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Riessersee
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Riessersee is a German lake located in southwest Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The lake itself hosted the speed skating events and 10 of the 37 ice hockey games for the 1936 Winter Olympics. Adjacent to the lake, the bobsleigh events took place.
Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Riessersee
- Body of water.image_bathymetry
- Herbst am Riessersee.jpeg
- Body of water.caption_bathymetry
- Autumn at Riessersee, October 2013.
- Body of water.location
- Bavaria
- Body of water.pushpin_map
- Bavaria
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Germany
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Area
- 3.05
- Elevation
- 785
- Image
- Herbst am Riessersee.jpeg
- Width
- 70
- Length
- 480
- Perimeter
- 1.01
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- Commons category
- Rießersee
- vertical depth
- 3.5
- volume as quantity
- 0.033600
- basin country
- Germany
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Bobsleigh track
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Riessersee is a German lake located in southwest Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The lake itself hosted the speed skating events and 10 of the 37 ice hockey games for the 1936 Winter Olympics. Adjacent to the lake, the bobsleigh events took place.
==Bobsleigh track== Originally constructed in 1910, the track was renovated in 1933 and was long. Costing to complete, the track was used for the 1936 Games. Having seven different seating locations, the track could seat 17,940 and the events were sold out during competition. The track was demolished in 1966. Remnants of the track can be seen on sleigh rides near the lake.
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