Hechtsee

Hechtsee
Geographical location	Thierberg near Kufstein
Tributaries	Hechtbach
Drain	to the Kieferbach
Location close to the shore	Kufstein
	Data
Coordinates	47 ° 36 '32 " N , 12 ° 9' 48" E Coordinates: 47 ° 36 '32 " N , 12 ° 9' 48" E
Altitude above sea level	542 m above sea level A.
surface	28.07 hectares
length	750 m
width	650 m
volume	8,803,328 m³
scope	2,671 km
Maximum depth	57 m
	Hechtsee with Brünnstein

The Hechtsee is a small lake in the Brandenberger Alps in Tyrol , Austria .

geography

Lakes around Kufstein and Kiefersfelden

The lake is located in the Brandenberg Alps west of Kiefersfelden (Bavaria) and north of Kufstein (Tyrol). With an area of around 0.28 km², it is the largest and, with a maximum depth of 57 m, the deepest of the six lakes west of Kufstein. The Thierberg ( 721 m ) rises not far from its southern bank . The German-Austrian border and thus the border between Bavaria and Tyrol runs just a few meters from the northern shore of the lake .

The largest tributary of the Hechtsee is the small Hechtbach, which comes from a small valley between the Hechtsee and the Längsee . The water surface is usually at 542 m e. The outflow of the lake, which crosses the state border after a few meters, flows after a small waterfall into the Kieferbach, which is about 35 m lower .

Other lakes in and around Kufstein are the Egelsee , the Längsee , the Maistaller Lacke , the Pfrillsee , the Stimmersee and the Thiersee .

Tectonics and history

The four “Thierberg Lakes” (Pfrillsee, Längsee, Hechtsee and Egelsee) are tectonic phenomena, small collapse basins that may have been favored by cavities or other karst phenomena . However, the Inntal Glacier had cleared them in the last Ice Age, dug them out and dammed them up with moraine debris and meltwater sediments.

In 1755 and 1761 the water of the lake swelled so much that it finally kicked up mud with brown, stinking water from the banks. The reason for this strange phenomenon turned out to be the two earthquakes in Lisbon and the close proximity to a tectonic transform zone ( Inn Valley ).

Hydrology

The Hechtsee has been dammed by a two meter high wall for centuries. Without this, the water level would be correspondingly lower. Because the lake consists of oxygen-free , hydrogen sulfide-containing and nutrient-rich water from a depth of around 20 m , water has been drained from the depths through a pipe under the dam since the early 1990s .

tourism

The lake is a popular bathing lake and is visited by many visitors in summer. On the south-east bank is the so-called (paid) Seearena Hechtsee with a restaurant that is open all year round and a café in summer. In addition to a closed children's pool, the bathing establishment also offers u. a. a beach volleyball court and pedal boat rental. In winter the lake can be used for ice skating when the ice is thick enough. All year round, there is an easy-to-walk path around the lake with branches towards Kiefersfelden, Längsee or Thierberg and the chapel of the same name . In addition, in summer, when the weather is nice, a so-called "bathing bus" runs from Kufstein train station to the adjacent parking lot.

The lake has been accessible by car since the 1930s via the B 171, from which the L 210 branches off on the Austrian side between Kiefersfelden and Kufstein towards Hechtsee. The Hechtsee can be reached on foot from Kufstein via the parallel, car-free “old Hechtseestrasse”. From Kiefersfelden a path leads to Hechtseestrasse at the former Gasthof Sonneck; Another path starts at the parking lot at Kieferbach and climbs steeply to the north bank. Cyclists can reach the Hechtsee from Kufstein via the "old Hechtseestraße". However, the Hechtsee circular route is closed to cyclists. Other hiking trails lead to the Hechtsee, z. B. from Kiefersfelden over the Buchberg and Egelsee, or from Kufstein over the Thierberg and Längsee.

Hechtsee lake arena

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