Lauerzersee

Lauerzersee
	Lauerzersee seen from the Rigi
Geographical location	Central Switzerland
Tributaries	Steiner Aa
Drain	Sea water
Islands	Schwanau , Roggenburg
Places on the shore	Lauerz
	Data
Coordinates	688 525 / 209 831 coordinates: 47 ° 2 '1 " N , 8 ° 36' 12" O ; CH1903: 688,525 / 209,831
Altitude above sea level	447 m above sea level M.
surface	3.1 km²
volume	23,400,000 m³
scope	11.919 km
Maximum depth	14 m
Middle deep	7.6 m
	Water renewal time: 0.3378 years

The Lauerzersee is located in the canton of Schwyz between Lake Lucerne and Lake Zug . With its maximum water depth of 14 m, it is one of the shallowest lakes in Switzerland .

geography

The Lauerzersee is embedded between Steinerberg , Rigi and the Little and Big Mythen .

The two small islands of the lake are located near the south bank: Schwanau (5'728 m²) and Roggenburg (750 m²; uninhabited).

In summer you can swim in the lake. The only swimming pool on the lake is the seaside resort in Seewen. Another seaside resort is being planned in Lauerz with the Seemattpark project.

If the lake freezes over, digester gas bubbles often form under the ice , and have been flared through holes in the ice by local youth for decades.

history

The name of the lake comes from the village of the same name, Lauerz .

A tidal wave triggered by the Goldau landslide in 1806 destroyed the entire western village center. 457 people were killed.

Illustrations

Lauerz am Lauerzersee with Rigi
Lauerzersee, general view

Web links

Commons : Lauerzersee - collection of images, videos and audio files

On the Goldau landslide of 1806
Franz Auf der Maur: Lauerzersee. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Development concept Lauerzersee (EKL)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Seen (Federal Office for the Environment FOEN). Retrieved January 18, 2020 .
↑ The Lauerzersee near Schwyz | schweizersee.ch . In: schweizersee.ch . ( schweizersee.ch [accessed on May 19, 2017]).
^ Carletti: Lauerz community - portrait - Seemattpark project - Seemattpark project. Retrieved May 19, 2017 .
↑ The Schwyzer's dangerous gas fun , Berner Zeitung, February 14, 2012

[bafu-1] Seen (Federal Office for the Environment FOEN). Retrieved January 18, 2020 .

[2] The Lauerzersee near Schwyz | schweizersee.ch . In: schweizersee.ch . ( schweizersee.ch [accessed on May 19, 2017]).

[3] Carletti: Lauerz community - portrait - Seemattpark project - Seemattpark project. Retrieved May 19, 2017 .

[4] The Schwyzer's dangerous gas fun , Berner Zeitung, February 14, 2012