Eschach pond
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 41 '43 " N , 10 ° 11' 28" E | ||||||
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| Construction time: | 1677 or 1693 | ||||||
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| Altitude (at congestion destination ) | 999 m above sea level NHN | ||||||
| Water surface | 8.6 ha | ||||||
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The Eschacher Weiher is a pond created by the Prince Abbey of Kempten in the Adelegg ridge in the municipality of Buchenberg in the Swabian district of Oberallgäu , Bavaria (Germany).
Geographical location
The Eschacher Weiher reservoir is located in the southeastern foothills of the Buchenberg Forest , which connects to the Adelegg to the northeast and east . It is located 3.5 kilometers (km) west of the center of Buchenberg and 1.3 km (as the crow flies ) southwest of its small district of Eschach . On the eastern slopes of the Hohenkapf ( 1121.1 m above sea level ) it was dammed up by a small dam wall to form a water reservoir at a height of 999 m .
history
The Eschacher Weiher, which was laid out in 1677 (partly also dated 1693), initially served the Kempten abbot Rupert von Bodman as a mill and fire water pond , but also as a fish pond for the court kitchen. It was placed under landscape protection in 1982 , so that water sports are prohibited, but bathing is permitted in certain beach areas. There is a bathing area for nudists .
Watershed
The Eschacher Weiher is located on the Rhine-Danube watershed because its water flows into the river system of the Danube and that of the Rhine via two drains :
- Its water reaches the Black Sea via the Iller and Danube rivers via a pipe installed below the dam .
- It flows over a brook that leads over the Wengener Argen and the Untere Argen to the Argen via Lake Constance and the Rhine to the North Sea .
fishes
The Eschacher Weiher is home to carp and other non-coarse fish , as well as rainbow trout , brown trout , perch and occasional arctic char .
