Niedersonthofener See
Two smaller neighboring lakes ( downstream ): Mitterinselsee Unterinselsee
The Niedersonthofener Lake is a lake in the Upper Allgäu. He has formed in a channel that has left a tongue of the Iller glacier in the landscape. The lake is 135.30 hectares and is drained by the superior Staffelsee ( not a separate lake, but the northeastern portion of the Niedersonthofener lake ), Mitterinselsee and Unterinselsee in the Walt Hofener Creek, which eventually flows into the River Iller. Along with these two neighboring lakes it falls under the umbrella term Sonthofener lakes, which have a total area of 162 hectares and a volume of 14.818 million m³. The Superior Elsee deposed by a 100 -meter-wide bottleneck from the main part of the Niedersonthofener lake. It is 680 meters long from south to north, and up to 260 meters wide, with an area of 13 hectares. In the Mitterinselsee opens to the west of the Black trench.
The lake is located on the territory of the municipality Waltenhofen. The majority of the lake belongs to the district Martin Zell im Allgäu, while the matron Staffelsee heard in the east to the district Memhölz extending otherwise along the north bank. With its narrow western shore of the lake borders the district Niedersonthofen.
The districts Niedersonthofen (west), Oberdorf (south) and cells ( north) are located directly on the lake, which lies at the foot of the 1063 m high mountain Stoffel and water birds such as the mergansers and grebes offers a refuge. On Mitterinselsee the parish of Memhölz is.
He's swimming, fishing, rowing, sailing and surfing suitable and has four official bathing areas, which can be used free of charge. Two of them, Oberndorf and Niedersonthofen are equipped with beach volleyball courts. Also two campsites located on Niedersonthofener lake. A circular walk of about ten kilometers in length leads along the shore, which turns into wet meadows in the northern part. Here many rare plant species such as sundew, marsh helleborine and water hose have received.
In winter, the lake is sometimes used by skaters.