This is the Mummelsee, a lake in the Northern part of the Black Forest. There are countless legends about this lake and its mythical inhabitants, water sprites, mermen, and other ghostly beings. Poems have been written about it, the most famous by Eduard Mörike is called The Geister am Mummelsee (The Ghosts at the Mummelsee).
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