Aichwaldsee

Aichwaldsee
The Aichwaldsee with Ferlacher Spitze , Mittagskogel / Kepa and Kleinem Mittagskogel / Jepca
Geographical location	Common Finkenstein , Villach-Land District , Carinthia , Austria
Tributaries	several (sometimes water-bearing)
Drain	Worounitzabach → Faaker See
Places on the shore	Unteraichwald
Location close to the shore	Ledenitzen
Data
Coordinates	46 ° 33 '20 "  N , 13 ° 56' 41"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 33 '20 "  N , 13 ° 56' 41"  E
Altitude above sea level	634  m above sea level A.
surface	3.32 ha
volume	141,161 m³
Maximum depth	7.2 m
Middle deep	4.2 m
Catchment area	1.4 km²

The Aichwaldsee is a small lake in the municipality of Finkenstein . It is a boggy lake, the water quality of which is shown to be very good despite the resulting turbidity .

The lake is surrounded by a 24-hectare conservation area (LGBl. No. 41/1970). There is a public bathing beach on the southern shore of the lake and in winter the lake is used for ice skating by the Wörthersee ice skating club .

Animals in the Aichwaldsee

The following 11 fish species are found in the Aichwaldsee:

• Perch ( Perca fluviatilis )
• Bream ( Abramis brama )
• Northern pike ( Esox lucius )
• Crucian carp ( Carassius carassius )
• Common carp ( Cyprinus carpio )
• Reinanke ( Coregonus lavaretus )
• Roach ( Rutilus rutilus )
• Rudd ( Scardinius erythrophthalmus )
• Tench ( Tinca tinca )
• Catfish ( Silurus glanis )
• Zander ( Sander lucioperca )

The main fish in the lake is the bream, followed by roach and rudd and pike. Due to a mass extinction in 1992, there is only a small population of noble crayfish ( Astacus astacus ).

Web links

Commons : Aichwaldsee  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aichwaldsee (Carinthian Institute for Lake Research)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Aichwaldsee (Carinthian Institute for Lake Research)