Obersee (Koenigssee)

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Obersee
Obersee 9.jpg
The Obersee seen from the south bank, out of the valley towards the northeast the Watzmann , in front of it the Hachelköpfe and the Burgstall above St. Bartolomä, Sagereckwand on the left, Kaunerwand on the right
Geographical location 600 m southeast of the
Königsee
Tributaries Röthbach , Landtalgraben, Seilstattgraben → Fischunkel (groundwater flow)
Drain Saletbach → Königssee
Places on the shore Fischunkelalm
Location close to the shore Schoenau upon Kings sea
Data
Coordinates 47 ° 30 '58 "  N , 12 ° 59' 18"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '58 "  N , 12 ° 59' 18"  E
Obersee (Königssee) (Bavaria)
Obersee (Koenigssee)
Altitude above sea level 613.1  m above sea level NN
surface 57 hadep1
length 1.32 km
width 420 m
volume 16,855,000 m³
scope 3.5 km
Maximum depth 51 m
Middle deep 29.60 m

particularities

Landslide

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The Obersee is a natural mountain lake in the Berchtesgaden Alps in Upper Bavaria .

description

The catchment area of ​​the lake extends over 38 km², with an average depth of 29.60 m and a maximum of 51 m, it has a water volume of 16,855,000 m³. With a length of 1.32 km, a width of 0.42 km and a circumference of 3.5 km, it covers an area of ​​water of 57  hectares . Its water level is 613.1  m above sea level. NN .

It is separated from Königssee , a little to the north, by a moraine wall , the extent of which is estimated to be 700 m long, 800 m wide and 320 m high. The rubble from a landslide that fell in 1172 is still visible today in the form of mighty blocks in the alluvial forest of the valley floor and the Aualmen of the Saletalm .

On the south bank lies at an altitude of 620  m above sea level. NN the 500-year-old Fischunkelalm , which is managed by two dairymen from mid-May to mid-October .

On the long sides of the islandless lake rise 1000 m high rock walls, while on the southern bank the terrain gently rises. From the 470 m high Röthwand rising behind it, the Röthbachfall falls onto the Almboden, and from the chest wall to the north, the Landtalgraben. The brooks unite and seep into the Fischunkel , the rearmost part of the valley, and flow underground to the Obersee.

The Obersee feeds the Königssee, which is called Saletbach , via an approximately 600 m long torrent . Halfway to the Königssee, the brook widens south to the small Mittersee . This is around 110 m long and 60 m wide, with a size of only 0.44 ha. The water level is at a height of 608  m above sea level. NN .

The Obersee has not been fished since the creation of the Berchtesgaden National Park on August 1, 1978. Today, numerous species of fish can be found in the Obersee, including above all the arctic char and the lake trout .

  • Obersee around 1900, in the basin above the Röthwand is the Wasseralm , on the left Hochsäul (2073 m)

  • View over the Obersee to the Fischunkelalm, behind it the Röth

  • View of the east bank (Fischunkelalm)

  • In the valley, in the background the Röthbachfall , behind the devil's horns

  • Boathouse on the Obersee

  • Impressions from the Obersee

See also

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The emerald green Königssee in Berchtesgaden: History of the origins of the Königssee , berchtesgadeninfo.de
  2. ↑ Limnology working group of the Zoological Institute of the University of Munich: Der Königssee. A limnological project study. (PDF) Berchtesgaden National Park Administration, 1982, accessed on November 21, 2014 .
  3. ↑ The Röthbachfall is at approx. 380 m the highest waterfall in Germany, see WikiVoyage: Königssee: Obersee