Lake Walchen

Walchensee or Lake Walchen is one of the deepest and largest alpine lakes in , with a maximum depth of 192.3 metres and an area of 16.4 square kilometres.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Kochel, Bavaria, Germany
  • Also known as: “Walchensee” and “Валхензе”

Places of Interest

Highlights: LSG Walchensee and Insel Sassau im Walchensee.

Protected area
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is a protected area.

Nature reserve
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is a nature reserve.

Islet
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is an islet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sachenbach and Walchensee.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Village
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is a small fishing village in the… is situated 2½ km west of Lake Walchen.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in in Germany. is situated 7 km east of Lake Walchen.

Lake Walchen

Latitude
47.59225° or 47° 35′ 32″ north
Longitude
11.34685° or 11° 20′ 49″ east
Elevation
798 metres (2,618 feet)
Open location code
8FVHH8RW+WP
Geo­Names ID
2815229
Wiki­data ID
Q174645
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Venetian—“Lake Walchen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Walchensee”
  • Arabic: “والتشينسي (بحيرة)”
  • Arabic: “والتشينسي”
  • Aragonese: “Walchensee”
  • Basque: “Walchensee”
  • Bavarian: “Walchnsee”
  • Bavarian: “Woichnsää”
  • Catalan: “Walchensee”
  • Cebuano: “Walchensee”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔兴湖”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾興湖”
  • Chuvash: “Вальхензе”
  • Czech: “Walchensee (Německo : jezero)”
  • Danish: “Walchensee”
  • Dutch: “Walchensee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره والتشينسى”
  • Esperanto: “Walchensee”
  • French: “lac Walchen”
  • French: “Lac Walchen”
  • German: “Walchensee”
  • Indonesian: “Danau Walchen”
  • Indonesian: “Walchensee”
  • Italian: “Walchensee”
  • Japanese: “ワルヘン湖”
  • Lithuanian: “Valchenzė”
  • Macedonian: “Валхенско Езеро”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Walchensee”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Walchensee”
  • Norwegian: “Walchensee”
  • Polish: “Jezioro Walchen”
  • Polish: “Walchensee”
  • Russian: “Вальхензе”
  • Spanish: “Lago Walchen”
  • Spanish: “Walchensee”
  • Swedish: “Walchensee”
  • Ukrainian: “Вальхензее”
  • Venetian: “Walchensee”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Zwergern and Altlach.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kirchelwand and Katzen-Kopf.

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Worth a closer look: Munich and Nuremberg.

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