List of lakes in Rhineland-Palatinate

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Laacher See in winter

The lakes in Rhineland-Palatinate are spread across individual regions of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate , which are listed below from west to east and north to south. The values ​​behind the names indicate the approximate lake area, which is partly subject to seasonal fluctuations.

The rivers in Rhineland-Palatinate are summarized in a separate list .

Eifel

Bitburg reservoir
Schalkenmehrener Maar

In the Eifel there are mainly maars , but also crater and reservoirs . The maars and crater lakes were formed more than ten thousand years ago in individual localized eruptions of volcanic gases.

Westerwald

Reservoir and dam of the Krombachtalsperre

Centuries ago, large fish ponds were created in the swamp areas of the Westerwald , which today look like natural lakes. There are also some reservoirs along larger rivers.

Hunsrück

Basement reservoir

In the narrow valleys of the Hunsrück , reservoirs were created with the help of dams to ensure the water supply (also outside the mountains, e.g. the city of Trier ) .

Landstuhler Bruch

The Moorniederung Landstuhler Bruch , long drained, received a reservoir to increase the recreational value of the region. A second lake resulted from sand mining.

  • Ohmbachsee , 15 ha (reservoir of the Ohmbach )
  • Silbersee , 5 ha (quarry pond between Kindsbach and Landstuhl, created around 1960 when sand was extracted for the construction of the motorway)

Palatinate Forest

Clausensee, Woog des Schwarzbach
Isenachweiher, Woog der Isenach
Ungeheuersee, former cattle trough in the course of the Krumbach

In the Palatinate Forest , there are few natural lakes, all of which are not pond size also come. Since the Middle Ages , however, numerous reservoirs have been created, most of which are called Wooge . They served as water reservoirs for mills , as fish ponds and, also under the name Klause , until around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the drift of sawn timber .

Rhine plain

Blue Adriatic at Altrip
Silbersee Roxheim (behind the Old Rhine)

There were no natural lakes in the north-western part of the Rhine Plain , which belongs to Rhineland-Palatinate . In the exploitation of sand - and gravel bars , some in the Old Rhine arms , created lakes . Occasionally, small watercourses have also been dammed in order to create swimming opportunities outside of swimming pools.

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