Arnensee

Arnensee
Location: Canton Bern Tributaries: Tscharzisbach Drain: Tscharzisbach
Canton of Bern , Switzerland
Coordinates	582933  /  137 451 coordinates: 46 ° 23 '18 "  N , 7 ° 13' 0"  O ; CH1903:  582933  /  137,451
Data on the structure
Lock type:	Earthfill dam
Construction time:	1942
Height of the barrier structure :	17 m
Height above the river bed :	50 m
Height of the structure crown:	1542  m above sea level M.
Building volume:	40 000  m³
Crown length:	140 m
Operator:	Société Romande d'Electricité, Clarens
Data on the reservoir
Water surface	45 ha
Reservoir length	1.5 km
Storage space	10 300 000  m³
Total storage space :	11 900 000  m³
Catchment area	7.1 km²
Design flood :	26 m³ / s

The Arnensee (French Lac d'Arnon ) is a reservoir near Gsteig ( Canton Bern ). The 17-meter-high earth embankment dams the Tschärzisbach so that it can be used by Romande Energie , Morges , to generate electricity. The dam crest is 140 meters long. The reservoir has a volume of 11.9 million m³, a length of 1.5 kilometers and a surface area of ​​45 hectares. The dam was completed in 1942.

A toll road leads from Feutersoey to the dam, near which there is a restaurant.

Web links

Commons : Arnensee  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• swissdams.ch (French)
• Fishing on Lake Arnensee ( Department of Economics of the Canton of Bern)

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• Lakes in Switzerland: Natural and storage lakes, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, 2007 ( Memento from October 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) → Lakes in Switzerland (PDF)