Engstlensee
Lake in the municipality of Innertkirchen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
Engstlensee is a natural lake used as a reservoir in the municipality of Innertkirchen, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. It is located near Joch Pass at an elevation of 1850 m. It can be reached by gondola and by foot from Titlis.
The reservoir has a volume of 10.7 million m³ whereof 2 million m³ are used for electricity production. The lake's surface area is 44 ha (110 acres).
The water of the Engstlensee passes through a tunnel in the neighbouring Gadmental valley before being used in the Fuhren, Hopflauenen and Innertkirchen power stations.
01In Literature
An inn on the shore of the Engstlensee is the scene of a crucial meeting between the protagonists of H. G. Wells' 1913 novel The Passionate Friends.
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Engstlensee2.jpg by Stan45, Public domain
- Helga von Cramm, chromolithograph, Engstlensee, with verse by G.P.M. c. 1881.jpg by Helga von Cramm & G.P.M. (Life time: 1840-1919), Public domain
- Engstlensee (1030459450).jpg by Angrod, CC BY 2.0
- Engstlensee picswiss.jpg by Roland Zumbühl, CC BY-SA 3.0
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