Alpsee
Appearance
Alpsee | |
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Location | Ostallgäu, Bavaria |
Coordinates | 47°33′04″N 10°43′25″E / 47.55111°N 10.72361°E |
Basin countries | Germany |
Max. length | 1.9 km |
Surface area | 88 ha |
Max. depth | 62 m |
Shore length1 | 4.7 km |
Surface elevation | 813.94 m |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
The Alpsee is a lake in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany, located about 4 kilometres southeast of Füssen. It is close to the Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles.
The lake has just under five kilometres of shoreline and a depth of up to 62 metres. It is a popular tourist attraction, given its proximity to the castles and the wild swans that inhabit the lake. Boats are available for rent and there is a wide variety of hiking trails in the vicinity. A circular path leads around the shore, and the "Fürstenstrasse" (Princes' Road) leads from Hohenschwangau over the Schwarzenberg ridge and down to Pinswang in the Lechtal.