The Langwieder lake district includes the "Langwieder See", which provided gravel for the construction of the Autobahn A 8 during the 1930s, the "Birkensee", from which gravel was extracted for a railway line in 1938, and the "Lußsee", from which gravel was used from 1995 to 2000 for the construction of the "Eschenrieder Spange", a shortcut at a junction of the Autobahn A 99.