Walensee
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| Location | St. Gallen, Glarus |
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| Linth (Escherkanal), Seez, Murgbach | |
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| Basin countries | Switzerland |
Surface area | 24.19 km2 (9.34 sq mi) |
Average depth | 104.7 m (344 ft) |
| Max. depth | 151 m (495 ft) |
Water volume | 2.5 km3 (2,000,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Residence time | 1.45 years |
Surface elevation | 419 m (1,375 ft) |
| Islands | Schnittlauchinsel |
| Settlements | Walenstadt, Weesen, Quinten, Quarten, Murg |
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The Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA".), also known as Lake Walen and Lake Walenstadt (after Walenstadt), is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland. Located in the east of the country, about two thirds of its area are in the canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the canton of Glarus.
Name
Its name means 'Lake of the Walhaz' (Template:Langx), since in the early Middle Ages Script error: No such module "Lang". formed the linguistic border between the Alemanni, who settled in the west, and the Romansh people, the Walhaz (Script error: No such module "Lang".), in the east.[1]
Geography
The lake lies in a valley between the Appenzell Alps to the north and the Glarus Alps to the south. It has a long east-west extension but is relatively narrow in north-south direction, with a surface area of Template:Cvt. It has a maximum depth of Template:Cvt.
The three main tributaries of the lake are the Seez, Murgbach and Linth. The latter continues its course from Walensee to Obersee (Lake Zurich) through the Linth canal. Until the regulation of the Linth during the early 19th century, the Linth bypassed Walensee west of it and the lake's outflow was a river called the Maag, which merged with the Linth near Ziegelbrücke. The Seerenbach Falls and Rinquelle are adjacent to the north of the lake. The Schnittlauchinsel, near the eastern end of the lake, is the only island in the Walensee.
The Churfirsten range with its seven peaks raises steeply on the north side from the lake's level at Template:Cvt to Template:Cvt above sea level, joining the Leistchamm (Template:Cvt), Mattstock (Template:Cvt) and Federispitz (Template:Cvt) to the west. The Paxmal, near Walenstadt, overlooks the lake. On the south, the lake is overlooked by the Mürtschenstock Massif, whose highest peak is 2,441 metres (8,009 ft) above sea level, Hochmättli (Template:Cvt), Magerrain (Template:Cvt), and the resort area Flumserberg. The highest point of the lake's drainage basin is the Tödi (Template:Cvt).[2]
The northern coast of Walensee is sometimes nicknamed "the riviera" due to its mild climate.[3][4] Because of the mild climate, palm trees, kiwifruit and vineyards are grown in Quinten.[5] Script error: No such module "wide image".
Settlements and transportation
Apart from Walenstadt at the eastern end of the lake, other lakeside towns and villages are Weesen at the western end of the lake and Mühlehorn and Mols, Murg and Unterterzen south of the lake. Quinten, located on the northern shore of the lake, can only be reached on foot from Weesen or Walenstadt via a hiking trail[6] or by boat (e.g. via a ferry from Murg) as there are no roads. Commercial passenger boats are operated by Walensee-Schifffahrt.[7] At Betlis (Weesen), there is a chapel.
To the south, the lake is followed by the A3 motorway and the Ziegelbrücke–Sargans railway line, with stations at Mühlehorn, Murg, Unterterzen and Walenstadt. Unterterzen railway station is connected via a gondola lift with Oberterzen and the resort area Flumserberg.[8] There is also a continuous bike route (Route 9) along the southern shore, featuring a section through tunnels (former railway tunnels) at Kerenzerberg.
Arts
The lake provided the inspiration for a solo piano piece by Hungarian Romantic composer Franz Liszt, Au lac de Wallenstadt. The piece is part of a collection of solo piano works inspired by his travels to Switzerland in the 1830s.
Gallery
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Walensee and Unterterzen, Quarten
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Looking to the west towards Amden
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Escher canal (left), diverting the river Linth into Script error: No such module "Lang"., and the Linth canal (right), the present-day outflow of the lake
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Commercial passenger boat
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Weesen harbour
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Walch, Gertrud (1996). Orts- und Flurnamen des Kantons St. Gallen. Bausteine zu einem Glarner Namenbuch. Schaffhausen. p. 266.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.1:25,000 topographic map (Map). Swisstopo. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wie das südliche Klima in Quinten entsteht" [How Quinten gets its southern climate] (in Deutsch). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Walensee Riviera Weesen - Quinten". Heidiland. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Quinten - Au hiking trail". amden-weesen.ch. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Weesen - Walenstadt hiking trail". amden-weesen.ch. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Experience the Swiss fjord". Walensee-Schifffahrt. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Opening hours on Flumserberg". flumserberg.ch. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
External links
- Page Template:Sister-inline/styles.css has no content.Script error: No such module "Sister project logo". Media related to Script error: No such module "Commons link". at Wikimedia Commons
- Waterlevels of Walensee at Murg
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