Pillersee is a lake in the Northern Limestone Alps in Tyrol , Austria .
3-575: The Pillersee is in the Pillerseevalley near the village of Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee at 835 m above sea level. It occupies an area of 24.3 hectares (60 acres). Inflows are several streams that originate in the adjacent Lofer Steinberg mountains and the Kitzbühel Alps . The outlet of the lake is made by the Haselbach and Grieselbach, the depth of the lake is at its lowest point 7 metres (23 ft). It
6-589: Is located 16.4 kilometres (10.2 mi) northeast of Kitzbühel as well as 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of Sankt Johann in Tirol . The name "St. Ulrich am Pillersee" comes from the patron saint of the church. "Pillersee" is derived from Old German pujen , pillen = brüllen ("roar"), and the German word See ("lake"). As Peter Dör-fler, the vicar of St. Ulrich, wrote in 1834: " Der See läßt im Winter bei großer Kält' unter dem Eis ein gewaltiges Pillen hören.. " ("When it
9-541: Is surrounded with mountains and can be swam in. The origin to the Pillersee is a landslide about 15,000 years ago, which interrupted the outflow of Öfenschlucht canyon and so dammed the Pillersee. This Tyrol location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district, in midwestern Austria , and
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