Klöntalersee

The Klöntalersee is incurred by a rockslide natural lake in Klöntal in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. It lies at an altitude of 848 m above sea level. Level, has an area of ​​approximately 3.3 square kilometers. Since 1908 it is used for the production of electricity.

It is the oldest major reservoir of Switzerland. The Klöntalersee is known for its often mirror-like surface in which are reflected the surrounding mountains. Many consider him one of the most beautiful lakes in Switzerland.

The main tributary is the Klon, called on German Glarus and partly on maps Chlü. At the lake there are tent spaces Güntlenau and Vorauen the tent club cooperative Glarus ( CCT ). The outflow is the Löntsch which opens at Netstal in the Lindth and operated by the Axpo power plant gives the name, " power plant on Löntsch ".

Before the ice machines were invented, you had broken the ice there in a professional capacity when the Klöntalersee was frozen. This happened the last time in 1953 by the brewery Wädenswil.

Below the present dam inferior iron ore was mined in the 17th century by the state Glarus.

On the north side of the carriage road from the dam direction leads Vorauen - Richisau - Pragelpass to Muotathal (Canton of Schwyz ). On the south side of a hiking trail between the rock wall and lake passes among other things, on a built there in 1788 with local stone monument to Salomon Gessner.

"Those who beheld his solitude once in a favorable light, the image can not forget his life. "

Overflow structure in the lake

Lightshow at Klöntalersee

Klöntalersee 1900

Reflection of the surrounding mountains in the lake

Klöntal

Swell

• Lakes in Switzerland: Natural and reservoirs, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, 2007 → lakes in Switzerland ( PDF)