Ottenstein Reservoir
To the east of Zwettl lies the Ottenstein reservoir (restaurant; boat hire), a lake 12km/7.5mi long formed by the damming of the River Kamp.
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Burg Lichtenfels
Above the Ottenstein reservoir lake, on a peninsula, lie the ruins of Burg Lichtenfels.
Burg Ottenstein
Farther to the east of the Ottenstein Resevoir, picturesquely situated on a granite crag above the confluence of the Grosser Kamp and the Kleiner Kamp rivers, stands Burg Ottenstein, with a 12th C. keep and other buildings which were added in the 16th and 17th C. (restaurant).
Friedersbach, Austria
(Near Zwettl)
To the south of the Ottenstein reservoir lake lie the villages of Friedersbach (Gothic church with 15th C. stained glass in the choir) and Rastenfeld (13th C. parish church).
