# Clausensee

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The **Clausensee** is a [reservoir](/source/Reservoir) in the [Schwarzbach](/source/Schwarzbach_(Blies)) valley in the western [Palatine Forest](/source/Palatine_Forest) in the [German](/source/Germany) state of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate).

## Geography

The Clausensee lies about ten kilometres east of the [B 270](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe_270) federal highway (from [Kaiserslautern](/source/Kaiserslautern) to [Pirmasens](/source/Pirmasens)) between [Waldfischbach-Burgalben](/source/Waldfischbach-Burgalben) and [Leimen](/source/Leimen_(Palatinate)). The [Schwarzbach](/source/Schwarzbach_(Blies)) stream, also known in this section as the *Burgalb*, flows through the reservoir.

The surrounding hills of the Palatine Forest rise above the lake up to a height of 200 metres: the *Großer Hundsberg* in the north is 477 metres (1,565 ft) high, the *Hesselberg* in the southwest is 465 metres (1,526 ft) high, and the *Schmaler Kopf* in the southeast is 503 metres (1,650 ft) high.

## Properties

The lake is about 450 metres (1,480 ft) long and 90 metres (300 ft) wide. Its total area is 4.5 hectares (11 acres). In the middle of the lake, which is up to 5 metres (16 ft) metres deep, is an [island](/source/Island). The [water quality](/source/Water_quality) is assessed as "better than average".

## Tourism

The lake is used for [tourism](/source/Tourism) purposes. By the shore is a campsite and an unsupervised beach. On the last weekend in July there is an annual lake festival. Sights around the lake are described in the German article on the [Schwarzbach valley](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzbachtal_(Westpfalz)).

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