Volderer See
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The small Volderer See or Lake Volders had formerly been a bigger lake but it lost a large part of its total size. Now the Lake looks like a bigger pond. It lies left by the Karls Church at the motorway bridge by the entrance to the village of Volders
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The Lake has no natural in- and outflow and mainly receives groundwater of the Inn River
and from rain. It has a moderate water quality between B and C. Therefore the Lake is often plagued by alga creation. The Lake is surrounded by a small forest with ways to the church or to the village.
A myth tells that once a giant
blocked the inflow with a large boulder and that is the reason why the Lake had lost so much of its size.
Volders
Volders is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 12 km east of Innsbruck on the southern side of the Inn River. Sights are the Castles Friedberg and Aschach and the church of Saint Carl. At the entrance of the village lies the Volderer See.-External links:* Municipality...
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The Lake has no natural in- and outflow and mainly receives groundwater of the Inn River
Inn River
The Inn is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube and is approximately 500km long. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina, at 4,049 metres.- Geography :...
and from rain. It has a moderate water quality between B and C. Therefore the Lake is often plagued by alga creation. The Lake is surrounded by a small forest with ways to the church or to the village.
A myth tells that once a giant
Giant (mythology)
The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology.In various Indo-European mythologies,...
blocked the inflow with a large boulder and that is the reason why the Lake had lost so much of its size.