Lindworm pond
| Lindworm pond | ||
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| Lindworm Pond (2013) | ||
| Geographical location | Nieder-Beerbach , Hessen ( Germany ) | |
| Places on the shore | Nieder-Beerbach | |
| Location close to the shore | Darmstadt | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 49 ° 47 '23.93 " N , 8 ° 40' 14.84" E | |
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| surface | 0.02 ha | |
| length | 20 m | |
| width | 10 m | |
| scope | 60 m | |
| Maximum depth | 1 m | |
| Middle deep | 0.5 m | |
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particularities |
former quarry |
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The Lindwurmteich is a small body of still water in Nieder-Beerbach , part of the municipality of Mühltal in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district in Hesse .
geography
The Lindwurmteich is located on the eastern slope of the Frankenstein massif or on the western edge of Nieder-Beerbach. The pond is geologically in the northern Odenwald in the granite area of the Geo-Naturpark Bergstrasse-Odenwald . The landscape corresponds to the typical hilly landscape of the Vorderen Odenwald .
The pond is approximately oval and has a length of approx. 20 m and a width of approx. 10 m. The circumference is approx. 60 m.
The lindworm pond is located in a former quarry . The pond is fed by a small waterfall. The pond is drained via the Beerbach .
flora
The lindworm pond is on the edge of a mixed forest .
fauna
Various animal species live in the area, including bats , gray wagtails , hawks , kites , pond newts and honey buzzards .
Varia
In the middle of the pond is a wooden sculpture by the sculptor Heidi Franz. The sculpture is called "Odysseus". It is reminiscent of Odysseus' sea voyage .
On an information board on the east bank of the pond is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .
Everything in nature is change,
but behind the change
there is something eternal.
Between the Lindwurm pond and the outskirts of Nieder-Beerbach there is a playground with a Lindwurm sculpture and a barbecue hut.