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Ägerisee or Lake Aegeri is a
glacial lake
A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier.
Formation
Near the end of the last glacial period, roughly 10,0 ...
in the
Canton of Zug
The canton of Zug, also Zoug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: , rm, Chantun Zug, french: Canton de Zoug, it, Canton Zugo) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. It is located in central Switzerland and its capital is Zug. At the canto ...
,
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 two municipalities along its shore are
Oberägeri
Oberägeri, until 1798 simply known as Ägeri, is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
History
Oberägeri first appears in historical documents in 1150 as ''Agregia''. In 1538 it was mentioned as ''Ober Egere''.
The first chur ...
and
Unterägeri
Unterägeri is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland.
History
Oberägeri is first mentioned in 1150 as ''Agregia''. In 1538 it was mentioned as ''Ober Egere''.
The first church in the valley was built in 876. After 1100, the land ...
. The main tributary is the ''Hüribach''; the
Lorze
The Lorze is the main river of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland. It flows from Ägerisee through Lake Zug into the Reuss Reuss may refer to:
*Reuss (surname)
*Reuss (river) in Switzerland
*Reuss (state) or Reuß, several former states or countries i ...
river drains the Ägerisee. Since 1992 the lake has been used as a water reservoir.
The
Battle of Morgarten took place in 1315 on the shores of the Ägerisee.
Gallery
CH-NB - Morgarten - Collection Gugelmann - GS-GUGE-ENGELBRECHT-C-3.tif
File:Aegerisee Winter Mostelberg.jpg
File:Aegerisee.okt.2017.jpg
File:Blick Richtung Süden auf den Ägerisee von Oberägeri, Kanton Zug, Schweiz.jpg
File:Wandern am Ägerisee.jpg
File:Morgarten am Ägerisee 01.JPG
See also
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List of lakes of Switzerland
This article contains a sortable table listing all major lakes of Switzerland. The table includes all still water bodies, natural or artificial, that have a surface area of at least , regardless of water volume, maximum depth or other metric. Th ...
External links
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Waterlevels at Unterägerifrom the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment
Lakes of Switzerland
Lakes of the canton of Zug
LAgeri
Glacial lakes
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