The list of lakes in Bavaria shows notable

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Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

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, listed by their German name. In total 109 lakes.

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* Abtsdorfer See * Aindlinger Baggersee * Alatsee *

Alpsee The Alpsee is a lake in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany, located about 4 kilometres southeast of Füssen. It is close to the Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles. The lake has just under five kilometres of shoreline and a depth of ...

* Altmühlsee *

Ammersee Ammersee (English: Lake Ammer) is a Zungenbecken lake in Upper Bavaria, Germany, southwest of Munich between the towns of Herrsching and Dießen am Ammersee. With a surface area of approximately , it is the sixth largest lake in Germany. The lake ...

Auensee Auensee is a lake in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state ...

Großer Arbersee Großer Arbersee is a lake in the Bavarian Forest, Bavaria, Germany. It lies at an elevation of 935 metres and has a surface area of 7.7 hectares. Lakes of Bavaria Bohemian Forest {{Bavaria-geo-stub ...

* Kleiner Arbersee *

Autobahnsee Augsburg Autobahnsee Augsburg is a lake in Augsburg, Swabia (Bavaria), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is located along the Bundesautobahn 8, south of Augsburg Airport. At an elevation of 50m, its surface area is 17 ha. The lake is mainly used as a bathing la ...

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* Bannwaldsee *

Barmsee Barmsee is a lake in Oberbayern, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member sta ...

* Bergfeldsee * Biber *

Birkensee The Langwieder lake district (German: Langwieder Seenplatte) is composed of three lakes west of Munich in Bavaria, Germany. It opened in the year 2000 as a recreational area enclosing the Langwieder See, the Lußsee, and the Birkensee. The entire s ...

* Blaue Lache *

Lake Constance Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, ca ...

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Großer Brombachsee Großer Brombachsee is a reservoir in the Franconian Lake District The Franconian Lake District lies south-west of Nuremberg in northern Bavaria, Germany. It was created as a result of one of Germany's largest water-management projects and was ...

Kleiner Brombachsee Kleiner ( he, קליינר) is a German and Jewish surname, meaning "smaller": * Alfred Kleiner, Swiss physicist * Bruce Kleiner, American mathematician * Krista Arrieta Kleiner, Filipino-American TV actress/singer and host * Dick Kleiner, Hollyw ...

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Chiemsee Chiemsee () is a freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany, near Rosenheim. It is often called "the Bavarian Sea". The rivers Tiroler Achen and Prien flow into the lake from the south, and the river Alz flows out towards the north. The Alz flows in ...

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Dennenloher See Dennenloher See is a lake in Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany. It has a surface area of 20 hectares.Fränkischen Seenland

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Derchinger Baggersee Derchinger Baggersee is a lake in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous ...
* Dornautalsperre *
Dreiburgensee Dreiburgensee is a lake in the Bavarian Forest, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most popu ...
* Dutzendteich

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* Eggstätter Seen * Eibsee * Ellertshäuser See * Eschacher Weiher

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Fasaneriesee Dreiseenplatte is the name of three lakes in Feldmoching-Hasenbergl in the northern part of Munich, Germany. The lakes are: Lerchenauer See, Fasaneriesee and Feldmochinger See. Photos Lerchenauer_See_mit_Blick_nach_Südwesten.jpg, Lerchenauer ...
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Feisnitz Reservoir The Feisnitz is a river in Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state o ...
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Feldmochinger See Dreiseenplatte is the name of three lakes in Feldmoching-Hasenbergl in the northern part of Munich, Germany. The lakes are: Lerchenauer See, Fasaneriesee and Feldmochinger See. Photos Lerchenauer_See_mit_Blick_nach_Südwesten.jpg, Lerchenauer ...
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Ferchensee Ferchensee is a lake in Oberbayern, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member s ...
* Feringasee *
Fichtsee Fichtsee is a lake in Sindelbach, Sindelsdorf, Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe aft ...
* Fichtelsee *
Forggensee The Forggensee, also called the Roßhaupten Reservoir, is a reservoir located north of Füssen in the county of Ostallgäu in Bavaria, Germany and one of many lakes in the region around Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein castles. With a surface ...
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Franconian Lake District The Franconian Lake District lies south-west of Nuremberg in northern Bavaria, Germany. It was created as a result of one of Germany's largest water-management projects and was completed by the flooding of the Großer Brombachsee (" Great Bromba ...
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Frauenau Reservoir Frauenau is a municipality in the district of Regen, in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for its artificial lake, which is used as a water supply of the area around Deggendorf Deggendorf () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the Deggendor ...
* Freibergsee * Frickenhäuser See * Fridolfinger See * Friedberger Baggersee *
Froschgrundsee Froschgrundsee also known as Schönstädtspeicher is a retention basin to protect the city of Coburg in Bavaria from the flooding of the Itz, Effelder, and the Grümpen. It lies in the municipality of Rödental in Upper Franconia Upper Francon ...
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Funtensee Funtensee is a karst lake on the Steinernes Meer plateau in Berchtesgaden National Park, Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the larger of two sinkholes (also referred to as uvala). The area is known for record low temperatures, up to 30 °C ...

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* Großer Alpsee *
Großer Arbersee Großer Arbersee is a lake in the Bavarian Forest, Bavaria, Germany. It lies at an elevation of 935 metres and has a surface area of 7.7 hectares. Lakes of Bavaria Bohemian Forest {{Bavaria-geo-stub ...
* Grünsee *
Guggersee The Guggersee is a small mountain lake in the Southeastern Walsertal Mountains (''Südöstliche Walsertaler Berge''), a subgroup of the Allgäu Alps. It is located at a height of 1,709 metres,Kompass walking, cycling and ski touring map: She ...

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* Hahnenkammsee * Heimstettener See * Hintersee * Höglwörther See * Höllensteinsee *
Hopfensee Hopfensee is a lake in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. At an elevation of 783.8 m, its surface area is 194 ha. The maximum length of the lake is 2.1 km, and its circumference is 6.8 km. It lies north of Füssen in Ostallgäu. Its maximum d ...

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Kaisersee Kaisersee is a lake in Augsburg, Schwaben, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous m ...
* Kirchsee * Kleiner Arbersee * Kleinhesseloher See *
Kochelsee Kochelsee or Lake Kochel is a lake south of Munich on the edge of the Bavarian Alps. The western 1.7 km² or 28.3 percent of the lake lies within the borders of the town of Schlehdorf, while the rest belongs to Kochel am See. The southern edge of ...
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Königssee The Königssee is a natural lake in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park. Description Situated within the Berchte ...
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Kuhsee Kuhsee is a lake in Augsburg-Hochzoll-Süd, Swabia (Bavaria), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. Its surface area is ca. 17 ha. Lakes of Bavaria {{Bavaria-geo-stub ...

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Langenprozelten Pumped Storage Station The Langenprozelten Pumped Storage Station is a pumped storage power station near Gemünden am Main at the Main (river), Main in the under-Frankish district Main Spessart (Bavaria), which went in service in 1976. The hydro-electric power plant h ...
* Langwieder See *
Latschensee Latschensee is a lake in the Bavarian Forest, Bavaria, Germany. It lies at an elevation of 1150 meters and has a surface area of 0.1 hectares. The lake is located in the Bavarian Forest National Park (Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald), which is Germa ...
* Lautersee *
Lerchenauer See Dreiseenplatte is the name of three lakes in Feldmoching-Hasenbergl in the northern part of Munich, Germany. The lakes are: Lerchenauer See, Fasaneriesee and Feldmochinger See. Photos Lerchenauer_See_mit_Blick_nach_Südwesten.jpg, Lerchenauer ...
* Luttensee * Lödensee * Lußsee

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* Mittersee * Murner See

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Nadisee The Nadisee is a urban lake with an integrated system at Munich's Olympic Village precint, inside the Am Riesenfld area localized at the Milbertshofen-Am Hart district. With an area of about , it is Munich's smallest bathing lake. The approxima ...
* Niedersonthofener See

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Oberrieder Weiher The Oberrieder Weiher is like many other ponds in the valleys of Günz and Mindel a former gravel pit which is filled with ground water. The pond is located near the river Günz in the municipality of Breitenthal in the district of Günzburg G� ...
* Obersee *
Osterseen Osterseen is a group of lakes in Bavaria, Germany, about 50 km (31 miles) south-south-west of Munich. At an elevation of 588 m (1,929 feet), its surface area is 223.55 ha (552.4 acres). Islands sorted by water body: Großer Ostersee (isla ...

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Pilsensee Pilsensee is a lake in Oberbayern, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member s ...

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* Rachelsee * Radersdorfer Baggersee * Rannasee *
Rappensee The Rappensee is a mountain lake in Germany, in the Bavarian part of the Allgäu Alps. The lake is located below the Rappenseekopf near the small settlement . Lakes of Bavaria Tarns of the Alps {{Oberallgäu-geo-stub ...
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Riemer See The Riemer See lake in Riemer Park, was a part of the Bundesgartenschau 2005, and is an artificial lake in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The Riemer Park which is located in the new Messestadt Riem, was planned by the French landscape architect Gill ...
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Riessersee Riessersee is a German lake located in southwest Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The lake itself hosted the speed skating events and 10 of the 37 ice hockey games for the 1936 Winter Olympics. Adjacent to the lake, the bobsleigh events took place. Bobslei ...

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* Sarchinger Weiher *
Schliersee Schliersee is a small town (Markt) and a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany. It is named after the nearby Lake Schliersee. It comprises the districts Schliersee (town), , , , Josefsthal and Spitzingsee. Among the poi ...
* Schwaltenweiher *
Schwansee Schwansee is a lake in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state ...
* Seehamer See *
Seeon Lakes Seeon Lakes (''German: Seeoner Seen'') is a small group of kettle lakes in Bavaria, Germany. It is located north of Lake Chiemsee in the district of Traunstein. The lakes are protected as the nature reserve (German: Naturschutzgebiet) ''Seeoner ...
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Simssee Simssee is a lake in the Alpine foothills, Bavaria, Germany. At an elevation of 470.1 metres, its surface area is 6.5 km² making it the largest lake in the Rosenheim district. The maximum depth of the lake is 22.5 m. It drains into the river ...
* Soiernseen *
Soinsee Soinsee is a lake in Mangfallgebirge, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous membe ...
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Spitzingsee Spitzingsee is a lake in Bavaria, Germany. At an elevation of 1084 m, its surface area is . Geography The Spitzingsee is located about five kilometers south of the Schliersee and a few hundred meters south of the Spitzingsattels at an altitude of ...
* Staffelsee *
Lake Starnberg Lake Starnberg, or ''Starnberger See'' ) — called Lake Würm, or ''Würmsee'' , until 1962 — is Germany's second-largest body of fresh water, having great depth, and fifth-largest lake by area. It and its surroundings lie in three different Ba ...
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Steinberger See Steinberger See is a lake in Bavaria, Germany. At an elevation of 364 m, its surface area is 1.84 km². Situated in SSE Germany, It is home to its own water Water (chemical formula ) is an Inorganic compound, inorganic, transparent, t ...
* Steinsee *
Stempflesee Stempflesee is an artificial lake in Augsburg-Haunstetten, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russi ...
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Sylvensteinspeicher Sylvenstein Dam is an earthen embankment dam in the Isar valley, in the alpine part of Upper Bavaria, Germany which impounds the Sylvenstein Reservoir (german: Sylvensteinspeicher). In the 1920s, several hydropower plants were built in the trib ...

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Tegernsee Tegernsee is a town in the Miesbach district of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the shore of Lake Tegernsee, which is 747 m (2,451 ft) above sea level. A spa town, it is surrounded by an alpine landscape of Upper Bavaria, and has an e ...
* Tüttensee

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* Waginger See *
Walchensee Walchensee or Lake Walchen is one of the deepest and largest alpine lakes in Germany, with a maximum depth of and an area of . The lake is south of Munich in the middle of the Bavarian Alps. The entire lake, including the island of Sassau, ...
* Weißensee *
Weitmannsee Weitmannsee is a lake in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member stat ...
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Weitsee Weitsee is a small lake on between Reit im Winkl and Ruhpolding with an area of 63.60 ha and a maximum depth of 9.30 m. The lake itself is separated into a shallow western and a deeper eastern part by a mountain peninsula. It is the fi ...
* Weßlinger See * Wiesbüttsee * Wöhrder See *
Wörthsee Wörthsee (Wörth lake) is a lake in the Starnberg district of Bavaria, Germany. It is one of the lakes of the Fünfseenland (Five lakes) region, which contains the remains of a great glacial lake. Location The Wörthsee is located to the east ...

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