Top 20 Lakes around Wintersheim

A detour to the Eicher ice cream parlor Fontana at the municipal administration is always worth a visit

Lake Eicher is connected to the Rhine, so the lake is surrounded by a holiday resort with weekend homes, many of which have their own private jetty. Several spots offer excellent views of the lake. The terrace of the Kleine Kneipe (small pub) is located directly on the shore and offers cyclists and hikers a great place to take a break. Lake Eicher is not really a swimming spot, however.

The lake is owned by the local fishing club. Tables and benches are spread around the shore. A beautiful place that exudes a very pleasant calm

A must for all geocaching enthusiasts. Lots of caches around the lake, all of which are easy to find. Greetings from the owner "Rohrbrummer"

The Eicher See is a large quarry pond with access to the Rhine.

Some of the houses stand on stilts. It's hard to believe that floods can get that high.

At the turn of the year 1882/83, the "New Year's Hole", which is also used today as a bathing area, was created by a dam breach that led to the flooding of the hinterland. Officially, however, the New Year's Hole is a private fishing lake. Today's appearance hardly gives an idea of the dramatic events that led to its creation. The Rhine, which was already unusually high due to persistent precipitation in the late summer and autumn of 1882, reached 822 cm at the Worms gauge on December 29, its highest level since the introduction of regular measurements at the end of the 18th century to this day. For comparison: the mean water level at the Worms gauge is 221 cm, the highest flood in recent decades At 729 cm, spring 1988 was still almost a meter below the 1882 mark. At the turn of the year 1882/83, the water was already on the crest of the then lower and not as wide dam as it is today, where it was initially held by additional earth could become. But in the morning hours of January 1, 1883, nothing helped, the main dam broke at the point in front of you over a length of 115 m. The Rhine water flowing through the opening flushed a 19-22 m deep and at that time up to 190 m wide whirlpool hole , a so-called scour. The amounts of earth, sand and gravel pressed out of this scour were spread over the adjacent areas, covering 100 acres of land (approx. 25 hectares) with up to half a meter thick alluvial material. If you walk through the reed landscape with your eyes wide open, you will come across such whirlpool holes again and again, e.g. 400 m further east the Bruderlöcher (which you will get to know further along the path) or 1.1 km further north the Geilsbruderloch. The youngest scours can be found on the Kühkopf, where in the spring of 1983 the summer dykes were breached in three places by floods.

At the turn of the year 1882/83, the "New Year's Hole", which is also used today as a bathing area, was created by a dam bursting, which led to the flooding of the hinterland. Officially, however, the New Year's Hole is a private fishing lake. Today's appearance hardly gives an idea of the dramatic events that led to its creation. The Rhine, which was already unusually high due to persistent precipitation in the late summer and autumn of 1882, reached 822 cm at the Worms gauge on December 29, its highest level since the introduction of regular measurements at the end of the 18th century to this day. For comparison: the mean water level at the Worms gauge is 221 cm, the highest flood in recent decades At 729 cm, spring 1988 was still almost a meter below the 1882 mark. At the turn of the year 1882/83, the water was already on the crest of the then lower and not as wide dam as it is today, where it was initially held by additional earth could become. But in the morning hours of January 1, 1883, nothing helped, the main dam broke at the point in front of you over a length of 115 m. The Rhine water flowing through the opening flushed a 19-22 m deep and at that time up to 190 m wide whirlpool hole , a so-called scour. The amounts of earth, sand and gravel pressed out of this scour were spread over the adjacent areas, covering 100 acres of land (approx. 25 hectares) with up to half a meter thick alluvial material. If you walk through the Ried landscape with your eyes wide open, you will come across such whirlpool holes again and again, e.g. 400 m further east the Bruderlöcher (which you will get to know further along the path) or 1.1 km further north the Geilsbruderloch. The youngest scours can be found on the Kühkopf, where in the spring of 1983 the summer dykes were breached in three places by floods.