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Seehausen am Staffelsee

Lake Staffelsee

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Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Seehausen am Staffelsee

Lake Staffelsee

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Lake Staffelsee

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Location: Seehausen am Staffelsee, Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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1. View of the Staffelsee – Panoramic view over Lake Staffelsee loop from Murnau

22.1km

05:49

190m

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2. South Shore of Lake Staffelsee – View of Staffelsee loop from Murnau

13.4km

03:38

190m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. South Shore of Lake Staffelsee – View of the Staffelsee loop from Grafenaschau

13.8km

03:43

180m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Lisa im Ländle

October 30, 2021

Nice circular route 21 kilometers

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Knersi (📍Maisach)

July 9, 2023

Seven tree-covered islands make it the most island-rich lake in the foothills of the Alps. It is located “in the middle of a pre-Alpine moor landscape west of Murnau. The Toteissee, whose basin was formed by the Loisach Glacier, was formed during the Würm Ice Age.

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November 4, 2022

The Staffelsee is a 4.6 km long and 3.7 km wide lake in the Ammer-Loisach hill country in the southernmost district of Upper Bavaria, the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is almost eight square kilometers in size with a depth of up to almost 40 meters. Seven tree-covered islands make it the most island-rich lake in the foothills of the Alps. It is “in the middle of a pre-Alpine moorland west of Murnau. The Toteissee, whose basin was formed by the Loisach Glacier, was formed during the Würm Ice Age. Due to its protected location between the molasse ribs of the Murnauer Mulde, the lake is only shallowly excavated. The base of the lake, the water level of which was about ten meters higher towards the end of the Würm Ice Age than it is today, shows many conglomerate islands of the Upper Oligocene polished by the ice (so-called Wörth conglomerate). In what is known as the Staffelsee inventory, church property called “Staphinseie” is reported. “Stafnensis” can be found as a Latinized form. Whether these sites actually point to the Staffelsee has not been sufficiently clarified.
But there is also a certain similarity to the Bavarian short forms Steffl or Stefferl for the first names Stefan or Stephan. The abbreviations Stoffl or Stoffel for Christoph also come into consideration. Other derivations bring the numerous shoals with the term "step" also in the sense of stairs and the name in connection (staffel / easel is a dialect expression with this meaning in southern Germany).

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffelsee

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Location: Seehausen am Staffelsee, Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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1. View of the Staffelsee – Panoramic view over Lake Staffelsee loop from Murnau

2. South Shore of Lake Staffelsee – View of Staffelsee loop from Murnau

3. South Shore of Lake Staffelsee – View of the Staffelsee loop from Grafenaschau

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