Schiffenensee
Schiffenensee or Lac de Schiffenen is an artificial lake formed by a barrage of the Saane/Sarine river in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The barrages at Schiffenen, Düdingen municipality, were completed in 1963.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: reservoir in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Lac de Schiffenen” and “Lake Schiffenen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Barberêche Castle and Petit-Vivy Castle.
Barberêche Castle
Castle
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Barberêche Castle is a castle in the former municipality of Barberêche in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss Heritage Site of National Significance. It is located on the edge of the nearby plateau, above the Schiffenensee lakeshore.
Petit-Vivy Castle
Castle
Petit-Vivy Castle is a castle in the former municipality of Barberêche in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss Heritage Site of National Significance.
Grand-Vivy Castle
Castle
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Grand-Vivy Castle is a castle in the former municipality of Barberêche in the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is a Swiss Heritage Site of National Significance.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barberêche and Courtaman.
Barberêche
Village
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Barberêche is a former municipality in the district of Lac in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It lies on the "language boundary" between the French- and German-speaking parts of Switzerland.
Courtaman
Village
Courtaman is a village and former municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It was first recorded in 1309 as Cortemant. Courtaman is situated 3 km northwest of Schiffenensee.
Courtepin
Village
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Courtepin is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. On 1 January 2017 Barberêche, Villarepos and Wallenried merged into the extant municipality of Courtepin. Courtepin is situated 3½ km west of Schiffenensee.
Schiffenensee
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Düdingen, Sense District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arpitan to Russian—“Schiffenensee” goes by many names.
- Arpitan: “lé dè Chuveno”
- Arpitan: “lé dè Chuvenou”
- Arpitan: “Lèc de Barberèche”
- Arpitan: “lèc de Siuveno”
- Chinese: “希弗嫩湖”
- Dutch: “Lac de Schiffenen”
- Dutch: “Schiffenenmeer”
- Dutch: “Schiffenensee”
- Esperanto: “Lago de Schiffenen”
- French: “lac de Schiffenen”
- French: “Lac de Schiffenen”
- German: “Schiffenensee”
- German: “Staumauer Schiffenen”
- Italian: “lago di Schiffenen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schiffenensee”
- Polish: “Schiffenen (zbiornik zaporowy)”
- Polish: “Schiffenen”
- Portuguese: “Lago Schiffenensee”
- Russian: “Озеро Шиффенен”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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