Lac des Perches
Lac des Perches is a lake in Haut-Rhin, France. At an elevation of 984 m, its surface area is 0.044 km². It is located on the Alsatian side of the Vosges Mountains in the municipality of Rimbach-près-Masevaux.Toponymy
The 19th century German name of the lake was Sternsee. This name came from an alteration of Ternsee ou Ternensee. Its French name comes from a misinterpretation of the patois toponym Lac des Bers, which was read into Bärsch and translated into the present-day name of the lake.History
It is a Glacial Lake that was dammed in the 16th century to provide power to forges and to textile mills.
