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Woog

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Baden: the Woogsee near Rastatt
Hesse: the Großer Woog in Darmstadt
Rhineland-Palatinate: the Eiswoog in the Palatine Forest
Saarland: the Möhlwoog near Jägersburg

A woog (from wâc, a Middle High German hydronym)[1][2] is the local name for a body of still water in parts of southwest Germany. A woog may be of natural origin or manmade.

Distribution of the name

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The name is used for waterbodies in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate (being especially common in the Palatine Forest), the Saarland, in South Hesse (commonly in the Odenwald) and in the state of Baden-Württemberg (Nordbaden); even the names of roads or settlements are derived from such bodies of water. Examples are:

Baden-Württemberg

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Hesse

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Rhineland-Palatinate

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Saarland

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References

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  1. ^ Pfälzisches Wörterbuch, Woog (in German), vol. Band 6, col. 1456
  2. ^ Deutsches Wörterbuch, Wag (in German), vol. Band 27, col. 331
  3. ^ "Idylle am Woog near Musik and Wein". Wormser Zeitung. 2008-07-07. Retrieved 2009-09-08.