Taferlklaussee

Baden not allowed

The Taferlklaussee lies at the northern foot of the Höllengebirge in the municipality of Altmünster, in the Salzkammergut, Upper Austria.

Location

The lake is situated directly on the Großalm - country road ( L544, Altmünster - Steinbach am Attersee ). The lake has an area of ​​about 1.5 hectares, is about 200 meters long and 120 meters wide, and is located at 763 m above sea level. A. height.

History, typology and water conservation

The Taferlklause was built around 1716, when they had dammed the creek Herzogenaurach to use it with the Klaus defense for timber rafting. The dam has not been abandoned, but continued to be used as fishing waters. The lake shore zone is now a nature reserve ( N039, 8.5095 ha ) were reported. The clear water is drinkable. The south shore is marshy and inaccessible, there is a small raised bog and a Grauerlenau.

Tourism and Customs

The lake can be reached from Altmünster by an approximately three and a half hour walk, as of Seefeld or Steinbach. When Taferlklause there is a snack bar. A well-designed trail leads around the lake, for a circumnavigation is around a half an hour, where you have a constant view of the lake. Hiking trails lead from the parking lot to the Taferlklaussee Hochlecken and Hochleckenhaus, for Kienklause and on to Lake Attersee.

In summer, on the 15th of August an echo bubbles on Taferlklaussee takes place, an ancient tradition in the Salzkammergut, in which several wind blowing groups on the shore atmospheric modes under Exploitation of the echo from the walls of the Herzogenaurach - origin. In the winter when the lake ice skating and curling.