Sinninger bathing lake
| Sinninger bathing lake | ||
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| West Lake Shore (2013) | ||
| Geographical location | Upper Swabia | |
| Tributaries | Iller | |
| Drain | Iller | |
| Places on the shore | Sinningen, Filzingen | |
| Location close to the shore | Memmingen , Illertissen | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 48 ° 8 '32 " N , 10 ° 6' 12" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 530 m above sea level NN | |
| length | 620 m | |
| width | 220 m | |
| Maximum depth | 13 m | |
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particularities |
Quarry pond through which the border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg runs in the middle |
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The Sinninger Badesee is a quarry pond in Sinningen , a suburb of Kirchberg an der Iller and on the Filzinger district in Upper Swabia .
description
The lake is located on the Iller , near the federal highway 7 . It was created in the 1970s as part of the gravel extraction for the new construction of the Ulm-Memmingen-Kempten motorway section. In the years that followed, the quarry pond was transformed into a bathing lake with a lawn for sunbathing. There is a campsite at the southern end .
The following fish species can be found in the Sinninger bathing lake:
Diving
The diving is only allowed on the lake's western shore. If you dive in the direction of 150 degrees from the diving entrance , you reach an artificial skeleton, called " Boiner Joe ", at a depth of six meters after about five minutes . The visibility in the water varies between three and ten meters. The number of divers is limited to a maximum of 25 people.
On September 3, 2011, an microlight crashed into the lake. The flight passenger was fatally injured in the crash. The pilot survived the crash.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine : Illertissen: Sinninger Badesee: For immersion and diving from July 3, 2012, accessed on September 8, 2013
- ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung: Laupheim soldier dies in the crash of an ultralight aircraft on September 3, 2012, accessed on July 14, 2013