Gelmersee
Gelmersee is a reservoir in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The hydroelectric reservoir was completed in 1932, at about the same time as the Grimselsee reservoir, and both are operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Lake Gelmer”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gärstenhörner and Tieralplistock.
Gärstenhörner
Peak
Photo: Pegasus2, Public domain.
The Gärstenhörner is a mountain in the Urner Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It lies on the range west of the Rhone Glacier, and east of the Grimsel Pass. Gärstenhörner is situated 3 km southeast of Gelmersee.
Tieralplistock
Peak
Photo: Fdbef, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tieralplistock is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It lies between the Trift Glacier and the Rhone Glacier, just east of the lake of Gelmer. Tieralplistock is situated 4 km northeast of Gelmersee.
Handeck
Dwelling
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Handeck is a village on the Grimsel pass road in the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland. The village is located near the lake Gelmersee, which may be reached by Gelmerbahn from Handeck. There is a hotel and bridge at the village.
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 6 km south of Gelmersee.
Oberwald
Village
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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 9 km south of Gelmersee.
Gelmersee
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Gelmersee” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Гелмерсе”
- Cebuano: “Gelmersee”
- Chinese: “蓋爾默湖”
- Dutch: “Gelmersee”
- Finnish: “Gelmersee”
- French: “Gelmersee”
- French: “lac de Gelmer”
- French: “Lac de Gelmer”
- German: “Gelmersee”
- Italian: “Gelmersee”
- Italian: “Lago di Gelmer”
- Italian: “Lago Gelmer”
- Japanese: “ゲルマー湖”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gelmersee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Gelmersee”
- Swedish: “Gelmersee”
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