A woog (from wâc, a Middle High German hydronym) is the local name for a body of still water in parts of southwest Germany. A woog may be of natural origin or manmade.
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:
Woogsee, natural lake near Rastatt in the basin of the Kinzig-Murg-RinneGroßer Woog, reservoir on the DarmbachRhineland-Palatinate
Biedenbacher Woog, reservoir on the LeinbachBüttelwoog, campsite near DahnDämmelswoog, reservoir near FischbachEiswoog, reservoir on the EisbachFinsterthaler Woog, reservoir on the LeinbachFranzosenwoog, former reservoir on the HochspeyerbachGelterswoog, reservoir of tributaries of the AschbachHammerwoog, reservoir in KaiserslauternKammerwoog, former woog on the Nahe in Idar-Oberstein, today a section of the riverKatzenwoog, reservoir on the Erlenbach near KaiserslauternKolbenwoog, reservoir on a tributary of the AschbachMörstadter Woog, reservoir on the northern perimeter of MörstadtMühlwoog, reservoir on the Leinbach, just before its confluence with the HochspeyerbachNiederhausener Woog (also Niederhausener reservoir), reservoir der Nahe between Norheim and NiederhausenPfälzerwoog (also Pfalzwoog), reservoir on a right tributary of the SaarbachSalzwoog, district of Lemberg, named after an old reservoir on the SalzbachScheidelberger Woog, nature reserve between Miesau and HütschenhausenSchweinswoog, reservoir on the EußerbachSeewoog, reservoir on the Leinbach near WaldleiningenSixmeisterwoog reservoir on the Aggenbach near OtterbergSpießwoog, reservoir near FischbachStüdenwoog reservoir on the Eppenbrunner BachVogelwoog, reservoir and surrounding nature reserve on the edge of KaiserslauternWoogfelsen rocks, a heritage site on the Biedenbacher Woog in Frankenstein (Pfalz)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 LambsbachMöhlwoog, reservoir on the Erbach near Homburg-JägersburgWoogbachtal (also Ensheimer Gelösch), valley with ponds near Saarbrücken-Ensheim AirportZum Altwoog, road name in Fürth im Ostertal
