Langbathseen

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The Langbathseen, the Front and the Rear Langbathsee lie, 8 kilometers west of Ebensee (Salzkammergut ) at the foot of Höllengebirge.

Geography and landscape

Nature reserve, lake

The two lakes are located in a long valley which extends between the actual limestone massif of Höllengebirge and a Flyschkette. They are characterized by crystal-clear water of drinking water quality.

The Front Langbathsee is on the Langbathsee road ( L1297 ) to reach by car.

Front Langbathsee

The Front Langbathsee is good 1.1 kilometers long and almost half a kilometer wide. Its deepest point is 33 meters below the water level. He is a nature reserve ( N010, 36.5546 ha ) were reported.

Lakeside hunting lodge Langbathsee, the Emperor Franz Josef had built is.

Natural beaches and up to 24 degrees Celsius water temperature in August for a swim. The water quality is consistently very good, only in single years lower.

The front Langbath lake with the imperial hunting home, Josef von Schlögl, 1897

Rear Langbathsee

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Nature reserve

The Rear Langbathsee is 600 meters long and 400 meters wide. Its deepest point is 13 meters below the water level. The lake is also nature reserve ( N011, 12.4674 ha) ..

The Rear Langbathsee is hardly used as a lake, its water quality is classified only as good because of the higher proportion of biomass ( algae), with respect to the bathing water classification is the water quality good ( best).

Out of the valley, with the fisherman Huttl

Trails

Paths in the space of two lakes are:

• Rundwanderweg
• 828 sheep Lucke climbing on Brunnkogel over to Hochleckenhaus, in the other direction over Lueg to the inn Großalm at the Großalmstraße Altmünster -Steinbach am Attersee
• 832 Feuerkogelhaus, in the other direction to Hochsteinalm, exceeded by Traunkirchen am Traunsee or Neukirchen / Altmünster
• Panoramic bridleway