodge on its western shore, originally built in 1849, later the resort of East German leader Erich Honecker, where he received several official guests, among them West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in December 1981.