Tannensee
Tannensee is a reservoir in Obwalden, Switzerland. In 1958, Tannenbach and few other creeks were dammed with an earth-fill dam. The reservoir has a volume of 3.8 mio m³ and its surface area is 33 ha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Bonistock and Glogghüs.
Glogghüs
Peak
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The Glogghüs is a mountain of the Urner Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Obwalden and Bern. On its northern side it overlooks the Melchsee and the village of Melchsee-Frutt. Glogghüs is situated 3½ km southwest of Tannensee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melchsee-Frutt and Engelberg.
Melchsee-Frutt
Village
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Melchsee-Frutt is a mountain resort village in Switzerland. It is located near the lake Melchsee, in the municipality of Kerns, canton Obwalden. Melchsee-Frutt is situated 3 km west of Tannensee.
Engelberg
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Engelberg is a village resort in Central Switzerland. It has been popular with visitors as a major mountain resort in Central Switzerland. Engelberg is visited today as much for skiing for its Alpine character.
Innertkirchen
Village
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Innertkirchen is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014, the former municipality of Gadmen was merged into the municipality of Innertkirchen. Innertkirchen is situated 10 km southwest of Tannensee.
Tannensee
- Type: Lake
- Description: reservoir in Switzerland
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Kerns, Obwalden, Canton of Obwalden, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Tannensee” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “坦嫩湖”
- German: “Staudamm Tannensee”
- German: “Tannensee”
- Macedonian: “Танензе”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tannensee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Tannensee”
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