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Concentration camp prisoners were used to expand the Hailfingen airfield in the winter months of 1944/1945. 15 to 20 of them had to break stones every day in the August Schäfer & Söhne quarry and bring them with dump trucks to the gravel factory, which was in the immediate vicinity of the lake. Once, Israel Arbeiter, one of the prisoners, was unable to stop a fully loaded wagon due to his weakness, causing it to fall into the lake. He expected to be shot for “sabotage.” But he survived the murderous working conditions and, after his liberation, led the French to the mass grave in Hailfingen, where 75 of his comrades were buried. The prisoner Marion Kornblit managed to escape from Reusten with the help of the Stuttgart entrepreneur Wilhelm Beck.

Small pond with seating

idyllically situated, really has something magical about it

The small fairytale lake near Rottenburg is actually a flooded quarry in a narrow gorge. It is very picturesque and romantic in the forest. There is a playground nearby, so this place is also very suitable for visiting with children.

A green, impenetrable layer of duckweed covers the fairytale lake on the Pfaffenberg near Wendelsheim all year round. The romantic body of water in a small forest area owes its origin to a quarry that existed here until 40 years ago. Fine-grained reed sandstone, which was well suited for building, was mined in the quarry. The origin of the reed sandstone is explained by geologists with a large river system, which flowed through Europe more than 200 million years ago and flowed to a primordial sea in today's Alpine region. One of the arms of the river flowed along the edge of the Schönbuch, where Pfaffenberg and Heuberg are today. Simply gorgeous here! 🤩👍

Always fantastic in every season. Today when it was foggy the lake looked very mystical and mysterious.

In keeping with its name, the small lake is enchanted. Dark, green, mystically located in the shadow of the quarry wall, it plays with the feelings of the hiker. One would not be surprised to discover fairytale characters from childhood in the thicket.

Very nice place, stopped briefly 🙂 next time if you have more time, take a closer look. So take your time when you cycle there or have fun hiking 😁