Hopfensee

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Hopfensee
Hopfensee (1) .jpg
Hopfensee with hops on the lake
Geographical location Bavarian Swabia
Tributaries
  • Enzensberger Bach (east)
  • Rohrweiherbach (north)
  • (Rear) Hopfensee-Achen (northwest)
  • KaltenBach (west)
Drain Hopfensee-Achen (south)
Places on the shore Hopfen am See
district of Füssen
Location close to the shore Feet
Data
Coordinates 47 ° 36 '3 "  N , 10 ° 40' 16"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 36 '3 "  N , 10 ° 40' 16"  E
Hopfensee (Bavaria)
Hopfensee
Altitude above sea level 783.8  m above sea level NN
surface 1.94 km²
length 2.145 km
width 1.48 km
volume 8,980,000 m³
scope 6.8 km
Maximum depth 10.4 m
Middle deep 4.6 m
PH value 8.3
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Hopfensee (2017)
Hopfensee: View from the north bank of Hopfen am See with the Ammergau Alps in the background and floating leaf vegetation (yellow pond rose) in the foreground (summer 2017)

The Hopfensee is a maximum 2.1 kilometers long lake with a circumference of 6.8 kilometers north of Füssen in the district of Ostallgäu , Bavarian Swabia , Bavaria . With its entire area of ​​1.84 square kilometers, it belongs to the city of Füssen, but its west bank borders on the community of Hopferau . The pre-alpine lake, which is shallow and not stratified with a maximum depth of 10.4 meters, was formed by the Lechtal glacier during the Würme Ice Age. The Hopfensee has a volume of 8,980 million m³. It drains south via the Hopfensee-Ach, which flows into the Forggensee after a bend to the east .

geology

Natural structure

The pre-alpine lake is located in the main natural area of ​​the pre-  alpine moor and hill country  and the natural area unit  Lech-Vorberge .

geomorphology

The lake is located in the Füssen edge of the Alps. In the north flysch mountains (Rhenodanubian flysch) limit the water and in the west the drumlins of the ground moraine hill country. The Hopfensee is a relic of the northwest bay of the late glacial Füssener See , which filled the Füssen basin as a result of the melting process of the Lechvorland glacier .

sport and freetime

The Hopfensee is a popular holiday and leisure destination all year round. The north-east bank is mainly developed for tourism through the health resort Hopfen am See . There is a campsite on the east bank , the south bank is reed. In addition to bathing, which is already possible from the end of May due to the good warming, rowing and pedal boats are also possible on the lake, as is sailing, windsurfing and kite surfing. The pre-alpine lake is also known as the Swabian Riviera due to its scenic location .

ecology

flora

Extensive reed belts and floating leaf plants from yellow pond rose form the shore zone over large parts. With the exception of the east bank, the typical riparian vegetation is protected by law (Section 30 of the  Federal Nature Conservation Act, legally protected biotopes ). The southern shore of the lake changes into lime-rich bog locations, through which the Füssener Achen and the Hopfensee-Achen flow.

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The Hopfensee with the Allgäu Alps in the background

Protected areas

  • Landscape protection area Forggensee and neighboring lakes (5,806 hectares)
  • FFH area limestone spring swamps and fens in the Ostallgäu  on the south bank of the Hopfensee (110 hectares)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Brigitte Nixdorf, Mike Hemm, Anja Hoffmann, Peggy Richter: Documentation of the condition and development of the most important lakes in Germany. Part 11 Bavaria. Federal Environment Agency, accessed on August 24, 2017 .
  2. ^ Directory of first-order waters. Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU), January 2014, accessed on August 5, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Hydrological Service Bavaria: Master data Transekt H 6 / Hopfensee. (No longer available online.) Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU), archived from the original on August 5, 2017 ; accessed on August 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gkd.bayern.de
  4. ↑ Map of the main natural space units and natural space units in Bavaria. Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU), accessed on September 24, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b Hopfensee. Wasserwirtschaftsamt Kempen (WWA), accessed on August 5, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b BayernAtlas - the map viewer of the Free State of Bavaria with maps, aerial photos and a variety of themed maps. Bavarian Surveying Administration, accessed on August 15, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Green list of landscape protection areas in Swabia. Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU), July 15, 2016, accessed on August 15, 2017 .

Web links

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