Ice pond

Information sign at the ice pond Titisee-Neustadt (June 2014)

Ice breaking and transport on an Austrian lake ( Philipp von Württemberg , December 1899)

Eisweiher stands generically for smaller, usually relatively shallow still waters , which freeze over quickly in a favorable location (sheltered from the wind) and appropriate weather conditions ( frost lasting a few days ). They are of natural origin or have been specially created for use. Before the invention and distribution of the refrigeration machine based on the Joule-Thomson effect, the purpose and motive for naming it was the removal of ice blocks in winter, with which one can remove perishable goods in summer, e.g. B. could cool beer in cellars; others served and still serve with their ice rinks for leisure activities such as winter sports with z. B. ice skating , ice hockey game or the like. Some are only referred to as "ice ponds" in the cold season.

The name Eisweiher has often stuck to such waters even if they are also or exclusively used for other purposes today, such as mill ponds , as extinguishing water reservoirs , fish farming or recreational purposes such as bathing or driving in rowing and pedal boats .

Examples

Eisweiher is a proper name or part of proper names, among others, of the following still waters:

Dürrener Eisweiher , pond near the Lower Argen near Weingarten, municipality of Kißlegg , district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg

Eisweiher (Altneuwirtshaus) , lake in the lower reaches of a left tributary of the Truppach near Altneuwirtshaus, municipality of Plankenfels , district of Bayreuth, Bavaria

Eisweiher or Ickinger Weiher or Ickinger Stausee , lake between the Isar and its right tributary Mühltalkanal in front of the Aumühle , Egling municipality, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district, Bavaria

Eisweiher (Espasingen) , pond next to the Stockacher Aach opposite Espasingen , town of Stockach, district of Konstanz, Baden-Wuerttemberg

Eisweiher (Fischbach) , lake in the course of the Fischbach to Fischbach , independent city of Nuremberg, Bavaria

Eisweiher or Taxetweiher , quarry pond on the edge of Ismaning , Munich district, Bavaria

Eisweiher (Moosrain) , lake on the left at Festenbach in the settlement zone of Moosrain, municipality of Gmund am Tegernsee , district of Miesbach, Bavaria

Eisweiher (Sindelfingen) , one of the Hinterlinger lakes in the course of the Diebskarrenbach (in the creek system of the Schwippe ) in the urban area of Sindelfingen , Boeblingen district, Baden-Württemberg

Eisweiher (Titisee) , pond in the course of a tributary of the Titisee near Titisee, town of Titisee-Neustadt , district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Wuerttemberg

Eisweiher (Uttwil) , two ponds in the course of the Uttwiler Weiers (to Lake Constance ) in front of the Hägnenhof, municipality of Uttwil , district of Arbon, canton of Thurgau

Eisweiher (Wunsiedel) , lake between the Röslau and its left tributary Mühlgraben in Wunsiedel , district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria

Markdorfer Eisweiher , group of silting ponds at Espengraben in a low moor near Markdorf , Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg; Nature and landscape protection area