Grimselsee
The Grimselsee or Lake Grimsel is an artificial lake near the Grimsel Pass in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. With a volume of 95 million m3, it is larger than other hydroelectric reservoirs in the Aare headwaters region: Oberaarsee, Räterichsbodensee and Gelmersee.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: reservoir near Grimsel pass in Guttannen iin the canton of Berne, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Lake Grimsel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sidelhorn and Trübtensee.
Sidelhorn
Peak
Photo: H.sch.57, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Sidelhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of the Grimsel Pass. It lies at the eastern end of the mountain chain between the Unteraar Glacier and the Rhone valley, named Aargrat.
Trübtensee
Lake
Trübtensee or Triebtenseewli is a lake in the municipality of Guttannen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The reservoir's surface area is 0.1 km2. Its dam was completed in the 1950s and holds a volume of 1.1 mio m³.
Brünberg
Peak
Photo: Nikater, Public domain.
The Brünberg is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking the Grimselsee in the canton of Bern. It is composed of several summits, of which the highest has an elevation of 2,982 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gletsch and Oberwald.
Gletsch
Hamlet
Photo: Alorin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gletsch is a hamlet in the German-speaking half of the canton of Valais, located in the upper Rhone valley, called Obergoms, 2.5 kilometres, southeast below the Rhone Glacier's mouth and itself the headwaters of the Rhône. Gletsch is situated 4½ km east of Grimselsee.
Oberwald
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oberwald is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in Goms District in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is situated at an elevation of 1,377 m and had a population of 277 in December 2007. Oberwald is situated 5 km southeast of Grimselsee.
Obergesteln
Village
Obergesteln is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Obergesteln was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Oberwald and Ulrichen to form the municipality Obergoms. Obergesteln is situated 6 km south of Grimselsee.
Grimselsee
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Grimselsee” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Гримселсе”
- Cebuano: “Grimselsee”
- Chinese: “格里姆瑟爾湖”
- Dutch: “Grimselsee”
- Finnish: “Grimselsee”
- French: “Grimselsee”
- French: “lac de Grimsel”
- French: “Lac de Grimsel”
- German: “Grimselsee”
- Hungarian: “Grimseli-tó”
- Italian: “Grimselsee”
- Japanese: “グリムゼル湖”
- Korean: “그림젤 호수”
- Korean: “그림젤제”
- Korean: “그림젤호”
- Latin: “Lacus Grimsulae”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grimselsee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Grimsel”
- Spanish: “Lago Grimsel”
- Swedish: “Grimselsee”
- Turkish: “Grimsel Gölü”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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