Schliersee is a natural lake

Lake

A lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...

 in Upper Bavaria

Upper Bavaria

Upper Bavaria is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany.- Geography :Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered around the city of Munich. It is subdivided into four regions : Ingolstadt, Munich, Bayerisches Oberland , and Südostoberbayern...

 in the Bavarian Alps. It is located next to the small town of Schliersee

Schliersee

Schliersee is a small town and a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany. It is named after the nearby Lake Schliersee....

 in the Miesbach district

Miesbach (district)

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The lake has a surface of 2.241 square kilometre (0.865254937405871 sq mi) at an elevation of 777 metres (2,549.2 ft) AMSL

Above mean sea level

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, expanding 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) by 1.3 kilometre (0.807784557644749 mi) maximum. The average depth is 20 metres (65.6 ft) The maximum depth is 40 metres (131.2 ft). The only island is Wörth island, located almost in the middle of the lake.

The lake is named for the monastery Kloster Schliersee ("Sliersee"), established in 779 at Kirchbichl nearby Westenhofen.