The landscape protection measures embrace the creation of nature reserves, such as the chicken island in the Altmühlsee or the shallow water areas of the Großer Brombachsee. The northern bank of the Brombachsee rises to thespalter plum and fly nation, and within the north rises the small mountain range of the Hahnenkamm. The lakeshore is positioned about one kilometer southwest of the city center of Hechlingen am See within the Rohrach valley, which runs approximately south, between Heidenheim within the north and Polsingen inthe south. Away from the lakes, the vacation landscape presents nearly endless meadows spherical Gunzenhausen, rich coniferous and blended forests on the slopes around the Igelsbach and Brombachsee and extensive pine forests with yellow glowing gorse bushes between Brombach and Rothsee. With a length of 210 meters and a most width of 80 meters, it has an area of ​​around 1. Four hectares. The lake is positioned around 37 km as the crow flies south- southwest of Nuremberg and immediately northeast of Absberg and south of Stockheim. In 1972, the Nuremberg College of Training was included.