Alpsee

Alpsee
Alpsee
	Aerial view of the Alpsee
	Alpsee Location within Bavaria
Location	Ostallgäu, Bavaria
Coordinates	47°33′04″N 10°43′25″E / 47.55111°N 10.72361°E
Basin countries	Germany
Max. length	1.9 km (1.2 mi)
Max. width	100 m (330 ft)
Surface area	88 ha (220 acres)
Max. depth	62 m (203 ft)
Shore length1	4.7 km (2.9 mi)
Surface elevation	813.94 m (2,670.4 ft)
	1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The Alpsee (German pronunciation: [ˈalpzeː]) 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 up to 62 metres.

Description

Alpsee is a popular tourist attraction, given its proximity to the castles and the wild swans that inhabit the lake.^[1] Boats are available for rent and there is a wide variety of hiking trails in the vicinity. A circular path leads around the shore, and the "Fürstenstrasse" (Princes' Road) leads from Hohenschwangau over the Schwarzenberg ridge (Ammergau Alps) and down to Pinswang in the Lechtal.

Gallery

View from Neuschwanstein castle, with Schloss Hohenschwangau visible in the lower right
Hotel on Christmas Day 2006
View on a boat 2011
The Alpsee — with Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles