Nonnenmattweiher
Sign in to saveThe Nonnenmattweiher is a lake that has been impounded by an embankment in the Southern Black Forest in Germany. Together with the surrounding area it forms a nature reserve of the same name in the High Black Forest in the state of Baden-Württemberg.
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- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Kleines Wiesental
- Area
- 70.83
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- Naturschutzgebiet Nonnenmattweiher
- inception
- 1987-00-00
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The Nonnenmattweiher is a lake that has been impounded by an embankment in the Southern Black Forest in Germany. Together with the surrounding area it forms a nature reserve of the same name in the High Black Forest in the state of Baden-Württemberg.
== Name == The name of the lake goes back to the formerly common word for the mast intended as feed for cattle – the so-called Nonnen or Nunnen. It used to be pastured on the meadows in the bottom of the cirque. Later people presumed that the name came from a nunnery (Nonnenkloster) which, according to legend, sank into the lake as a result of God’s judgement.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nonnenmattweiher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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