Trappensee is a small lake in the eastern city of
Heilbronn
Heilbronn () is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn (district), Heilbronn District.
From the late Middle Ages on, it developed into an important trading centre. At the begi ...
in northern
Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
.
It is approximately east of the city center. In the middle of the lake there is the Trappensee castle, a
water castle
A water castle, sometimes water-castle, is a castle which incorporates a natural or artificial body of water into its defences.Forde-Johnston (1979), p. 163. It can be entirely surrounded by water-filled moats (moated castle) or natural waterbo ...
that dates back to the 16th century and was rebuilt in its current shape in the 18th century.
Lakes of Baden-Württemberg
LTrappensee
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