Brinkenweiher

Brinkenweiher
View from the west over the Brinkenweiher
Geographical location	Westerwald Lake District
Drain	Holzbach
Location close to the shore	Stones
Data
Coordinates	50 ° 34 '19 "  N , 7 ° 49' 9"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 34 '19 "  N , 7 ° 49' 9"  E
Altitude above sea level	406
surface	21 ha
particularities	Nature reserve

The Brinkenweiher is located approx. 400 meters east of the municipality of Steinen and, with approx. 21 hectares of water, is the third largest pond in the Westerwald lake district . It was declared a nature reserve in 1977 .

history

Emergence

The Brinkenweiher was by Count Friedrich III. von Wied created around 1660 by damming the source streams of the Holzbach .
The pond was used (like the other lakes in the Westerwald lake district ) for fish farming until it was placed under nature protection in 1977.

The Brinkenweiher today

Nowadays the pond in the east is surrounded by a thick forest. In the north, however, it has a marshy bank where rare animals (especially birds) live and breed.
This bank area becomes smaller in a westerly direction, until it is finally replaced by the meadows belonging to the stones.
In the south it is only separated from the post pond, which also belongs to the lake district, by a narrow dam, over which there is also a path.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Westerwaldkreis

Web links

Commons : Brinkenweiher nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• westerwaelder-seenplatte.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration
2. ↑ Ordinance on the "Brinkenweiher" nature reserve of March 15, 1977

Brinkenweiher from the south