Ewiges Meer


The Ewiges Meer is the largest raised bog lake in Germany, with an area of 91 hectares. Its surface lies at about 8.5 metres above sea level. The lake is surrounded by an extensive complex of unutilised areas, that exhibit the actual raised bog profile and, together with the lake, form the 1,180 hectare of Ewiges Meer Nature Reserve.

Location

The nature reserve lies on the border of the counties of Wittmund and Aurich near the village of Eversmeer in East Frisia. It belongs to the Nenndorf Raised Bog on the shoulder of the Oldenburg-East Frisian Geest Ridge and forms the core zone of the roughly 33-square kilometre Großes Moor bog complex near Aurich.

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