Elkenrother pond
| Elkenrother pond | ||
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| View over the Elkenrother Weiher (2016) | ||
| Geographical location | at Elkenroth | |
| Tributaries | Elbbach | |
| Drain | Elbbach | |
| Islands | no | |
| Places on the shore | Elkenroth | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 43 '30 " N , 7 ° 54' 10" E | |
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| surface | 8 ha | |
| length | 270 m | |
| width | 400 m | |
| Maximum depth | 4.5 m | |
The Elkenrother Weiher is an 8 ha large pond in the course of the Elbe stream near Elkenroth in Rhineland-Palatinate . The Weidenbruch nature reserve borders in the west of the pond .
The origins of the pond go back to several fish ponds laid one behind the other on the upper reaches of the Elbbach from the Middle Ages. Today it is mainly used for fishing.
literature
- Ingo Gerlach: Emotional moments. The Elkenrother Weiher - recreation for the soul. Calvendo Verlag, Unterhaching 2015, ISBN 978-3-664-42608-9 .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Elkenrother pond. Website of the Verbandsgemeinde Kirchen (Sieg) . Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ↑ Elke Rother pond - an angler's paradise. Website of the Gebhardshain Association . Retrieved January 10, 2016.
- ^ Daniel Schneider: The mill trade in the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 59 (2016), p. 229.
Web links
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