__NOTOC__ Ägerisee or Lake Aegeri is a

glacial lake A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity. They are formed when a glacier erodes the land and then melts, filling the depression created by the glacier. Formation Near the end of the last glacial period, roughly 10,0 ...

in the

Canton of Zug The canton of Zug or canton of Zoug (, Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; ; ; ) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. It is located in central Switzerland and its Capital (political), capital is Zug. At the canton is one of the smallest ...

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

. The two municipalities along its shore are

Oberägeri Oberägeri, until 1798 simply known as Ägeri, is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. History Oberägeri first appears in historical documents in 1150 as ''Agregia''. In 1538 it was mentioned as ''O ...

and

Unterägeri Unterägeri is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. History Oberägeri is first mentioned in 1150 as ''Agregia''. In 1538 it was mentioned as ''Ober Egere''. The first church in the valley was built in 876. After 1100, the land ...

. The main tributary is the ''Hüribach''; the

Lorze The Lorze is the main river of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland. It flows from Ägerisee through Lake Zug into the Reuss. See also * List of rivers of Switzerland The following is a list of rivers of Switzerland (and tributaries thereof). Incl ...

river drains the Ägerisee. Since 1992 the lake has been used as a water reservoir. The

Battle of Morgarten The Battle of Morgarten took place on 15 November 1315, when troops of Schwyz, supported by their allies of Uri and Unterwalden, ambushed an Austrian army under the command of Leopold I, Duke of Austria on the shores of Lake Ägeri, in the ...

took place in 1315 on the shores of the Ägerisee.

Gallery

CH-NB - Morgarten - Collection Gugelmann - GS-GUGE-ENGELBRECHT-C-3.tif File:Aegerisee Winter Mostelberg.jpg File:Aegerisee.okt.2017.jpg File:Blick Richtung Süden auf den Ägerisee von Oberägeri, Kanton Zug, Schweiz.jpg File:Wandern am Ägerisee.jpg File:Morgarten am Ägerisee 01.JPG

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Waterlevels at Unterägeri
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