Lichtsee
lake in Obernberg am Brenner, Tyrol, Austria
Lichtsee is a lake in Tyrol, Austria. It lies northern above the village Obernberg am Brenner on 2.100 metres above sea level. It can only be reached on foot from the village. With an area size of 3.93 ha it is one of the bigger lakes at such a high altitude.
Due to its protected location, the Lake possesses excellent water quality (A Grade). In hot summers the lake is appealing because it hardly warms up to more than 14 °C. On the southern shore, blueberries and cranberries grow. Several types of trout live in the water. Rain and melting of snow are the lake's only sources of water.
The public source identifies “Lichtsee” as lake in Obernberg am Brenner, Tyrol, Austria. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lichtsee, lake and Obernberg.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q875053. Authority coordinates are 47.031, 11.406. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Lichtsee” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.