Franzosenwoog

Former reservoir, dam height 2,20 m

The Franzosenwoog was a reservoir ( hermitage ) at Hochspeyerbach in what is now the district of Kaiserslautern. He lay between high Speyer and Frankenstein and was dammed only when necessary.

History

The Franzosenwoog was created to allow on the Hochspeyerbach the transport of wood ( drift ). Located on the upper reaches of the high Speyerbach Woog provided the western starting point of the timber rafting on the Hochspeyerbach dar. He was in his time the largest Woog in high Speyer / Speyerbach.

Little is known about the structure of the Wooges. However, its formation is estimated to have around the year 1828, but there are Vorläuferbauten not be ruled out until the 15th century, and was probably designed as a bulk and timber dam. In the years 1830-1860, the period of the Bavarian government, the drift distances were mounted in many parts with stones and also the Wooge built of stone. During this time not only wood from the adjacent forests, but also firewood from the Kaiserslautern Collegiate forest was vertriftet - it had to be approached by land on the watershed at high Speyer Speyer stitch across and through high passes.

The drift on the Hochspeyerbach was abandoned around the year 1885. The appearance of the Wooges can not be reconstructed and only guess based on today's, existing Wooge. The name of the Franzosenwoog Tunnel of the railway line Mannheim- Saarbrücken and the Ritterstein 163, Franzosenwoog, still remember him.