The two ponds (Waltersteich) were created here in 1686 with the consent of the Minister of Minnigerode by Forstmeister Klipstein and Förster Kempf as trout ponds. The name of the ponds is said to come from a carter Walter, who was to be thrown into the water with his wagon and died in it. But not only he died in the water of Waltersteiches: The water is considered by locals as a "suicidal pond"!
More information: muehltal-odenwald.de/geschich/nr/teiche.html

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1. View of the Palatinate – View from Schleifberg loop from Technische Universität Darmstadt

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2. Walter Pond – Melita Spring loop from Villenkolonie

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3. View from the Prinzenberg – Melita Spring loop from Eberstadt

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160m

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Elevation 270 m

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Thursday 29 January

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1. View of the Palatinate – View from Schleifberg loop from Technische Universität Darmstadt

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