Garichtisee

Garichtisee, also known as Mettmensee, is a reservoir on Mettmenalp above Schwanden in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland. The lake's surface area is 16 ha.

Photo: Moritz Schmaltz, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Reservoir
Description: body of water
Also known as: “Stausee Garichte” and “Stausee Garichti”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Berglimattsee and Chüebodensee.

Berglimattsee

Lake

Photo: MRB, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Berglimattsee is a lake in the protected area Freiberg Kärpf on municipal territory of Glarus Süd in the Swiss canton of Glarus. The lake lies at 2,157 m on a small plateau near the Gandfurggele, a col between the Garichtisee in the upper Niderental in the west and the Berglialp and the Sernftal in the east.

Chüebodensee

Lake

Photo: Wandervogel, CC BY 3.0.

Chüebodensee is a lake above Elm in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.4 ha. There are about 8 km of well established trails around the lake.

Milchspüelersee

Lake

Milchspüelersee

Photo: Kyby, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Milchspüelersee is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haslen and Hätzingen.

Haslen

Village

Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Haslen is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

Hätzingen

Village

Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hätzingen is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

Leuggelbach

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Leuggelbach is a village, and former municipality, in the municipality of Glarus Süd and canton of Glarus in Switzerland.

Garichtisee

Category: body of water
Location: Glarus Süd, Glarus, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

46.95554° or 46° 57′ 20″ north

Longitude

9.0999° or 9° 5′ 60″ east

Elevation

1,608 metres (5,276 feet)

Open location code

8FRFX34X+6X

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Garichtisee from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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In Other Languages

From German to Portuguese—“Garichtisee” goes by many names.

German: “Garichtisee”
Japanese: “ガリヒティ湖”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Garichtisee”
Portuguese: “Lago Garichtisee”

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