Lake Obernberg (

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: Obernberger See) is a lake of

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. Lake Obernberg lies at an elevation of 1,590 metres in the municipality

Obernberg am Brenner Obernberg am Brenner is a municipality in the southern district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tirol. Geography Obernberg am Brenner is located nearly 30 km south from Innsbruck in a valley with the same name, which departs from ...

near the Brenner. It is the biggest lake on the southern side of Tyrol. The fresh water is provided by the

Obernberger Seebach The Obernberger Seebach, formerly called Obernberger Ache, is a river in Tyrol, Austria, a tributary of the Sill. The Obernberger Seebach originates south-west of the Brenner in the Stubai Alps and takes a north-east route to its mouth. On its c ...

subterranean springs. Around the lake are travel paths. There was a prehistoric rock fall from the ''Obernberger Tribulaun'' (a peak on the north side of the lake). The lake is now separated into two parts, however in late spring and early summer the water level rise and the parts can get connected. On the rocks a chapel () was built in 1935. The lake has a high quality on the surface and is one of the most beautiful mountain lakes of Tyrol. On the bottom of the lake is a curtain of algae making the water muddy at 13 metres. Bathing is prohibited, so that the fish population and the quality of the water remains untouched. Trout and other fish live in the lake.

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