!!!Wolfgangsee

Lake Wolfgangsee (Lake Abersee), Salzburg/Upper Austria, alt. 
538 m, area 13,5 km%%sup 2/%, 10 km long and 
1,9 km wide, 114 m deep; lake of very good water quality in 
the Salzkammergut district. Ship service, excellent conditions for 
aquatic sports. The lake area is situated on the territory of the 
province of Salzburg except for a small strip in the northeast; in the 
northeast, there are the Falkensteinwand cliff (alt. 795 m) and a 
little farther to the north the Schafberg mountain (alt. 1,782 m, 
can be reached by cog railway starting at St. Wolfgang im 
Salzkammergut), in the west the Zwoelferhorn mountain (alt.1,521 m, 
cableway from St. Gilgen). Lake Mondsee and Lake Attersee are 
located to the north of Lake Wolfgangsee. Minor inlets of Lake 
Wolfgangsee include the Muehlbach, Kohlbach and Gunzenbach streams 
from the north and the Zinkenbach stream from the southwest. Near 
Reith, the sediments of the Zinkenbach stream have reduced the width 
of the lake to 250 m. Lake Wolfgangsee is drained by the River 
Ache/Ischl towards the River Traun. The southern shore of the lake is 
accessible via the road from St. Gilgen to Bad Ischl (alt. 
469 m). Important bathing resorts on the shores of Lake Wolfgang 
include St. Gilgen in the northwest, St. Wolfgang im 
Salzkammergut in the north and Strobl in the east.


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