Mummelsee
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The Mummelsee is a 17-metre-deep lake at the western mountainside of the Hornisgrinde in the Northern Black Forest of Germany. It is very popular with tourists travelling along the Black Forest High Road. According to legends, the lake is inhabited by a Nix and the King of the Mummelsee.[1]
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Mummelsee | |
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Location | Black Forest |
Coordinates | 48°35′53″N 8°12′3″E |
Basin countries | Germany |
Max. depth | 17 metres (56 ft) |
Surface elevation | 1,036 metres (3,399 ft) |
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With a circumference of 800 meters, the Mummelsee is the largest of the seven cirque lakes in the Black Forest, the deepest at 17 m deep and the highest at 1036 m.[2]