Tüttensee

The Tüttensee is a Toteiskessel on the territory of the municipalities Grabenstatt and Vachendorf Chiemgau in Bavaria. It lies in a well-preserved structure of glacial Kame - gravel terraces that are completely forested. The littoral zone of the lake has several phases and siltation has partially fen character. On the shore there is a species-rich conservation area. The lake has a small trough in the northwest to Marwanger creek and is one of the warmest lakes in Upper Bavaria. On the southern shore is a tourist restaurant with a beach.

Description

The Tüttensee is a Toteiskessel, which was created during the retreat of the glacier Chiemsee after the peak of the last ice age. Although this history is documented by extensive research since the seventies, the Tüttensee was associated with the now disproved theory of the Chiemgau impact, the impact of a comet. Meanwhile, however, also show age dating of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment, which resulted in a formation age of 12,000 years, a glacial formation of the Tüttensees.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Wilhelm Halbfaß Tüttensee from the boat by soundings, determined there a maximum depth of 16.2 meters and created a depth map. Newer, carried out by means of sonar measurements of the Bavarian State Office for Water confirm the created Halbfaß map in terms of outline and shape of the contour lines / depth contours, only at the maximum depth now yields a value of 17.3 meters.