A ''woog'' (from ''wâc'', a

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) is the local name for a body of still water in parts of southwest

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. A ''woog'' may be of natural origin or manmade.

Distribution of the name

The name is used for waterbodies in the German states of

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(being especially common in the Palatine Forest), the

Saarland The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and ...

, in South Hesse (commonly in the Odenwald) and in the state of

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( Nordbaden); even the names of roads or settlements are derived from such bodies of water. Examples are:

Baden-Württemberg

* Woogsee, natural lake near

Rastatt Rastatt () is a town with a Baroque core, District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain on the Murg river, above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of around 50,000 (2011). Rastatt was a ...

in the basin of the Kinzig-Murg-Rinne

Hesse

* Großer Woog, reservoir on the Darmbach

Rhineland-Palatinate

* Biedenbacher Woog, reservoir on the Leinbach * Büttelwoog, campsite near

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* Dämmelswoog, reservoir near Fischbach *

Eiswoog The Eiswoog is a reservoir, roughly six hectares in area, on the Eisbach stream, locally also called ''die Eis'', in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is oriented from south to north in the water meadows near the source of the stream i ...

, reservoir on the Eisbach * Finsterthaler Woog, reservoir on the Leinbach * Franzosenwoog, former reservoir on the Hochspeyerbach * Gelterswoog, reservoir of tributaries of the Aschbach * Hammerwoog, reservoir in Kaiserslautern * Kammerwoog, former ''woog'' on the Nahe in Idar-Oberstein, today a section of the river * Katzenwoog, reservoir on the Erlenbach near Kaiserslautern * Kolbenwoog, reservoir on a tributary of the Aschbach * Mörstadter Woog, reservoir on the northern perimeter of Mörstadt{{cite web , work= Wormser Zeitung , url=http://www.wormser-zeitung.de/region/vg-monsheim/moerstadt/4835558.htm , title=Idylle am Woog near Musik and Wein , date=2008-07-07 , access-date=2009-09-08 * Mühlwoog, reservoir on the Leinbach, just before its confluence with the Hochspeyerbach * Niederhausener Woog (also ''Niederhausener reservoir''), reservoir der Nahe between Norheim and

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* Pfälzerwoog (also Pfalzwoog), reservoir on a right tributary of the Saarbach * Salzwoog, district of Lemberg, named after an old reservoir on the Salzbach * Scheidelberger Woog, nature reserve between Miesau and

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* Schweinswoog, reservoir on the Eußerbach * Seewoog, reservoir on the Leinbach near

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* Sixmeisterwoog reservoir on the Aggenbach near

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* Spießwoog, reservoir near Fischbach * Stüdenwoog reservoir on the Eppenbrunner Bach * Vogelwoog, reservoir and surrounding nature reserve on the edge of Kaiserslautern * Woogfelsen rocks, a

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on the Biedenbacher Woog in Frankenstein (Pfalz)

Saarland

* ''Alter Woog'', road name in the old town of St. Wendel * ''Am Altwoog'', road name in the Neunkirchen district of Furpach * ''Merwoog'', road name in Kirrberg derived from an old reservoir on the Lambsbach * Möhlwoog, reservoir on the Erbach near Homburg-Jägersburg * Woogbachtal (also ''Ensheimer Gelösch''), valley with ponds near Saarbrücken-Ensheim Airport * ''Zum Altwoog'', road name in Fürth im Ostertal

References

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