Nearly half of the lake space within the northwest is designated as a nature reserve, of which 125 hectares are occupied by the shallow water and island zone bird sanctuary within the Altmühlsee, which is made up of numerous particular person islands. "Strit/Strüt" village, as a settlement close to the undergrowth, derived from the Middle High German "strout" for bush, undergrowth. The creation of the Franconian Lake District and its water administration function as a water switch from water-rich southern Bavaria to rain-poor northern Bavaria is documented on two floors and an area totaling round 300 square meters. It is the biggest lake in Franconia and the second largest reservoir in Germany by area. ↑ Lakeland Information Center - Water for Franconia. The data middle "Seenland - Water for Franconia" (also usually referred to as the Franconian Lake District Data Center) paperwork the event of the Franconian Lake District. The full top of the construction here is as much as 26 meters. To guard in opposition to sub -flushing the barrier structure, there's a sealing wall under the core, which extends right down to the rock underground that's as much as 26 meters. The railway line Gunzenhausen-Pleinfeld (Seenland-Bahn) is situated nearly 500 meters east, separated by a forest, the railway line in Treuchtlingen-Nuremberg, in the north is located in the north