Pillersee is a lake in the

Northern Limestone Alps The Northern Limestone Alps (german: Nördliche Kalkalpen), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germa ...

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 ...

. The Pillersee is in the Pillerseevalley near the village of

Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district, in midwestern Austria, and is located northeast of Kitzbühel as well as west of Sankt Johann in Tirol. History The name "St. Ulrich am Pillersee" comes from the patron sa ...

at 835 m above sea level. It occupies an area of . Inflows are several streams that originate in the adjacent Lofer Steinberg mountains and the

Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps (german: Kitzbüheler Alpen or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone (greywacke zone). ...

. The outlet of the lake is made by the Haselbach and Grieselbach, the depth of the lake is at its lowest point . It is surrounded with mountains and can be swam in. The origin to the Pillersee is a landslide about 15,000 years ago, which interrupted the outflow of Öfenschlucht canyon and so dammed the Pillersee.

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Lakes of Tyrol (state) Kitzbühel District {{Tyrol-geo-stub