The Isarwinkel is lying in Tölzer Land in Upper Bavaria and is the region along the Isar from Bad Tölz to the border in the south.
Regions
places
- Bad Tölz, Spa with iodine springs and picturesque old town;
- Lenggries with the districts of Fall and Voderriß, a climatic health resort and the largest municipality in Bavaria in terms of area;
- Jachenau, the idyllic valley floor of the river Jachen;
Other goals
background
language
getting there
mobility
Tourist Attractions
mountains
- Benedict wall above the Jachenau;
- Brauneck, Local mountain and ski area Lenggries;
- Blomberg at Bad Tölz;
Lakes and bodies of water
- Kochelsee and Walchensee on the eastern edge of the Isarwinkel;
Isar
Isara Rapidus, the raging Isar, the name of the river for the region;
The wild river landscape of the Isar Valley is part of the project "Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes"(Bavarian State Office for the Environment) listed.
Sylvenstein Speicher
Also called Sylvensteinsee Alpine lake (47 ° 34 '40 "N.11 ° 32 '28 "E) lies between Mangfall Mountains and Karwendel and is fed from the Isar and the tributaries Durach and Walchen. With its branches into the Isar valley and the side valleys of the surrounding mountains, the artificial mountain lake has a fjord-like character and looks like a natural relic from the Ice Age in the spectacular Alpine setting.
Above the reservoir, the Isar and its river bed have retained their wild character, behind it they are considered tamed, or even, with a somewhat more drastic choice of words, as castrated. The rubble carried along in the tributaries (sediment) is also the reason for the silting up of the Sylvensteinsee as a result of the sediment deposits in the lake floor.
Originated is the dam with the lake in the years 1954 to 1959 for flood protection and water level regulation of the downstream regions of the Isar valley, and against the resistance of the local population: The former village of Fall, known from Ludwig Ganghofer's filmed home novel "Der Jäger von Fall", was completely demolished and the approx. 100 inhabitants were forcibly resettled because their old home sank in the floods of the lake. The place New case was rebuilt only a few hundred meters further.
Two Power plants generate environmentally friendly electricity from the water gradient (between 13 and 37 m high); the average annual production is around 25 million kWh. In 2001 the systems were modernized and the dam was raised by three meters to expand the flood protection.
For the tourist Interesting are, in addition to the magnificent landscape, the leisure space with numerous water sports such as swimming and kayaking, a cycle path along the Isar to the top of the dam at the Sylvenstein reservoir and many rare animal and plant species in the natural areas of the spring moor and dry grassland.
| Technical specifications | ||
|---|---|---|
| Total storage space: | 124,000,000 m³ | |
| Lake area (normal / max): | 4/6 km² | |
| Sea depth (normal / max): | 25/27 m | |
| Dam volume: | 1,000,000 m² | |
| Dam height / length: | 44/180 m | |
| Annual precipitation: | 1,760 mm | |
| Catchment area: | 1100 km² | |
| Average storage inflow: | 18 m³ / s | |
| HQ100 | 950 m³ / s | |
| (100 year flood) |
Currently, the dam is being considered extensive Construction project a new and modern seal installed, for detailed information see at Water Management Office Weilheim
Directions to Sylvensteinspeicher:
- Of north and Northeast Coming: Via the A8 motorway, Munich-Salzburg,
Holzkirchen, continue on Bundesstrasse 13 Bad Tölz and via Lenggries to the Sylvenstein reservoir;
- Of south on the federal highway B2 Mittenwald in the direction Kochel am See coming, with branch in Wallgau and along the Isar Front tear and case (Toll road) to Sylvensteinspeicher.
- Of southeast (Inntal) over the Achenpass and Achensee, then turn off to the west to Sylvensteinspeicher.
Links on the web at the water management office in Weilheim: www.wwa-wm.bayern.de (extensive data);
activities
kitchen
nightlife
security
climate
literature
- : The Isarwinkel and Bad Tölz. Volk publishing house, 2010, ISBN 3937200908 ; 216 pages. Places on the Isar and a wide range of background information, paperback € 19.90
- : From Bad Tölz to the source of the Isar; Vol.16. Arrow Publishing House, 2004, Wanderings in the history of the earth, ISBN 978-3-89937-050-8 ; 152 pages. with colored geological map 1: 200 000
- Ruhland Michael (Ed.): The Isar city, people, river. Munich: Süddeutsche Zeitung / Library, 2010, ISBN 3866157762 ; 242 pages. € 24.90
cards
- German Alpine Club (DAV) (Ed.): Alpine Club Card No. BY 11 (1: 25,000) Isarwinkel. ISBN 978-3937530277 . 9,80 €. Map for the regions at the Isarwinkel and Lenggries with Benediktbeuern: Benediktenwand, Brauneck, Jachenau, Kocheler Berge;
Web links
- Tourism association Tölzer Land and tourism association Upper Bavaria;
- Webcams to the Isarwinkel bergcam.de;
