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 “Walchensee (Německo : jezero)

Places of Interest

Highlights include LSG Walchensee and Insel Sassau im Walchensee.

Protected area
is a protected area.

Nature reserve
is a nature reserve.

Islet
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 at a height of 803 metres and a population of 250 plus tourists. It is located directly on the western banks of the Lake of the same name. is situated 2½ km west of Lake Walchen.

Village
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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Satellite Map

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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
  • French: Walchensee
  • German: Walchensee (Německo : jezero)
  • German: Walchensee
  • Indonesian: Danau Walchen
  • Indonesian: Walchensee
  • Italian: Walchensee
  • Japanese: ワルヘン湖
  • Lithuanian: Valchenzė
  • Macedonian: Валхензе
  • 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: Вальхен
  • Ukrainian: Вальхензеє
  • Venetian: Walchensee

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Zwergern and Altlach.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kirchelwand and Katzen-Kopf.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Walchen”. Photo: HeinrichStuerzl, CC BY-SA 3.0.