Fählensee
| Fählensee | ||
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| Fählensee in May 2007 | ||
| Geographical location |
Alpstein AI CH 
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| Drain | underground | |
| Places on the shore | Fahlalp | |
| Location close to the shore | Valley location: Brülisau | |
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| Coordinates | 749 721 / 235 304 | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1447 m above sea level M. | |
| surface | 12 ha | |
| length | 1 km | |
| width | 300 m | |
The Fählensee (also written Fälensee ) is located in the Appenzell Alps at an altitude of 1447 m above sea level. M. and, like the Sämtiser and Seealpsee, belongs to the Alpstein . Like the Sämtisersee, it has an underground drainage and its water also emerges again in the Rhine Valley . It is the third largest mountain lake in the Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden .
The dialect pronunciation is [fɛːləseː], and in 17th and 18th century sources the name appears as Fähler-See . The orthographic fluctuation is due to the fact that in the local Appenzell dialect both -en and -er are only spoken as -ə .
location
The lake is located in the rear part of the southeast of the two longitudinal valleys of the Alpstein massif, in a very narrow valley cut between the Berggasthof Bollenwees and the Zwinglipass , embedded between Hundsteingrat and Roslen-Saxer First.
It can best be reached from Appenzell by bus to Brülisau and then with a longer walk, or from Sax in the canton of St. Gallen via the Saxer Lücke .
Web links
- Interactive spherical panorama from Fählensee
supporting documents
- ↑ a b Spelling & height according to SwissTopo (maps of Switzerland)
- ^ S. Sonderegger: The place and field names of the Land of Appenzell, Vol. I: 411, Frauenfeld 1958