Zellsee
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| The Zellsee at the end of spring. | ||
| Geographical location | Wessobrunn municipality , Weilheim-Schongau district , Upper Bavaria , Bavaria , Germany | |
| Tributaries | Rottgraben | |
| Drain | Red | |
| Places on the shore | Zellsee, Weghaus | |
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 51 '45 " N , 11 ° 3' 50" E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 587 m above sea level NN | |
| surface | 1 km² | |
| length | 1.85 km | |
| width | approx. 0.5 km | |
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particularities |
Fish pond |
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The Zellsee is an artificial lake in the area of the municipality Wessobrunn in the district of Weilheim-Schongau in Upper Bavaria , Germany . The eutrophic lake lies at an altitude of 587 m above sea level, is about 100 hectares in size and is used for fish farming. The lake therefore does not form a uniform body of water, but is currently divided into around forty fish ponds, the two largest of which have an area of 25 and 29 hectares. It was created when the Wessobrunn abbot Ulrich von Höhenkirchen had the Rott dammed with a dam in 1414 to ensure a better fish supply for his monastery. It was partially drained again in 1843 to obtain litter meadows and thus shrank to an area of around 85 hectares. The Rott, which is still called Rottgraben up to the northern end of the lake, flows through the lake. The lake is privately owned by the von Papen family and is not a swimming lake. Since 2006 the lake and its surrounding area have formed a 161 hectare European bird sanctuary ( FFH and SPA area), which offers breeding, feeding and resting habitats for rare bird species such as the black kite , the marsh harrier and the osprey . The two hamlets of Zellsee and Weghaus are on the north bank, near the southwestern bank of the hamlet of Moosmühle.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to the information from the fish pond operator Fischzucht Zellsee, URL: http://www.fischzucht-zellsee.de/9fcabd16-dbee-48f2-9d58-c9a775dc10c2.html?t=1276014689692 , accessed on June 8, 2010
- ↑ Johann Baptist Mayr Leuthen: Forest or St. Leonhard. Neuburg an der Donau 1881, p. 23. After comparing a map from around 1830–1840 with a map of today, the lake was around 300–400 meters longer than it is today before it was partially drained.
- ↑ According to the information provided by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, URL: Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 26, 2007 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. , accessed on June 8, 2010 and by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, URL: http://www.lfu.bayern.de/natur/daten/natura2000_erhaltungsziel/datenboegen_7028_7942/doc/7932_471.pdf , accessed on June 8, 2010
