Lake Sils
Lake Sils is a lake in the Upper Engadine valley, Grisons, Switzerland. It takes its name from the village of Sils im Engadin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Grisons, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Lai da Segl”, “Lake of Sils”, “Lej da Segl”, and “Silsersee”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nietzsche-Haus and Piz Lagrev.
Nietzsche-Haus
Museum
Photo: Nettuno16, Public domain.
The Nietzsche-Haus is a house in Sils Maria in the Engadin region of Switzerland, where the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche lived during the summers of 1881 and from 1883 to 1888. Nietzsche-Haus is situated 2½ km northeast of Lake Sils.
Piz Lagrev
Peak
Photo: Maule, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piz Lagrev is a mountain of the Albula Alps, overlooking Lake Sils in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. On its northern side lies the Julier Pass. Reaching a height of 3,165 metres above sea level, Piz Lagrev is the culminating point of the range lying between the Septimer Pass and the Julier Pass. Piz Lagrev is situated 3 km north of Lake Sils.
Baselgia refurmeda Fex Crasta
Church
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baselgia refurmeda Fex Crasta is a church, which is situated 2½ km east of Lake Sils.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Isola and Grevasalvas.
Isola
Hamlet
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Isola is a village in Maloja, Graubünden, Switzerland. It is located on the shores of Lake Sils at the end of Val Fedoz.
Sils Maria
Quarter
Photo: Tschubby, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sils Maria is a quarter, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Lake Sils.
Lake Sils
- Category: body of water
- Location: Graubünden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Sils from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Welsh—“Lake Sils” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Зыльс”
- Bulgarian: “Зилско езеро”
- Cebuano: “Silsersee”
- Chinese: “西爾斯湖”
- Chinese: “錫爾斯湖”
- Chinese: “锡尔斯湖”
- Chuvash: “Зильсер”
- Czech: “Silsersee”
- Dutch: “Meer van Sils”
- Dutch: “Sils”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سيلس”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Silso”
- Finnish: “Silsersee”
- French: “lac de Sils”
- French: “Lac de Sils”
- German: “Lej da Segl”
- German: “Silsersee”
- Haitian: “Lak Sil”
- Hungarian: “Sils-tó”
- Italian: “lago di Sils”
- Italian: “Lago di Sils”
- Japanese: “シルス湖”
- Korean: “실스 호수”
- Korean: “실호”
- Macedonian: “Езеро Силс”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Silsersee”
- Polish: “Silsersee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Sils”
- Romansh: “Lai da Segl”
- Romansh: “Lej da Segl”
- Russian: “Зильс”
- Russian: “Зильсер”
- Slovenian: “Lej da Segl”
- Slovenian: “Silsersee”
- Spanish: “Lago Sils”
- Swedish: “Silsersee”
- Swiss German: “Silsersee”
- Tosk Albanian: “Silsersee”
- Turkish: “Sils Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Зільзерзее”
- Ukrainian: “Зільс”
- Ukrainian: “Зільсер”
- Venetian: “lago de Sils”
- Welsh: “Llyn Sils”
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