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Grimselsee

reservoir near Grimsel pass in Guttannen iin the canton of Berne, Switzerland

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ222022 ↗
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The Grimselsee or Lake Grimsel is an artificial lake near the Grimsel Pass in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. With a volume of 95 million m3 (21 billion imperial gallons, 25 billion US gallons), it is larger than other hydroelectric reservoirs in the Aare headwaters region: Oberaarsee, Räterichsbodensee and Gelmersee. The dam was completed in 1932 and is operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG (KWO). It is located in the municipality of Guttannen.

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The public source identifies “Grimselsee” as reservoir near Grimsel pass in Guttannen iin the canton of Berne, Switzerland. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Grimselsee, reservoir and Grimsel.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1932—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Grimselsee, reservoir and Grimsel providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Grimselsee” 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.