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Bannalpsee is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
in the
municipality of Wolfenschiessen in the
Swiss
Swiss most commonly refers to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Swiss may also refer to: Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
* Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
* Swiss Café, an old café located ...
canton of Nidwalden
Canton of Nidwalden or Nidwald ( ; ; ; ) is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven municipalities and the seat of the government and parliament is in Stans. It is tradi ...
.
The reservoir's surface area is . The construction of the
reservoir
A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.
Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
was decided in 1934 and completed in 1937. The reservoir is operated by
Elektrizitätswerk Nidwalden.
The lake can be reached by a
cable car Cable car most commonly refers to the following cable transportation systems:
* Aerial lift, such as aerial tramways and gondola lifts, in which the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable
** Aerial tramway
** Chairlift
** Gondola lift
*** ...
from
Oberrickenbach, which in turn is linked by
post bus service to
Wolfenschiessen station on the
Luzern–Stans–Engelberg railway line
The Luzern–Stans–Engelberg railway line is a Switzerland, Swiss narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge rack railway that connects Lucerne, Luzern, via Hergiswil and Stans, to the resort of Engelberg. The line was built by the Stansstad–Engelber ...
.
See also
*List of mountain lakes of Switzerland
This is a list of high-altitude lakes of Switzerland. It includes all significant lakes located either entirely or partly in Switzerland, both natural and artificial, with an area of at least 4 ha (9.9 acres) and a location at over above sea l ...
References
External links
Swissdams: Bannalp
*Fabienne Künzli:
Lakes of Nidwalden
Bannalp
Bannalp is a mountain region in the Swiss canton of Nidwalden, near Engelberg. In the Bannalp region there are three alpine huts and a small lake, Bannalpsee. There is a cable car from Oberrickenbach, near Wolfenschiessen
Wolfenschiessen is a vil ...
RBannalp
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