Sihlsee
The Sihlsee is an artificial lake in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, near the town of Einsiedeln. The lake was created by damming the river Sihl and flooding a section of the upper Sihl Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: body of water
- Also known as: “Lake Sihl”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Josef Church and Willerzell Viaduct.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Willerzell and Einsiedeln.
Einsiedeln
Town
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Einsiedeln is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland known for its monastery, the Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey, established in the 10th century. Einsiedeln is situated 3 km west of Sihlsee.
Euthal
Village
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The village Euthal is a borough in the district of Einsiedeln in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland It is located at an altitude of 895 meters above sea level in the valley of the Sihlsee. Euthal is situated 3½ km southeast of Sihlsee.
Sihlsee
- Categories: reservoir, area not part of a municipality of Switzerland, and body of water
- Location: Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Sihlsee” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Зіль”
- Belarusian: “Зільзэ”
- Bulgarian: “Сихлсе”
- Cebuano: “Sihlsee”
- Chinese: “錫爾湖”
- Chinese: “锡尔湖”
- Dutch: “Sihlsee”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Sihl”
- Esperanto: “Sihlsee”
- French: “lac de Sihl”
- French: “Lac de Sihl”
- German: “Sihlsee”
- Italian: “lago di Sihl”
- Latvian: “Sihlsee”
- Latvian: “Zīles ezers”
- Lithuanian: “Zihlo ežeras”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sihlsee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Sihlsee”
- Romansh: “Lai da Sihl”
- Russian: “Зильзе”
- Russian: “Швицкое озеро”
- Slovenian: “Sihlsee”
- Slovenian: “Sihlsko jezero”
- Spanish: “Lago del Sihl”
- Spanish: “Sihlsee”
- Swedish: “Sihlsee”
- Swiss German: “Sihlsee”
- Tosk Albanian: “Sihlsee”
- Turkish: “Sihl Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Зіль”
- Ukrainian: “Швіцьке озеро”
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