Lake Lugano

Lake Lugano
	Melide dam
Geographical location	Canton Ticino , Lombardy
Tributaries	Vedeggio , Cassarate , Magliasina , Mara , Laveggio , Bolletta , Rezzo , Cuccio
Drain	Tresa
Places on the shore	Lugano
	Data
Coordinates	718 605 / 93544 coordinates: 45 ° 59 ' N , 8 ° 58' O ; CH1903: 718,605 / 93544
Altitude above sea level	271 m above sea level M.
surface	48.7 km²
scope	97.613 km
Maximum depth	288 m
particularities	World Natural Heritage Monte San Giorgio ; Melide embankment

The Luganersee or Lago di Lugano , also Ceresio (an Italianization of the Latin name Ceresius ), or German outdated Lauisersee (after the former German name Lauis for Lugano), is one of the northern Italian lakes .

location

63% of the lake is in the Swiss canton of Ticino . 37% of the lake area is in Italian territory. It is named after the Swiss city of Lugano . Its surface is 271 m above sea level and measures 48.8 km² , of which 30.7 km² belong to Switzerland and 18.1 km² to Italy. Its deepest point is 288 m and its volume is 5.9 km³ . The most important inflow is the Vedeggio with 4 m³ / s.

Its shape is explained by its formation after the Ice Age in an area where two glaciers met. The artificial lake dam of Melide divides the lake into a north and south basin. The north basin has an area of 27.5 km², the south basin 20.3 km², plus the small basin, called Laghetto (German, “small lake”), of Ponte Tresa with 1.0 km².

Some of the foothills of the lake extend to Italy, and the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia, known for its casino , is located on its shore, which leads to a complicated borderline . South of Lugano, the motorway and railway line cross the lake on the Melide dam.

tourism

Well-known panoramic mountains on the shore are the Monte Brè ( 925 m above sea level ) in the east, the Monte San Salvatore ( 912 m above sea level ) in the west of Lugano and the Monte Generoso ( 1701 m above sea level ) on the southeastern bank . Between the two southern arms lying UNESCO - World Heritage Monte San Giorgio ( 1097 m above sea level. ).

Since the lake is located on the southern tip of Switzerland in a Mediterranean climate, it is a popular tourist destination.

Various German composers have withdrawn around the lake, such as Michael Jary , Martin Böttcher or Peter Thomas . The writer Hermann Hesse lived in Montagnola near Lugano from the age of 42 until his death . In his honor there has been a museum dedicated to him in the old Torre Camuzzi since 1997.

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View from the summit of Sighignola to the southern part of Lake Lugano

Illustrations

Passenger ship Ceresio on Lake Lugano (2015)
Paradiso at the landing stage in Gandria (2016)
Pedalos in Lugano on Lake Lugano (2015)

literature

Marco Marcacci: Lake Lugano. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 27, 2012 .

Web links

Commons : Lake Lugano - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Lake Lugano on schweizersee.ch
Lake Lugano on the ETHorama platform

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Lakes (Federal Office for the Environment FOEN). Retrieved January 18, 2020 .
↑ The etymology of the Latin name is unknown. Suggested base words are Latin cerasus 'cherry tree'; an ancient place name Ceresius, which is supposed to mean 'sky blue', or allegedly Celtic keresius, which means 'branched out'.
^ The condition of the lakes in Switzerland, Environmental Series No. 237, Federal Office for the Environment, Forests and Landscape, 1994, page 71.
^ Johann Jakob Egli : Nomina geographica. Language and factual explanation of 42,000 geographical names of all regions of the world. Friedrich Brandstetter, 2nd ed. Leipzig 1893, p. 521.
^ Fondazione Hermann Hesse Montagnola .

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

[2] The etymology of the Latin name is unknown. Suggested base words are Latin cerasus 'cherry tree'; an ancient place name Ceresius, which is supposed to mean 'sky blue', or allegedly Celtic keresius, which means 'branched out'.

[3] The condition of the lakes in Switzerland, Environmental Series No. 237, Federal Office for the Environment, Forests and Landscape, 1994, page 71.

[4] Johann Jakob Egli : Nomina geographica. Language and factual explanation of 42,000 geographical names of all regions of the world. Friedrich Brandstetter, 2nd ed. Leipzig 1893, p. 521.

[5] Fondazione Hermann Hesse Montagnola .