Chapfensee is a
reservoir at
Mels,
Canton of St. Gallen,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. The area around the reservoir is a nature preserve.
The reservoir was built in 1946/1947 and used to generate power at the plant ''Plons''.
See also
*
List of mountain lakes of Switzerland
References
External links
Moorlandschaft ChapfenEW Mels: Krafwerk Plons
Lakes of the canton of St. Gallen
Chapfen
RChapfen
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