Lake Ossiach
Lake Ossiach (German: Ossiacher See, Slovene: Osojsko jezero) is a lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the state's third largest lake, superseded only by Lake Wörth and Lake Millstatt.
Geography
It is situated in the southern Nock Mountains range of the Gurktal Alps along the road from Villach to Feldkirchen, at a height of 501 m (1,644 ft) AA. It reaches a maximum depth of 52.6 m (173 ft), the surface area is about 10.8 km2 (4.2 sq mi).
Ossiacher See is a dimictic lake with mixing periods in spring and in late autumn. In summer the waters reach 28 °C at the surface. Several uninhabited parts of the shore are protected as natural reserves. The main inflow is the Tiebel creek in the eastern bay, where the Bleistatt mire is currently re-naturalised. The lake empties via the Seebach stream to the Drava river.
There are five main villages surrounding the lake, all of them mainly dependent on summer tourism: Annenheim and Sattendorf, both parts of the Treffen municipality, Bodensdorf and Steindorf, all located on the northern shore, as well as Ossiach with Ossiach Abbey, after which the lake is named. The Gerlitzen mountain on the northern shore rises up to 1,909 m (6,263 ft), offering panoramic views over the surrounding ranges. From Annenheim, the Kanzelhöhe subpeak can be reached by cable car, built in 1928 by the Bleichert engineering company.
See also
- Landskron Castle (Carinthia)
External links
- Media related to Ossiacher See at Wikimedia Commons
- Carinthian Institute of Limnology
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- Faaker See
- Keutschacher See
- Klopeiner See
- Millstätter See
- Ossiacher See
- Weissensee
- Wörthersee
- Afritzer See
- Aichwaldsee
- Baßgeigensee
- Brennsee
- Dietrichsteiner See
- Dösener See
- Egelsee
- Falkertsee
- Farchtensee
- Ferlacher Badesee
- Flatschacher See
- Flattnitzer See
- Forstsee
- Goggausee
- Gösselsdorfer See
- Hafnersee
- Haidensee
- Hörzendorfer See
- Jeserzer See
- Kleinsee
- Kraiger See
- Längsee
- Magdalensee
- Maltschacher See
- Moosburger Mitterteich
- Penkensee
- Pressegger See
- Rauschelesee
- Silbersee
- Sonnegger See
- Stappitzer See
- Turnersee
- Turracher See
- Urbansee
- Vassacher See
- Zmulner See
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