The Guggersee is a small mountain lake in the Southeastern Walsertal Mountains (''Südöstliche Walsertaler Berge''), a subgroup of the
Allgäu Alps
The Allgäu Alps (german: Allgäuer Alpen) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range lies directly east of Lake Constance.
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It is located at a height of 1,709 metres,
[Kompass walking, cycling and ski touring map: Sheet 03 ''Oberstdorf, Kleinwalsertal'' (1:25,000). (as at: 2009).] above the
Rappenalpbach valley in the municipality of
Oberstdorf
Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns.
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southwest of and below the
Alpgundkopf (2,177 m) on a Panorama Way (''Panoramaweg'')
between
Birgsau in the valley and the
Mindelheim Hut (2,013 m). On this path, 455 metres southwest at a height of 1,727 metres, is the
alm of ''Vordere Tauferbergsalpe''. From Birgsau the lake is about 2 hours walk.
The lake is 49 metres long and a maximum of 25 metres wide. It has a shore length of 119 metres and an area of around 843 m².
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''. Retrieved 20 January 2011 (measured from the aerial photograph) Formerly it was up to 75 metres long, but the northern part has silted up.
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{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703121210/http://www.oberstdorf.de/natur/berge-taeler/seen/guggersee.html , date=2015-07-03 '' – Information about the lake at oberstdorf.de
LGuggersee
Lakes of Bavaria
Oberallgäu
Allgäu Alps