Waldenecksee

Waldenecksee
Rock faces of the abandoned Waldeneck Quarry and the Waldenecksee
Waldenecksee
LocationSinzheim, Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates48°44′16″N 8°12′33″E / 48.737721°N 8.209182°E / 48.737721; 8.209182

The Waldenecksee or Petersee is a quarry lake on the western edge of the Northern Black Forest. It lies in an exclave of the municipality of Sinzheim, surrounded by Baden-Baden, between Iberg and Fremersberg on the western side of the hill of Waldeneck. Around 1900 a quarry was established here that was worked until 1968. After that a lake formed on the floor of the quarry, about 200 metres long and 35–75 metres wide. One of its common names, the Petersee, is derived from the name of the former quarry owners, the Peter Porphyry Gravel Works (Porphyr-Schotterwerk Peter). Today it is leased as an angling lake and bathing is forbidden.

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