Westerwald Lakes

The Westerwald Lake lie on the same Westerwald Lake in the Westerwald within the city quadrangle Hachenburg, Westerburg, Montabaur and Dierdorf ( Rhineland -Palatinate).

Geography

The Westerwald Lake propagates as undulating plateau between the heads of the mountain Hachenburger forest in the north to the valley of the Saynbaches in the south. As a special natural spatial unit of the Upper Westerwald she seals it in the West, where the Herschbach / Dierdorfer basin marks the boundary between high and low Westerwald.

Almost mural acts of ascent of the mountain from the pool, only the young Saynbach digs a deep notch in the wall. The altitude of the lake district moves 400-420 meters. The landscape rises in Hachenburger forest on Glietzebeul to 494 meters and descends in Sayntal at Zürbach to 340 meters from.

The group consists of seven lakes ponds:

  • Brink Pond
  • Heath pond
  • House Pond
  • Hoffmann pond
  • Post Weiher
  • Three-field ponds (also Seeweiher )
  • Wölfer Linger pond

With 123 acres of the three-field pond is the largest.

In Dreifelden spread the Seeweiher ( three-field ponds ), the heath pond and the pond from Hoffmann. In Freilingen and stones the Brink pond, the pond and the Post House Pond extend. A little off is located northeast of the town of the same name Wölfer Linger pond which is silted to a great extent.

History

All seven ponds are man-made. In their present form they were created in the 17th century. They were initially all fish farming. The three-field pond group with each other through channels in combination, as well as the Freilingen group.

As demonstrated by documents from the 12th century, monks from neighboring monasteries operated already at that time intensive fish farming. They put in a swampy area on the first large ponds, including the Seeweiher. In 1650, Count Friedrich of Wied ( 1618-1698 ) already existing larger ponds and create new ponds. Thus, the seven large fish ponds were taken with a total water surface area of ​​over 1000 acres. The annual discharge of the water and the associated catch of fish in the fall is a regional event.

The ponds are still the property of the Prince of Wied.

Nature Conservation and Tourism

The Brink pond, the heath pond, the pond Wölfer Linger and the southern parts of the three-field pond, meanwhile their declared a nature reserve. Here you will find numerous shorebirds and wading birds which use the area for a rest on the migration of birds and often for breeding.

As a special tourist attraction is true of the 32 -kilometer-long seven- pond - road that runs along the seven -called lakes. The trail is marked by a blue screens and blue wavy lines. The markings are mostly glued or painted on posts and trees. As a starting point of the campsite on the three fields can serve pond. About creek stones, past the Hoffmann and heath pond, the way leads to hard rock. Between the house, Brinken and post pond through the way we continue to Freilingen, from there to Wölferlingen where the Wölfer Linger pond is located. In Dreifelden the way the three-field ponds along back to your starting point.

Herschbach, Selters Steinen, Rhineland-Palatinate Morgen Naturschutzgebiet Hartenfels
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