The Westerwald Lakes (german: Westerwälder Seen) lie within the eponymous Westerwald Lake District (''Westerwälder Seenplatte'') in the Westerwald forest within the town quarters of

Hachenburg Hachenburg is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The town lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Siegen, roughly 10 km west of Bad Marienberg on the river Nister. Hachenburg is the administrative s ...

, Westerburg, Montabaur and

Dierdorf Dierdorf is a town in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Westerwald, approx. 20 km northeast of Neuwied, and 20 km north of Koblenz. Dierdorf is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("colle ...

in the German state of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

. The lakes consist of seven

pond A pond is an area filled with water, either natural or artificial, that is smaller than a lake. Defining them to be less than in area, less than deep, and with less than 30% emergent vegetation helps in distinguishing their ecology from th ...

s: * Brinkenweiher *

Haidenweiher The Haidenweiher is a large pond about southwest of the village of Dreifelden in the county of Westerwaldkreis in Germany. It has a surface area of c. and is the second largest of the Westerwald Lakes. It is linked to the Dreifelder Weiher by ...

* Hausweiher * Hoffmannsweiher * Postweiher * Dreifelder Weiher (also Seeweiher) * Wölferlinger Weiher At 123 hectares, the Dreifelder Weiher is the largest.

References

External links

Westerwald Lakes Development Association (''Entwicklungsverband Westerwälder Seenplatte'')
Protected landscapes in Germany Lakes of Rhineland-Palatinate ! Rhineland {{RhinelandPalatinate-geo-stub