Gleinkersee

The Gleinkersee is a 0.13 km ² (600 m long and 400 m wide) and up to 24.5 m deep lake ( at one point like a funnel, however, to 125m depth) in Upper Austria on the north edge of the Limestone Alps, probably by underground springs from the Karst is fed, because there are only very small inflows in the rear part of the lake visible. It lies at an elevation of 806 m, just below the 1574 m high Lake. Outflow is through the Seebach - Teichl - Steyr - Enns - Danube. The weak flux and sheltered location permit rapid heating of the upper layers of water and high water temperatures. This favors not only swimming, but also the temporary occurrence of algal blooms.

The name comes from the pen Gleink in Steyr, which came into possession of this lake in 1125.

The lake is owned by the Austrian Federal Forests, the banks are partly privately owned.

Genesis

About 20,000 years ago, probably a small glacier stretched from Warscheneck over the Seegraben the Northeast shore of the lake, where today the inn Seebauer. Below the steep rock walls, which are composed of solid Dachstein limestone to soft marls ( Flyschgesteine ​​) are the were easy ausschürfbar the ice. Thus was formed the terminal moraine, which is about visible at the first cut of the parking lot today. After the melting of the ice, this pool filled with water. Similarly, the majority of the Austrian mountain lakes originated.

Nature

The seabed is uniformly 20 to 25 meters below the surface. An exception is a small area in the western part to about 120 m deep drops steeply. This decline came after the end of the Ice Age, as it would otherwise be filled with debris. It is thought that here was the breakthrough to an existing manhole cavity. This shaft has probably no large inlet or outlet, otherwise the drainage via the Seebach would be stronger or not available.

It is not excluded that in the future be made further breakthroughs in the rock of the Dachsteinkalkes and change the water conditions.

Fabulous

In the above-mentioned depression, a legend from the time of the Napoleonic wars relates. The monks of the pen hospital tried to bring their treasures in safety and sank them well packed in the lake. After the end of the war times they tried to recover the treasure again, however, the lake bottom was lowered at this point and no one could reach him more.

Fauna

The fish include carp, pike, perch, char, rudd, trout and pike. Furthermore, the freshwater pearl mussel occurs. The cancer population ( astacus astacus ) was destroyed by an introduced crayfish plague in 2006. Two years later, a restocking was carried out.