Lauenensee
Lauenensee are two lakes near Lauenen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. At an elevation of 1381 m, their surface area is 0.1 km2: the larger lake has a surface of 8.8 ha, the smaller one of 1.3 ha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Lake Lauenen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Spitzhorn and Niesehorn.
Spitzhorn
Peak
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Spitzhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It lies east of Gsteig and north of the Sanetsch lake. It belongs to the massif of the Wildhorn. Spitzhorn is situated 3 km southwest of Lauenensee.
Niesehorn
Peak
Photo: BrainEEack, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Niesehorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located south of Lauenen and Lenk in the Bernese Oberland. It lies north of the Wildhorn, on the chain between the valleys of Saanen and Simmental. Niesehorn is situated 3½ km southeast of Lauenensee.
Reformed Church
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY 3.0.
Reformed Church is situated 3½ km north of Lauenensee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gsteig bei Gstaad and Gstaad.
Gsteig bei Gstaad
Village
Photo: chrn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gsteig bei Gstaad is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. Gsteig was formerly known by the French name of Châtelet. Gsteig bei Gstaad is situated 5 km west of Lauenensee.
Gstaad
Photo: Patrick Nouhailler’s…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gstaad is a mountain resort in the Bernese Highlands in Switzerland. The village is at 1050 m altitude, with local skiing only up to 2200 m, but it's linked by ski-lift to the higher areas of Les Diablerets.
Lauenensee
- Category: lake
- Location: Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.39509° or 46° 23′ 42″ northLongitude
7.33215° or 7° 19′ 56″ eastElevation
1,400 metres (4,593 feet)Open location code
8FR998WJ+2VOpenStreetMap ID
way 230344481OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Lauenensee” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Лауененсе”
- Cebuano: “Lauenensee”
- Chinese: “勞厄嫩湖”
- Dutch: “Lauenensee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لاوينينسى”
- French: “Lac de Lauenen”
- French: “Lauenensee”
- German: “Lauenensee”
- German: “Louenesee”
- German: “Louwenesee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lauenensee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Lauenensee”
- Swedish: “Lauenensee”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Lauenensee”. Photo: Zumbo, CC BY-SA 3.0.