Lake Balaton (Black Forest)

Lake Balaton
Aerial view of Lake Balaton from the north
Location: Middle Black Forest Baden-Württemberg Tributaries: Zweribach , Harzmoosbach, left tributary of the Zweribach Drain: Zweribach →  Wilde Gutach →  Elz →  Rhine →  North Sea Pipeline to the power plant →  Wilde Gutach → ... Larger places on the shore: Hogenhof
Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
Coordinates	48 ° 2 '36 "  N , 8 ° 4' 48"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '36 "  N , 8 ° 4' 48"  E
Data on the structure
Crown length:	104 m
Crown width:	6 m
Data on the reservoir
Water surface	3.3 ha
Reservoir length	280 m
Reservoir width	130 m

The Balaton is a reservoir about 840 meters west and upstream from the Zweribachwasserfälle in natural area Central Black Forest . It was created in 1924 as an upper basin for the Zweribachwerk near Zinken Obertal by Simonswald . It dams the Zweribach , which flows two kilometers further east into the Wilde Gutach , and a smaller tributary called Harzmoosbach. The reservoir is mainly located in the municipality of Simonswald in the district of Emmendingen , the southern part in the area of ​​the municipality of St. Peter in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald . The outlet pipe reaches the power plant in a north-easterly direction in the Zinken Obertal of Simonswald, this part of the discharge then also flows into the Wilde Gutach over a kilometer below the Zweribach.

Web links

Commons : Lake Balaton  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of Lake Balaton with the surrounding area : State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )
• Map of Lake Balaton with surroundings and hiking trails on: Geoportal Baden-Württemberg ( information )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Heinz Fischer, Hans-Jürgen Klink: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 177 Offenburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1967. Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)