Lake Wohlen

The Wohlensee is a reservoir in the Swiss canton of Bern, the northwest of the city of Bern, between Herrenschwanden (municipality Kirchlindachstrasse ) and Muhlenberg, and is traversed by the Aare River.

Shape

The Wohlensee is mostly very narrow, so that it is more like a river than a lake. However, the flow rate of the water is very slow, so that there is a fast forward -border silting of the lake.

Power station

Water is dammed the lake at Muhlenberg of the gravity dam of the hydroelectric power station ⊙ 46.9692222222227.2844444444444 Muhlenberg. Six Francis turbines with 6 MW and a Kaplan turbine with 9 MW (for the traction current ) provide an electrical output of 45 megawatts.

The Bernese cantonal government gave 1917 the concession to build the power plant. Especially for this, the Trackless Train Gümmenen - Muhlenberg in 1918 set up. When it was started in July 1920 so that after completion of construction to dam the water, disappeared more than 300 hectares of land in the water. 1921 took over the power plant into operation. Today, about 1.5 km downstream is the nuclear power plant Muhlenberg.

Leisure

1919 Rowing Club Bern was founded. The clubhouse is on the Eymatt in Bern, at the top of the well- lake. This is one of the most suitable for rowing waters of Switzerland and is often used by the Rowing Club Bern.

Founded in 1973 Wohlensee SC, a football club in the community Wohlen, plays right on the lake below the superstructure Kappelenring.

1997 was established for the Rowing Club Bern Rowing Club Wohlensee. The RCW is a resident of the Talmatt and is responsible for the promotion of amateur sport on the lake.