Morgetshofsee
Morgetshofsee is a kettle lake at Thayngen in the canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland. The lake and its surroundings are listed in the Federal Inventory of Amphibian Spawning Areas as a site of national importance.Places of Interest
Highlights include Thayngen railway station and Kesslerloch.
Thayngen railway station
Railway station
Thayngen railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen and municipality of Thayngen. Although the station is in Switzerland, it is located on the Deutsche Bahn's High Rhine Railway that links Basel to Singen.
Kesslerloch
Cave
The Kesslerloch is a cave near Thayngen in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. Located in the Herblingertal valley at the south-eastern foot of the Reiat plateau, the cave is approximately 200 m2 in size and divided by a stone pillar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dörflingen and Stetten.
Dörflingen
Village
Dörflingen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. It borders a short strip of the north shore of the Rhine. Dörflingen is situated 3 km southeast of Morgetshofsee.
Stetten
Village
Stetten is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. Stetten is situated 3½ km west of Morgetshofsee.
Büsingen
Village
Morgetshofsee
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland
- Category: lake
- Location: Thayngen, Bezirk Reiat, Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.72891° or 47° 43′ 44″ north
Longitude
8.70101° or 8° 42′ 4″ east
Elevation
450 metres (1,476 feet)
Open location code
8FVCPPH2+HC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Morgetshofsee” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “莫爾格茨霍夫湖”
- German: “Morgetshofsee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Morgetshofsee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Morgetshofsee”
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