__NOTOC__ The Mathisleweiher is a large

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, under 2 hectares in area, in the

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in southern

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. It lies in the

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between Feldberg in the west and the

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in the east on the territory of

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at about southwest of the village in the Eschengrundmoos Nature Reserve. The pond impounds the Zartenbach which flows through it from west-southwest to east-northeast. The stream rises on the eastern slopes of the Ramselehöhe () at about , picks up the Eschengrundmoosbach from the right from the protected bog and runs for less than a kilometre before entering the lake. A shorter stream runs from the north from the woods of the Stuckwald. It has a

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of 1.0 km² The lake is accessible from Hinterzarten but only on foot. A path runs from the village passing close to the lake and a spur branches off to the east shore. Together with the Mathislehof, Mathislemühle and Mathislewald the pond belongs to the Müller-Fahnenberg Foundation of the

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Origin of the name

The Mathisleweiher s named after the nearby farm of Mathislehof, which in turn is named after the farmer, Mathias Rombach, who inherited the farm in 1736 by marrying the widow.

References

LUBW

: Official online waterbody map with extract and layers used here
Karte von Mathisleweiher und Umgebung
: General access without presets and layers: Seefläche: Lake area from the layer: ''Stehende Gewässer''. Dimensionen: Length and width measured on the background layer ''Topographische Karte''. Höhe: Height based on black writing on the background layer ''Topographische Karte''. Height based on the contour image on the background layer ''Topographische Karte''. EZG: Catchment measured from the background layer ''Topographische Karte''.

Special references

Verordnung des Regierungspräsidiums Freiburg als höhere Naturschutzbehörde über das Naturschutzgebiet »Eschengrundmoos« dated 4 December 1984 (GBl. dated 28 December 1984, p. 705). Online: http://www2.lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de/public/abt2/dokablage/oac_12/vo/3/3140.htm Digital topographic map 1:10,000 series (DTK 10), Landesamt für Geoinformation und Landentwicklung Baden-Württemberg. URL: http://www.geoportal-bw.de/geoportal/opencms/de/geoviewer.html Klaus Weber: Chronik der Eschbacher Höfe. In: Breisgauer Nachrichten vom 29. Juli 1954. Abschrift unter http://www.stegen-dreisamtal.de/chronesch.htm Günther Reichelt: ''Geographische Landesaufnahme: The natural regional units on Sheet 185 Freiburg i. Br.'' Bundesanstalt für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg, 1964. →&nbs
Online-Karte
(pdf; 3.7 MB)

External links

Map of the Mathisleweiher and surrounding area
at:

at: {{GeoQuelle, DE-BW, GeoView, ref=nein Lakes of Baden-Württemberg Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Baden LMathisleweiher