Ägeri lake

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Ägeri lake
Lake Ägeri (Ägerisee) at Morgarten.jpg
Ägerisee near Morgarten
Geographical location Schwyz Alps
Canton ZG CHCanton of ZugCanton of Zug  SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Tributaries Dorfbach, Trombach and Hüribach
Drain Lorze
Places on the shore Oberägeri , Unterägeri
Data
Coordinates 689 599  /  219792 coordinates: 47 ° 7 '23 "  N , 8 ° 37' 10"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred and eighty-nine thousand five hundred and ninety-nine  /  219792
Ägerisee (Schwyz Alps)
Ägeri lake
Altitude above sea level 724  m above sea level M.
surface 7.2 km²
scope 15.214 km
Maximum depth 83 m

particularities

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The Ägerisee is a 7.2 km² large lake in the Swiss canton of Zug , which was created by a glacier and is in the Schwyz Alps at 724  m above sea level. M. lies. Its main inflow is the Hüribach , the outflow is the Lorze .

The Ägerisee has been used as a drinking water reservoir since 1992. Water is still used on the lake today .

tourism

The tradition of tourist shipping, which began in 1890, is being continued with two motor ships by Ägerisee Schifffahrt AG, a subsidiary of Zugerland Verkehrsbetriebe , founded in 2002 .

A monument dedicated to the Battle of Morgarten (1315) stands on the lakeshore, inaugurated in 1908 . At the end of January 2006, the frozen lake was opened for use in some places for the first time since 1981.

Recordings

  • Aerial view

  • Ägerisee near Morgarten

  • Ägerisee with a thin layer of ice

Web links

Commons : Ägerisee  - collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

List of lakes in the canton of Zug

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lakes (Federal Office for the Environment FOEN). Retrieved January 18, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c Position, height & depth according to SwissTopo (maps of Switzerland)