Virtually half of the lake area within the northwest is designated as a nature reserve, of which 125 hectares are occupied by the shallow water and island zone chicken sanctuary within the Altmühlsee, which is made up of numerous individual islands. "Strit/Strüt" village, as a settlement near the undergrowth, derived from the Middle Excessive German "strout" for bush, undergrowth. The creation of the Franconian Lake District and its water administration operate as a water switch from water-rich ...