The Ebertswiese (literally: Ebert Meadow), is a boggy area of grassland in the Thuringian Forest in central Germany. It has been a nature conservation area since 1936 and is a recreation area in the municipality of Floh-Seligenthal on the Rennsteig trail. The River Spitter has its source within the reserve.
![Ebertswiese, 2010](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Th%C3%BCringer_Wald_Ebertswiese.jpg/220px-Th%C3%BCringer_Wald_Ebertswiese.jpg)
In addition to the Ebertswiese mountain hotel, the Bergseebaude guest house and various walking huts the main destination is the Bergsee lake, which was created in 1900 from a disused quarry. The introduction of a water wheel ended the quarrying, but has since pleased swimmers.
In the vicinity of the Ebertswiese are the Dreiherrenstein am Hangweg (boundary stone marking the duchies of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Kurhessen), dating from 1586,[1] and the Spitter Waterfall (Thuringia's highest natural waterfall).
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Highland lake in the former quarry at the Ebertswiese
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Lake in summer
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Lake in winter
References
edit- ^ Manfred Kastner. "Der Rennsteig und seine Grenzsteine".