Lauenensee (or Lake Lauenen) are two

lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...

s near

Lauenen Lauenen ( French: ''Lauvine'', Romansh: ''Lavina'') is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Lauenen is first mentioned in 1296 as ''an der Lowinon''. Lauenen is know ...

in the

Canton of Berne The canton of Bern or Berne (german: Kanton Bern; rm, Chantun Berna; french: canton de Berne; it, Canton Berna) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. ...

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 ...

. At an elevation of 1381 m, their surface area is 0.1 km²: the larger lake has a surface of 8.8 ha, the smaller one of 1.3 ha. The Swiss rock band ''Span'' published in 1982 the song "''Louenesee''" (Lake Lauenen in Berense German) about the lake. Lauenensee-2008-06-21-b

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Bernese Oberland Lakes of the canton of Bern LLauenensee {{bern-lake-stub

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