Ungeheuersee
The Ungeheuersee in the Palatinate Forest is enclosed by mixed forest upland moor pond, about three kilometers west-southwest is located on the mountain of way home. Since the lake is a part of the single raised bog in the Palatinate Forest and is characterized by a diverse flora on the banks and on floating islands (including with wool grasses and orchids), he was protected in the 1930s as a natural monument.
The lake is fed by two sources; its effluent is the Krumbach. The Krumbachtal is recognized until Haardtrand as a conservation area.
The Ungeheuersee was created in the late Middle Ages and the early modern period as a cattle trough. He was first mentioned in documents in 1599. The name has nothing to do with monsters, but is derived from the words " Wade" for forest grazing and " Heyer " for the enclosure.
According to legend, went earlier, when the lake was still unkempt and swampy, no one there. They spoke of forest spirits that would wreak havoc there at midnight. A Forest woman allegedly lived on the lake and robbed many a child.
Another legend reports that the citizens of way home on the mountain during the Thirty Years War, before the village was attacked, the precious bells from the church tower in the sunken Ungeheuersee to hide them there. The village was then burned down and all knower of the sinking were gone. It has never again found the bells. The monks of the monastery Höningen sunk their silver bells for safety's sake in the lake, but even these were gone.
On the shores of the lake monster is with the managed weekends Weisenheimer hut ( also Ungeheuersee Hut ) of the Palatinate Forest Club is a popular destination. In recent years, the intensive tourism has repeatedly led to strong impairment of the natural monument.