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Lakes · Haut-RhinOutstanding
Le Lac de Fischboedlé
The Fischboedle is a small lake of glacial origin on the Alsatian slope of the Vosges, in the Haut-Rhin, at about 794 metres' altitude. It occupies a depression of barely half a hectare to a hectare with a maximum depth of about four metres, at the bottom of the Wormsa valley, above Metzeral.
Around 1850, an industrialist from Munster, Jacques Hartmann, had the water level raised to make a fish reserve, which explains its name: "fisch" means fish and "boedle" a marshy depression. The lake is fed by a stream, the Kaltenbrunnenrunz. Surrounded by fir trees and overlooked by steep rocks, it is served by paths marked by the Club Vosgien, which makes it a popular hiking goal for its calm and wild atmosphere.
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