Largest lakes & reservoirs in Hesse Region, Germany by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 3 articles we have published for Hesse Region, Germany lakes.
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Below are lakes within Germany > Hesse Region, Germany > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in Hesse Region, Germany, only the 3 Hesse Region, Germany lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Edersee (Germany, Hesse Region, Germany) |
2,900 ac | Also known as Ederstausee, Lake Edersee, Eder Reservoir The jewel of the Hesse Region of Germany, the Edersee (see=lake) draws holiday visitors like a magnet. The large reservoir, created by damming the Ede… |
| Diemelsee (Germany, Hesse Region, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia Region, Germany) |
410 ac | The children ran ahead giggling and pushing past each other to race to the top, but she’s finally caught up to them, the break in the trees revealing… |
| Twistesee (Germany, Hesse Region, Germany) |
188 ac | Also known as Twiste Lake A 1965 flood in the Hesse region of Germany caused millions of dollars of damage around the Twiste, Diemel and Wesser Rivers, painfully illustrating t… |