Kellenspitze · 2,238 m · 15 km SSW

Lake · Bavaria

Forggensee

780 m2,559 ft

Area: 14 km²
Max depth: 41 m
Tonight: 4°CPartly cloudy · Wind 26 km/h W

Forggensee is a lake at 780 m above sea level in Bavaria, Germany, 14 km² in area and 8.9 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 780 m
Length: 8.9 km
Shoreline: 40.6 km

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Lake

Forggensee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 40.6 km

3D map

Forggensee 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Forggensee terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Forggensee elevation profile

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Weather

Forggensee weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 4°C (39°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 26 km/h W

Forggensee forecast for about 780 m.

Tonight4°0.2 mm26 km/h W
Today3°7°4.2 mm24 km/h W
Sun5°15°14.4 mm32 km/h W
Mon5°11°0.1 mm18 km/h W
Tue10°19°0.1 mm6 km/h N
Wed6°10°3.7 mm9 km/h NW
Thu2°11°–9 km/h NE
Fri1°11°–6 km/h N
Sat1°10°–6 km/h N
Sun4°8°3.9 mm14 km/h SW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Forggensee

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Forggensee, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
1.0 km WNW
+2 more within 1.5 km
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Nearest campsite
Campingplatz Magdalena
1.1 km W · +2 more within 3.1 km
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Nearest caravan site
Stellplatz am Seewang
3.2 km NNW · +2 more within 4.6 km
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Nearest hut
Buchenbergalm
5.4 km E · +2 more within 6.5 km
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All mapped places 12

Place	Distance
Parking	1.0 km WNW
Campingplatz MagdalenaCampsite	1.1 km W
Parking	1.3 km W
Forgensee Anlagestelle-ParkplatzParking	1.5 km WSW
Camping BrunnenCampsite	2.0 km S
Campingplatz SeewangCampsite	3.1 km N
Stellplatz am SeewangCaravan site	3.2 km NNW
Wohnmobilpark SchwangauCaravan site	3.6 km SE
Wohnmobilpark FüssenCaravan site	4.6 km SW
BuchenbergalmHut	5.4 km E
Alpe ReithHut	5.6 km SSE
Vordermühlberger ÄlpeleHut	6.5 km SE

Slope

Share of the 10.9 × 10.9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 83% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

82.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

13.6%

Steep, 30–45°

3.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.3%

Steeper than 30°: 3.9% of the 119 km² view
Relief in view: 958 m low point 743 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 46.9%Trees 31.1%Water 16.2%Built-up 5.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5.4 km of Forggensee.

Summit list 5

1Faulenberg903 m 3.0 km WNW
2Felsen1,005 m 4.4 km NW
3Buch / Zwieselberg1,055 m 4.8 km NW
4Hornburg1,172 m 5.2 km SSE
5Jagdberg1,325 m 5.4 km SE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.4 km; 844 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Mallard33
Common Coot19
Great Crested Grebe18
House Sparrow16
Bird's-eye Primrose16
Himalayan balsam14

Where it sits

Where Forggensee sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGForggensee satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-07-24.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Forggensee

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