Virtually half of the lake area in the northwest is designated as a nature reserve, of which 125 hectares are occupied by the shallow water and island zone chicken sanctuary in the Altmühlsee, which is made up of numerous individual islands. "Strit/Strüt" village, as a settlement close to the undergrowth, derived from the Center High German "strout" for bush, undergrowth. The creation of the Franconian Lake District and its water management function as a water transfer from water-wealthy southern Bavaria to rain-poor northern Bavaria is documented on two floors and an area totaling around 300 sq. meters. It is the most important lake in Franconia and the second largest reservoir in Germany by area. ↑ Lakeland Info Middle - Water for Franconia. The information heart "Seenland - Water for Franconia" (additionally usually referred to as the Franconian Lake District Information Heart) documents the event of the Franconian Lake District. The total top of the construction here is as much as 26 meters. To guard against sub -flushing the barrier construction, there's a sealing wall under the core, which extends all the way down to the rock underground that's up to 26 meters. The railway line Gunzenhausen-Pleinfeld (Seenland-Bahn) is located nearly 500 meters east, separated by a forest, the railway line in Treuchtlingen-Nuremberg, within the north is located within the north
