Franzosenwoog
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| Geographical location | Palatinate Forest | |
| Tributaries | Hochspeyerbach | |
| Drain | Hochspeyerbach | |
| Location close to the shore | Hochspeyer, Frankenstein | |
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 26 '29 " N , 7 ° 55' 46" E | |
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| surface | approx. 8900 m² | |
| volume | approx. 7600 m³ | |
| scope | approx. 720 m | |
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particularities |
Former reservoir, water level approx. 2.20 m |
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The Franzosenwoog was a reservoir ( Klause ) on the Hochspeyerbach in what is now the Kaiserslautern district . It was located between Hochspeyer and Frankenstein and was only dammed when necessary.
history
The Franzosenwoog was created to enable the transport of wood ( Trift ) on the Hochspeyerbach . The Woog, located on the upper reaches of the Hochspeyerbach, represented the western starting point of the Holztrift on the Hochspeyerbach. In its time it was the largest woog in the Hochspeyer / Speyerbach area .
Little is known about the construction of the Wooges. Its origin, however, is likely to have been around 1828, but precursor structures up to the 15th century cannot be ruled out, and it was probably built as an embankment and wooden dam. In the years 1830 - 1860 , the time of Bavarian rule , large parts of the drift routes were paved with stones and the wooge was also built of stone. During this time, not only wood from the neighboring forests, but also firewood from the Kaiserslauterer Stiftswald was driven out - for this it had to be approached by land over the watershed at the Hochspeyerer Stich and through Hochspeyer .
The Trift on the Hochspeyerbach was given up around 1885. The appearance of the woog can no longer be reconstructed and can only be guessed on the basis of today's existing woog. The name of the Franzosenwoog tunnel on the Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway line and the Ritterstein 163, Franzosenwoog, are still reminiscent of him.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Seebach: Old crafts and trades in the Palatinate - Palatinate Forest , Annweiler-Qeichhambach, 1994, p. 215f
- ↑ Gero Koehler, Wolfgang Frey, Holger Hauptlorenz, Holger Schindler (Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Department of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management): Concept for the ecological evaluation and development of the Wooge in the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve. December 2010, accessed April 26, 2012 .
- ^ Rolf Weber: The rafting (Trift) on the Speyerbach. Retrieved April 5, 2008 .