Pillersee
The Pillersee is a mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps in Tyrol. He is in the same Pillerseetal near the village of St. Ulrich am Pillersee to 835 m above sea level. Inflows are several streams that flow into the adjacent Lofer Steinberg mountains and the Kitzbühel Alps. The outlet of the lake is made by the Haselbach / Griesel Bach ( Loferbach, Strubache ) that flow to it as such, then passes through the Öfenschlucht canyon and then flows into Lofer in the Saalachstrasse. The depth of the lake is at its lowest point 7 m.
Owes its existence to the Pillersee a landslide about 15,000 years ago, which broke the outflow of Öfenschlucht canyon and so dammed the Pillersee. How many mountain lakes in the Northern Limestone Alps tends Pillersee by the regular entry of flotsam to silting. Currently, the lake has a length of 1.6 km and a maximum width of about 300 m. The origin of its name is not clearly understood, but is believed that the name of " Pillern " derives. " Pillern " is a local dialect term that describes a phenomenon that usually occurs in the spring or during severe weather, where the lake begins to roar odd or even " pillern " to.
On its banks the Church of St. Adolari is.
The Pillersee is known among anglers for its trout wealth. Am Pillersee there is a beach. However, the water temperature rises in the summer barely above 20 ° C.
Pictures
Pillersee, looking north, in the background the stone slab