Schwendisee
Sign in to saveSchwendisee is a small lake above Wildhaus on the slopes of the Churfirsten, in Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Besides the main lake (, ), there is a smaller lake nearby (, ). Together they are referred to as the in German.
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- lake
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann
- Elevation
- 1159
- Image
- Schwendisee September 15a.jpg
- Width
- 0.150
- Length
- 0.250
- Perimeter
- 0.700
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Schwendisee is a small lake above Wildhaus on the slopes of the Churfirsten, in Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Besides the main lake (, ), there is a smaller lake nearby (, ). Together they are referred to as the in German.
==Name== Schwendisee is a combination of two words - ‘Schwendi’ and ‘see’, where Schwandi refers to the glacier that melted about 1,400 years ago to form the lakes, and ‘see’ translates to 'lake' in English.
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