The Rannasee (or Rannastausee) is an artificial freshwater lake in

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 ...

and in

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. The reservoir is located along the Ranna River (which forms this part of the border between the two countries) and is the largest lake in the Bavarian Forest The Rannasee was created in 1983 by damming the southeast corner (at the cost of 6.4 million

Deutschmark The Deutsche Mark (; English: ''German mark''), abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark" (), was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002. In English, it was ...

s) both as a tourist resort and to generate hydro-electric power. The reservoir spans and reaches a maximum depth of , directly behind the dam. The village of

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occupies the east shore north of the dam.

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Rannasee.de
– official web site Reservoirs in Austria Lakes of Bavaria Lakes of Upper Austria Austria–Germany border International lakes of Europe Reservoirs in Bavaria {{UpperAustria-geo-stub