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 …
The former dam is silted up in the area of the dam, but still offers 5 hectares of water that are used by anglers.
The Seibersbach is dammed at the mud pond.
The lime works Schaefer-Kalk were shut down in 2010. Since 2016, the plants are being dismantled. The 5 lime kilns were blown up in 2017. The remnants of walls and …