Lake Lungern
lake in Switzerland
Lake Lungern (German: Lungerersee, also spelled Lungernsee or Lungerensee) is a natural lake in Obwalden, Switzerland which is named after the town Lungern on its shore. The lake is drained by the Sarner Aa river, which flows through the Sarnersee and into Lake Lucerne.
The lake was originally much larger, and covered a large part of the valley it is situated in. Starting in 1836, its level was lowered by 36 metres (118 ft) through an artificial drainage tunnel with a length of 380 metres (1,250 ft). It is used as a reservoir.
See also
List of lakes of Switzerland
References
External links
Edy von Wyl: "Lungernsee" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as lake in Switzerland. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14527. VIAF identifies the subject as 170472421. Authority coordinates are 46.803, 8.163. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1836.
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