Egelsee (Feldkirch)
| Egelsee | ||
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| The Egelsee looking towards the southwest. | ||
| Geographical location | Feldkirch (AT) / Mauren (FL) | |
| Tributaries | Ash | |
| Drain | Ash → Canal → Rhine | |
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 13 '22 " N , 9 ° 33' 44" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 440 m above sea level A. | |
| surface | 1.13 ha | |
| volume | 9600 m³ | |
| Maximum depth | 2 m | |
The Egelsee is a lake in the Austrian - Liechtenstein border area between the Feldkirch district of Tosters and the Liechtenstein municipality of Mauren . The state border between the Republic of Austria and the Principality of Liechtenstein runs through the lake.
Originally a lake at the edge of a glacier , it was drained around 1830 by Alois Negrelli , who was working as a young hydraulic engineer in Vorarlberg at the time, and was then a swamp area. In 2011, the state of Vorarlberg and the Principality of Liechtenstein agreed to reactivate the Egelsee after almost 200 years in order to avoid flooding on the Liechtenstein side. The construction project was completed in 2013. As part of the construction costs of around 2.9 million euros, which were partly borne by the Republic of Austria and the Principality of Liechtenstein, the lake was converted into a retention pond and a new cycle and walking path was built around it. With a total retention volume of 40,000 m³, the Egelsee now provides flood protection for the Liechtenstein communities of Eschen and Mauren .
Web links
- Gertrud Haidvogl: Egelsee. In: Historical Lexicon of the Principality of Liechtenstein .
Individual evidence
- ^ ORF Vorarlberg: Ice Age Lake is being revived . Article dated October 4, 2011.
- ^ ORF Vorarlberg: Egelsee completed . Article of May 25, 2013.