Schönenbodensee
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| Geographical location | Toggenburg , Canton of St. Gallen (Switzerland) | |
| Tributaries | Simmi | |
| Drain | Simmi | |
| Places on the shore | Wildhaus , | |
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| Coordinates | 746 143 / 230288 | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 1097 m | |
| surface | 0.9 ha | |
| length | 120 m | |
| width | 70 m | |
| scope | 700 m | |
| Middle deep | 4 m | |
The Schönenbodensee is located in the upper Toggenburg near Wildhaus in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen .
description
The Schönenbodensee is located in the east of the village Wildhaus in the municipality Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann in a hollow in a protected flat moor area at the southern foot of the Gulmen. Like the Schwendisee on the opposite side of the village, the lake was formed around 14,000 years ago after a glacier melted. In the following millennia, the silting up of the lake shores gradually created the moors.
The lake is fed on the one hand by a small stream that flows into the lake on the east side, on the other hand, meltwater and rainwater mostly penetrate underground through the limestone layers of the Gulmen into the lake. As a result, the moor water is constantly refreshed.
The small brook Simmi leaves the Schönenbodensee in the west, turns to the east and flows east of Gams into the Werdenberg inland canal.
You can swim in the Schönenbodensee: there has been a supervised bathing establishment with a jetty, refreshment facilities and pedal rental since 1930 . The production costs were 50,000 francs.
fauna
Carp, brown trout, pikeperch, tench, rudd and numerous amphibians such as frogs live in the Schönenbodensee. The brown trout are the only fish species that are harvested every year.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann teachers: Das Oberste Toggenburg, Buchs 1963
- ↑ Bad Schönenbodensee ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
