Kochelsee
Sign in to saveKochelsee () or Lake Kochel is a lake south of Munich on the edge of the Bavarian Alps. The western 1.7 km² or 28.3 percent of the lake lies within the borders of the town of Schlehdorf, while the rest belongs to Kochel am See. The southern edge of the lake lies up against the mountains and the northern shore is bordered by bog lands. The history of the settlement of Kochel (previously Quochcalun) begins with Birg bei Altjoch, a rock extrusion on the shore of the lake. The name Kochel is derived from the Latin cocula meaning head or cone.
Key facts
- Lake.name
- Kochelsee
- Lake.image
- Aerial image of the Kochelsee (view from the south).jpg
- Lake.caption
- Aerial view from the south
- Lake.location
- Upper Bavaria
- Lake.type
- glacial lake
- Lake.inflow
- Isar, Loisach
- Lake.pushpin_map
- Bavaria
- Lake.outflow
- Loisach
- Lake.basin_countries
- Germany
- Lake.cities
- Kochel am SeeSchlehdorf
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Kochelsee () or Lake Kochel is a lake south of Munich on the edge of the Bavarian Alps. The western 1.7 km² or 28.3 percent of the lake lies within the borders of the town of Schlehdorf, while the rest belongs to Kochel am See. The southern edge of the lake lies up against the mountains and the northern shore is bordered by bog lands. The history of the settlement of Kochel (previously Quochcalun) begins with Birg bei Altjoch, a rock extrusion on the shore of the lake. The name Kochel is derived from the Latin cocula meaning head or cone.
The Loisach flows into the lake at Schlehdorf and flows out at Kochel am See. A similar amount of water flows into the lake from the Isar through the Lake Walchen Power Plant.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kochelsee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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