Top 20 Lakes around Lauterbach

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The small pond belonged to the Huhnstadt farm. From the first documented mention in 1372, it was deduced that the Huhnstadt farm was originally a village settlement divided into two parts: Groß-Hohenscheit and Wenigen-Hohenscheit under the street. In 1492, the name was "Hoenscheit" under the Hertzberg (on the street). Later we read Honstat and from 1780 onwards, "Hohnstädt" in general. In 1360, Groß-Hohescheit consisted of a house and an estate. Wenigen-Hohenscheit consisted only of a small agricultural property. Hohnstet is mentioned on the Mercator map of 1592. In 1895, the estate covered around 116 hectares - of which 56 hectares were arable land - 20 hectares of meadows, 18 hectares of pasture and 20 hectares of wasteland. In 1927, Pastor E. Paulus reported in his local newspaper “Rings um den Herzberg” that the knight “Hans v. Storndorf” and his horsemen attacked, destroyed and burned the Dörnberg estate Hohenscheit in 1498. Hans von Dörnberg and Hans von Storndorf were personal enemies. The properties belonging to various owners were purchased by the von Dörnberg family - this is how the “Hof Huhnstadt” came into being.

As Andrea has already described in the tips, cattle were herded here until the 1950s. After this lost importance due to changes in agricultural structures, the area was used for forestry. In keeping with the spirit of the times, the 21 hectares were largely reforested with spruce. The storms Wiebke (1990) and Kyrill (2007) almost completely destroyed the spruce population. The "open space" created in this way has gradually been reused over the last few years. Thanks to the successful cooperation between the town of Herbstein, the local bird and nature conservation association and the Vogelsberg district's lower nature conservation authority, a large number of different water areas have been created, which are fed by a spring area, but of course also by "surface water". Over the last few years, a mosaic of ponds of various sizes and water depths has been created here. The extensive “water landscape” now covers an area of around 5 hectares and serves two main purposes: to create biodiversity and to retain water in the forest. In the summer heat, you can see how important such a pond system is in the forest, especially in times of little or no rainfall. The frequent death of trees due to insufficient rainfall makes the need for water storage in the forest all too clear. In the Koppelhut, on the other hand, the surface water from around 90 hectares of forest is channeled onto the area. A paradise for birds, amphibians and insects The stocking of small fish in some ponds (mottled shad, bitterling, roach, bleak, pond mussel) improves the underwater habitat and provides food for kingfishers, grey herons and black storks. The rare red-backed shrike can also be found in the Koppelhut. The construction of small structures such as stone piles and the placement of roots and dead wood also promotes biodiversity.

Residential groups for people with disabilities. A small pond in the middle of the village

The Lebensgemeinschaft e.V. Sassen and Richthof form an integrative community in the two villages of Sassen and Richthof. People with and without a need for help live together in extended families or other forms of housing, work together in various businesses belonging to the two villages and help each other, according to their individual abilities, in the organization and administration of the village communities. Admission: People who, due to a mental disability, are entitled to help to reintegrate into social and professional life are admitted to the community.

The community e.V. Sassen and Richthof is an association of friends and relatives of disabled people. There are available: in Sassen: 130 places for adults at the Richthof: 120 places for adults Sassen and Richthof stand for: Village communities, recognized workshops (WfbM): Agriculture | Nurseries | Bakery | wood workshops | Weavings | clay workshops | Dyeing | Candle Workshop | households Education in Agriculture | Nursery | Bakery | Carpentry | carpentry

Very beautiful and idyllically located pond with jetty on the lake. The ponds are on the Damenweg.

This extremely impressive piece of nature can be found outside of marked routes, which provides great insights and showed me the largest frog population so far.