Almsee

The alpine lake is a lake in the Upper Austrian part of the Salzkammergut. It is located in Almtal 11 km south of Grünau, at the northern end of the Dead Mountains. The lake is 2.3 km long and 700 m wide. The lake is the source of the pasture is, a tributary of the Danube flows into the River Traun.

Formation

A large-scale transformation of the Almtal took place at the end of the Ice Age, about 13,000 years ago by the late-glacial landslide in the Hetzau. It is about 0.5 km ³ of rock material dissolved from the Büchsenkar of Hochplatte Kogels and filled the Hetzau and Straneggbachtal to Almtal ( approximately in the range of the inn Jagersimmerl ) with a Tomalandschaft. These 12 -kilometer debris tongue is one of the longest in the Eastern Alps. The Alm and Weißeneggbach were dammed behind the alluvial fan of the alpine lake was formed.

Nature

The area is ( in Grunau, N149 nature reserve Almsee ) since 1965 under nature protection. It encompasses the lake and the Alm 3 km southward, and pasture and meadows some 2 km downstream, in the amount of 83.3447 hectares. Swimming, diving and other water sports are therefore prohibited in principle, but there is at the north end of a small public swimming area where the riparian zone are used. Because of the cold water it is rarely visited.

A special attraction was the Floating Island. This round about piece of land that is overgrown with grasses, spruce and birch and has changed his position on the lake depending on the wind, however, is for more than ten years firmly on the eastern shore of the lake.

Flora

On flat north west bank located a beautiful mosaic of black alder swamp forests, gray alder stands, various sedge companies and quaking with raised bog vegetation. In the understory of alder forest usually break the clumps of stiffeners dominate sedge ( Carex elata ), together with Kammfarn ( Dryopteris cristata ), Sumpffarn ( Thelypteris palustris) and Langähriger sedge ( Carex elongata ). The large sedge consist of panicles sedge ( Carex paniculata ), Beak - sedge ( Carex rostrata ), thread - sedge ( Carex lasiocarpa ) and stiffness sedge ( Carex elata ). In the clear mountain water flowing through a complete renovation within ten days is not warmer than 15 ° C even in summer, thrives thriving underwater mountain clan of Haarblättrigen water crowfoot (Ranunculus trichophyllus ). A few years ago already extinct believed marsh Weichorchis ( Hammarbya paludosa ) was discovered in the area.

Fauna

Fish: Brook trout, lake trout, brown trout, lake trout, rainbow trout, grayling.

Others

  • The alpine lake is ice skating and curling are popular, as he usually completely freezes over in the winter.
  • Konrad Lorenz made ​​many of his important observations of gray geese here on Almsee.
  • On December 12, 1974, the Austrian post brought to this design a Definitive Stamp series landscapes from Austria to 4.00 shillings out.
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