Franconian Lake District

The Franconian Lake District lies south-west of Nuremberg in northern Bavaria, Germany.

It was created as a result of one of Germany's largest water-management projects and was completed by the flooding of the Großer Brombachsee (" Great Brombach Lake") in 2000.

The Great Brombach Lake is a storage reservoir, about 12.7 square kilometres, in area.

Approximately 2.5 square kilometres in size, the lake is used for swimming, surfing, sailing, fishing, and boating.

Europe's largest trimaran passenger ship, the MS Brombachsee, crosses the lake daily as part of a regular service.