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Lake Neuchâtel (French: Lac de Neuchâtel [lak də nøʃɑtɛl]; Arpitan: Lèc de Nôchâtél; German: Neuenburgersee) is a lake primarily in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. The lake lies mainly in the canton of Neuchâtel , but is also shared by the cantons of Vaud , Fribourg , and Bern .
Farther west, now in Switzerland, is the Bay of Rorschach. To the north, on the Bavarian side, is the Bay of Reutin. The railway embankment from the mainland to the island of Lindau and the motorway bridge over the lake border the so-called Little Lake (Kleiner See), which is located between the Lindau village of Aeschach and the island.
Map showing the Untersee.To the East, the Seerhein and parts of the Obersee are visible. Yellow: German state of Baden-Württemberg, green: Swiss canton of Thurgau, red: Swiss Canton of Schaffhausen, red line: Germany–Switzerland border Map of Untersee with the different parts of the lake Extinct Hegau volcanoes Hohentwiel (front) and Hohenstoffeln (back) and Zeller See The Island of ...
The lake is first mentioned in a border description of the diocese of Freising from the years 1073/78 as Planse, other early names include; Please , Plense and Plase. [2] The Tyrolean princes and the Steingaden monastery held the fishing rights on the Plansee, as the Stams monastery in the 15th century through gift or acquisition.
Historic Rhine bridge between Diessenhofen (left) and Gailingen (right), completed in 1816 Customs facilities between Konstanz (Germany) and Kreuzlingen (Switzerland). The border between the modern states of Germany and Switzerland extends to 362 kilometres (225 mi), [1] mostly following Lake Constance and the High Rhine (Hochrhein), with territories to the north mostly belonging to Germany ...
The Mecklenburg Switzerland and Lake Kummerow Nature Park (German: Naturpark Mecklenburgische Schweiz und Kummerower See) lies in the northern part of the Mecklenburg Lake District in the districts of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Rostock in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern between the towns of Dargun, Demmin, Teterow, Malchin and ...
Lake Walen, also known as Lake Walenstadt or Walensee (German pronunciation: [ˈvaːln̩ˌzeː] ⓘ), is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland. Located in the east of the country , about two thirds of its area are in the canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the canton of Glarus .
Lake Constance, view towards Lindau The largest lake on German territory is Lake Constance , while Lake Müritz is the largest lake located entirely within German territory. List