Gübsensee

Infobox lake
lake_name = Gübsensee
image_lake =
caption_lake =
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
location = St. Gallen
coords = coord|47|23|56|N|9|18|49|E|type:waterbody_region:CH-SG|display=inline,title
type = reservoir
inflow =
outflow = Sitter
catchment = 0.68 km²
basin_countries = Switzerland
length =
width =
area = 0.17 km²
depth =
max-depth =
volume = 1.5 mio m³
residence_time =
shore =
elevation = 682 m
islands =
cities =

Gübsensee is a reservoir near the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Its dams were built between 1898 and 1900, the first hydroelectric reservoir in Switzerland. Kraftwerk Kubel generates electrical power since 1900.

Gübsensee Ost is a gravity dam with a height of 24 m, Gübsensee West an earthfill dam.

The lake's surface area is 0.17 km². Its volume is 1.5 mio m³.

External links

* [http://www.swissdams.ch/dams/damForm/default_e.asp?ID=102 Swiss Dams: Gübsensee Ost]
*Structurae|id=s0007509|title=Gübsensee Ost Dam
* [http://www.swissdams.ch/dams/damForm/default_e.asp?ID=137 Swiss Dams: Gübsensee West]
*Structurae|id=s0007545|title=Gübsensee West Dam
*PDF| [http://www.sak.ch/etc/medialib/sakint/de/a/kubel_schema.Par.0004.File.tmp/SAK%20Kraft%20Kubel_WEB.pdf Das Kraftwerk Kubel] de icon