Lake Murten

Water renewal time: 1.6 years

The Murten (deprecated Murtenersee, historically Üchtsee ), French Lac de Morat is, with an area of 22.8 km ², the smallest of the three major Swiss peripheral Jura lakes after Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Biel. It is located in the Swiss cantons of Fribourg and Vaud. At its southern shore lies the eponymous town of Murten. 40 meters from the northern shore lies the Island of La Grande Île, with an area of ​​0.1 ha

The main tributary is the Broye that drains 63 % of the catchment area. Outflow is the Broye canal that leads into Lake Neuchâtel. Together with Lake Neuchâtel is the Murten as balancing reservoir for the opening into the lake of Biel Aare. When the Lake Biel is dammed, the drain stops and flows occasionally even backwards.

The lake is 8.2 km long and up to 2.8 km wide. The maximum depth is 45 m. The content is about 0.55 km ³. The catchment area is 693 km ² in size. The theoretical residence time of water in the lake ( filling time ) is 1.6 years.

Expo 02

During the Expo 02 was swimming on Lake Murten, 200 meters from the port in Murten, a rusty, walk monolith of architect Jean Nouvel of 34 meters each side to see inside which two panoramic images were (see image ). According to the National Exhibition of the monolith was dismantled.

The Murten offers a variety of leisure and water sports facilities. There are, among other things, a sailing school, surf school and two wakeboard schools.

Monolith by Jean Nouvel during Expo 02