Pilsensee

The Pilsensee is a lake in the Five Lakes region Upper Bavaria. It has a maximum depth of 17 meters and a length of about 2.5 km and a width of about 1 km. It was created during the Ice Age by Exaration a branch pelvis through the Isar- Loisach Glacier. After the melting of the glacier he initially formed a common area of ​​the lake with the Ammersee.

Already in Würmspätglazial began the separation of the then contiguous lakes. Is through the bed of the Kienbach - alluvial fan on which Mr. Ching, the connection narrowed so that a separate lake was created. The former connection silted up and so the south- westernmost Herrschinger Moss was born. Ammersee and Pilsensee are completely separated from each other today. The water level of the lake Pils is about 1.2 meters above the Ammersee; it drains in a southwesterly direction through the Fischbach in the Ammersee.

Places on the lake shore are Seefeld, Heche village and mountain ram. The Pilsensee has a total of 36 in-and outflows with a catchment area of 56 km ²; these inflows provide a yearly replacement of the entire amount of water.

Above the lake is Schloss Pils Seefeld in which the Earl of Toerring lived, which were for centuries the men of the area.

Gallery

View from the beach Heche village to the south

Pilsensee, facing east.