Staffelsee
Sign in to saveThe Staffelsee is a lake in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district of Bavaria, Germany. The settlements of Murnau, Seehausen and Uffing lie on its shores. Within its area lie seven islands, the largest and only inhabited of which is Wörth. Wörth was the site of , a Carolingian monastery founded in the 8th century and dissolved in the 11th century.
Key facts
- Lake.name
- Staffelsee
- Lake.image
- Aerial image of the Staffelsee (view from the southeast).jpg
- Lake.pushpin_map
- Bavaria
- Lake.caption
- Staffelsee from the southeast
- Lake.location
- Murnau am Staffelsee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Lake.inflow
- River Ach
- Lake.outflow
- River Ach
- Lake.basin_countries
- Germany
- Lake.islands
- 7
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- District of Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- Area
- 7.66
- Elevation
- 648.6
- Image
- Aerial image of the Staffelsee (view from the southeast).jpg
- Width
- 3.75
- Length
- 4.60
- Perimeter
- 19.31
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The Staffelsee is a lake in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district of Bavaria, Germany. The settlements of Murnau, Seehausen and Uffing lie on its shores. Within its area lie seven islands, the largest and only inhabited of which is Wörth. Wörth was the site of , a Carolingian monastery founded in the 8th century and dissolved in the 11th century.
Boat trips aboard the MS Seehausen (built 2009) connect the landing stages of Seehausen, Uffing and Achele (Murnau) between April and October. The surface of the lake is, on average, above sea level, and at its deepest it is around deep.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Staffelsee” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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