The area around the ponds is designated as a nature reserve by the municipality. Most of the bank areas are easy to walk on, but some are inaccessible and protected by tall reed forests.
The extinguishing pond dams the water of the Frohnwiesbach on the upper slope of the Franzosenkopf, which flows down a stone staircase, merges with the Breitwiesbach just before Oberheimbach and …