- Titisee
Infobox_lake
lake_name = Titisee
image_lake = Titisee-blick von hochfirst.jpg
caption_lake = View from Hochfirst
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
location = SouthBlack Forest
coords = coord|47|54|N|8|09|E|region:DE_type:waterbody|display=inline,title
type =
inflow = Seebach
outflow = Gutach
catchment =
basin_countries = Germany
length =
width =
area = 1.3 km²
depth = 20 m
max-depth = 40 m
volume =
residence_time =
shore =
elevation = 845 m
islands =
cities =Titisee is a
lake in the southernBlack Forest inBaden-Württemberg . It is said it got its name from Roman EmperorTitus . It covers an area of 1.3 km² and has an average depth of 20 m. It owes its creation to the Feldbergglacier , themoraine ploughed up by which in thePleistocene epoch nowadays forms the lake's shores. The lake's outflow, at 840 m abovesea level , is the river Gutach (or as it is called farther downstream, the Wutach). On the north shore lies thespa town of the same name, today a part of the City ofTitisee-Neustadt .Wintertime freezing
Titisee takes a long time to freeze in the winter owing to the winds, which almost always keep the surface water moving. For the lake to be opened for use, ice samples must reach a thickness of at least 16 cm. When the outlook favours opening the lake, daily ice measurements are taken by the Titisee-Neustadt city works department at three or four places. If opening the ice to public use is possible, and those responsible give it their blessing, then specific, demarcated areas of the lake are opened, but never the whole lake.
These regulations were put in place in the early 1980s after there had been an accident. Until that time, the lake had been used in the wintertime as a
landing strip for smallaircraft . Atractor with a snowplough was used to keep the landing strip free of snow. One winter, however, the tractor broke through the ice and sank to the bottom of the lake, taking the driver with it.Gallery
External links
* [http://www.badische-seiten.de/impressionen/index.php?action=showgallery&pfad=Titisee Titisee-Neustadt: pictures] de icon
* http://regiowebcam.de/index.php?id=1982 Webcam: regiowebcam.de
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