Bottomless lake (Empfingen)

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The bottomless lake in spring from the southern bank

The bottomless lake is a geological natural monument in the area of ​​the municipality of Empfingen in the southeastern district of Freudenstadt .

description

The "Seewald", in which the bottomless lake lies, from the direction of Dettensee
A now silted up part of the lake southeast of the main body of water

The bottomless lake is circular with a diameter of about 50 meters, its depth should be up to 9 meters. He is the namesake of the "Seewald" between Empfingen and Dettensee , in which it is located. It is a sinkhole in the rock layer of the Lower Keuper , which was created by leaching the shell limestone. The lake is a habitat for rare animal and plant species. It is one of ten protected geological objects in the district. In the area around the lake there are other sinkholes of the same geological origin, but not filled with water. The bottomless lake is part of the FFH area Horber Neckar slopes .

Culture

The bottomless lake is the subject of folk tales in the area. One of these legends tells of a nunnery that once stood at the location of the lake and sank as punishment for the sinful behavior of the nuns. In another version the destroyed building is an inn. There are also reports of ghostly figures who can be seen as harbingers of a disaster in or by the lake, or who were seen dancing in Empfingen.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Walter: Karst lakes and karst brooks in the Hohenzollern Unterland , Hohenzollerische Heimat, January 1954.
  2. ↑ Fürst von Hohenzollern group of companies; Natural monument "Bottomless Lake" near Empfingen ( memento of August 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), last accessed on July 18, 2009.
  3. ^ Entry at the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation ( memento of February 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), last accessed on July 18, 2009.
  4. ↑ State Institute for Environmental Protection Baden-Württemberg: Geological Natural Monuments in the Karlsruhe District, pp. 132f and 136. PDF document , last accessed on July 18, 2009.
  5. ^ Ernst Meier, Deutsche Sagen, Sitten und Gebräuche aus Schwaben, Stuttgart 1852. Quoted in: [1] , last accessed on July 19, 2009.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ′ 40 ″  N , 8 ° 42 ′ 24 ″  E