The Tüttensee (Lake Tütten) is a small lake in the Chiemgau region, the Bavarian Alpine foothills of the Traunstein district, within the municipalities of Grabenstätt and Vachendorf. With an area of 10.8 ha (27 acres) and a maximum depth of 17.3 m (57 ft), it is one of many Kettle-Lakes in the alpine foothills, that resulted from remnants of dead ice after a glacier retreated.[2]

Tüttensee
View over the Tüttensee, looking south towards the public beach
Location of the lake in Germany.
Location of the lake in Germany.
Tüttensee
LocationBavaria, Germany
Coordinates47°50′46.82″N 12°34′5.98″E / 47.8463389°N 12.5683278°E / 47.8463389; 12.5683278
TypeLake
Primary outflowsMarwanger Bach -> Grabenstätter Mühlbach -> Chiemsee
Catchment area0.8 square kilometres (0.31 sq mi)
Surface area10.8 hectares (27 acres)
Average depth9.4 metres (31 ft)
Max. depth17.3 metres (57 ft)
Water volume1,020,000 cubic metres (36,000,000 cu ft)
Shore length11,280 metres (4,200 ft)
Surface elevation523 metres (1,716 ft)
Websitehttps://www.tuettensee-seebad.de/
References[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The lake is partly surrounded by well preserved Kame terraces and drains to the north west into the tiny Marwanger Creek to the Chiemsee. At the southern lake shore is a small public beach with an Inn and further amenities. It is one of the warmest lakes in Upper Bavaria.

Recent geological and biological research showed that the Tüttensee has an undisturbed profile of peat bog since the Würm glaciation and over more than 12.500 years since.[3][4]

The recent dating of the undisturbed peak horizons refuted claims by amateur geologists, that the Tüttensee was the result of a hypothetical meteor impact within the last 4000 years.

References

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  1. ^ Wasserwirtschaftsamt Traunstein: Tüttensee
  2. ^ J. Gareis: Die Toteisfluren des bayerischen Alpenvorlandes als Zeugnis für die Art des spätwürmzeitlichen Eisschwundes, Würzburger Geographische Arbeiten, Würzburg 1978, 101 Pages.
  3. ^ Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt: Neue Altersdaten: Kein "Kelten-Komet" im Chiemgau. Press Release by the Bavarian State Agency for the Environment, 24. August 2010 (German)
  4. ^ Publication of the supporting data: Ernst Krömer: Sedimententnahme und Datierungen in der Verlandungszone des Tüttensees, 23 August 2010 (partly German, partly English)