Woog


A woog 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

The name is used for waterbodies in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate, the Saarland, in South Hesse and in the state of Baden-Württemberg ; even the names of roads or settlements are derived from such bodies of water. Examples are:

Baden-Württemberg

Hesse

Rhineland-Palatinate

Saarland

Alter Woog, road name in the old town of St. WendelAm Altwoog, road name in the Neunkirchen district of FurpachMerwoog, road name in Kirrberg derived from an old reservoir on the Lambsbach