Riessersee

Also known as Rießersee, Rießer See

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.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Riessersee is referenced by 120 other articles, and connects out to Fiera Milano, Eugenio Monti Olympic Track and Bavaria.

The entry is geolocated on the map in waterbody_region, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks, Defunct sports venues in Germany and Geography of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district).

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

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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Bobsleigh track
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==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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Riessersee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.