List of lakes in Rhineland-Palatinate
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
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.
- Bitburger Reservoir ( Prüm Reservoir )
- Dreiser Weiher (Maar)
- Drought Maar (Maar)
- Eichholzmaar (Maar)
- Gemündener Maar (Maar)
- Holzmaar (Maar)
- Kronenburger See ( Kyll reservoir )
- Laacher See (crater lake)
- Meerfelder Maar (Maar)
- Powder maar (maar)
- Schalkenmehrener Maar (Maar)
- Ulmener Maar (Maar)
- Waldsee in vineyards (reservoir of Rehbachs )
- Weinfelder Maar or Totenmaar (Maar)
- Windsborn crater lake
Westerwald
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.
- Blauer See , 1 ha (former basalt quarry filled with water)
- Brinkenweiher , 21 ha ( Westerwald Lake District )
- Dreifelder Weiher or Seeweiher , 123 ha (Westerwald Lake District)
- Elkenrother Weiher , 8 ha (reservoir of the Elbe stream )
- Haidenweiher , 30 ha (Westerwald Lake District)
- House pond , 10 ha (Westerwald Lake District)
- Herthasee , 6 ha (reservoir of the Waselbach origin in the Nassau nature park )
- Hofmannsweiher , 16 ha (Westerwald Lake District)
- Krombachtalsperre , 1 km² ( Rehbach and Krombach reservoirs )
- Postweiher , 13 ha (Westerwald Lake District)
- Seeweiher , 13 ha (reservoir of the Vöhlerbach )
- Waldsee , 10 ha (reservoir of the Grenzbach )
- Wiesensee , 80 ha (reservoirs of the Seebach and the Hüttenbach )
- Wölferlinger Weiher , 1 ha (Westerwald Lake District)
Hunsrück
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 ) .
- Dhrontal-Stausee (reservoir of the Little Dhron )
- Keller reservoir ( Ruwer reservoir )
- Reservoir Niederhausen (reservoir of the Nahe )
- Riveris Reservoir (Reservoir of the Riveris )
- Steinbach Reservoir (Reservoir of the Steinbach )
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
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 .
- Biedenbacher Woog (reservoir of the Leinbach )
- Clausensee (reservoir of the Schwarzbach near Clausen )
- Dämmelswoog (reservoir near Fischbach )
- Eckbachweiher (reservoir of the Eckbach near Neuleiningen valley )
- Eiswoog (reservoir of the Eisbach near Ramsen )
- Finsterthaler Woog (reservoir of the Leinbach )
- Gambswoog, also Gambsklause (reservoir of the Lauter -Quell river Wartenbach east of Merzalben )
- Gelterswoog (reservoir of the Hoheneckermühlbach )
- Hammerwoog, also Blechhammerweiher (reservoir of the Wurzelwooggraben in Kaiserslautern )
- Helmbachweiher (reservoir of the Kohlbach just before its confluence with the Helmbach )
- Isenachweiher ( Isenach reservoir )
- Jagdhausweiher ( Aschbach reservoir south of Kaiserslautern- Dansenberg )
- Katzenwoog (reservoir of the Katzenwoogbach near Kaiserslautern )
- Klößweiher (reservoir of the Rösselsbach in Ludwigswinkel )
- Königsweiher (reservoir of the Saarbach in Schönau )
- Kolbenwoog (reservoir of a left tributary of the Hoheneckermühlbach )
- Mühlweiher (reservoir of the Saarbach at Saarbacherhammer in Fischbach )
- Mühlwoog (reservoir of the Leinbach just before its confluence with the Hochspeyerbach )
- Pfälzerwoog, also Pfalzwoog (reservoir of the Pfälzerwoogbach near Fischbach )
- Schöntalweiher (reservoir of the Saarbach in Ludwigswinkel )
- Schweinswoog (reservoir of the Eusserbach near Eusserthal )
- Seewoog (reservoir of the Leinbach near Waldleiningen )
- Silzer See (reservoir of the Klingbach near Silz )
- Spießwoog (reservoir of the Spießbach near Fischbach )
- Stüdenwoog ( Stüdenbach reservoir near Eppenbrunn )
- Ungeheuersee (artificial deepening of a natural depression in the course of the Krumbach near Weisenheim am Berg )
- Vogelwoog (reservoir of the Wurzelwooggraben in Kaiserslautern )
- Walzweiher ( Aschbach reservoir next to the main road 270 )
Rhine plain
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.
- Almensee (Baggersee near Bad Dürkheim)
- Blue Adria (Altrhein-Baggersee near Altrip )
- Eicher See (quarry pond near Eich with an intact connection to the Rhine)
- Ellerstadter Weiher ( quarry pond near Ellerstadt in the Heidewald nature reserve)
- Jägerweiher (Altrhein-Baggersee near Altrip)
- Kiefweiher (Altrhein-Baggersee near Altrip)
- Kistnerweiher (Altrhein-Baggersee near Altrip)
- Kühweiher (originated as an extension of the Schwabenbach near Gönnheim )
- Lambsheimer Weiher ( quarry pond near Lambsheim )
- Neuhofener Altrhein , also Neuhöfer Altrhein (Altrhein-Baggersee near Neuhofen )
- Niederwiesenweiher (quarry pond near Böhl-Iggelheim )
- Pfarrwiesensee (quarry pond near Gimbsheim )
- Silbersee Altrip (Altrhein-Baggersee near Altrip)
- Silbersee Roxheim (Altrhein-Baggersee near Bobenheim-Roxheim )
- Schlicht (quarry pond near Neuhofen)
- Schwanenweiher (Altrhein-Baggersee near Altrip)
- Wolfgangsee (Baggersee near Neuhofen)