Lake · Baden-Württemberg

Mindelsee

406 m1,332 ft

Area: 1.00 km²
Tonight: 4°CLight rain showers · Wind 23 km/h SW

Mindelsee is a lake at 406 m above sea level in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 1.00 km² in area and 2.2 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 406 m
Length: 2.2 km
Shoreline: 5.8 km

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Lake

Mindelsee in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 5.8 km≈1½ h to walk around

3D map

Mindelsee 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.2 × 4.2 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mindelsee terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Mindelsee elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Mindelsee weather

Tonight · Light rain showers · 4°C (39°F) · 1.0 mm · Wind 23 km/h SW

Mindelsee forecast for about 406 m.

Tonight4°1.0 mm23 km/h SW
Today4°9°7.6 mm24 km/h SW
Sun5°12°7.1 mm30 km/h SW
Mon4°11°–10 km/h SW
Tue8°16°–6 km/h SW
Wed6°11°2.6 mm8 km/h N
Thu4°12°–12 km/h NE
Fri3°11°–8 km/h NE
Sat2°10°0.4 mm5 km/h NE
Sun4°9°2.2 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 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mindelsee

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

Nearest parking
Parkplatz Waldfriedhof
0.9 km SW · +2 more within 1.2 km
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Nearest campsite
Hirtenhof
0.9 km ENE · +2 more within 2.8 km
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Nearest caravan site
Wohnmobilstellplatz Halbinsel Mettnau
3.6 km WSW · +2 more within 5.4 km
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All mapped places 9

Place	Distance
Parkplatz WaldfriedhofParking	0.9 km SW
HirtenhofCampsite	0.9 km ENE
Parking	1.0 km SW
Parking	1.2 km SW
Campingplatz MarkelfingenCampsite	2.3 km SW
Camping WillamCampsite	2.8 km S
Wohnmobilstellplatz Halbinsel MettnauCaravan site	3.6 km WSW
Wohnmobilstellplatz in den HerzenCaravan site	5.4 km WSW
Wohnmobilstellplatz Kapelle BodmanCaravan site	5.4 km N

Slope

Share of the 4.2 × 4.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 84% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

83.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

15.3%

Steep, 30–45°

1.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.2% of the 18 km² view
Relief in view: 249 m low point 394 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 53.8%Grassland 23.4%Cropland 10.5%Water 8.1%Built-up 4.0%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.1 km; 615 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Black-tailed Skimmer27
Red Kite25
Common Buzzard22
Blue-tailed Damselfly21
White Stork20
Yellowhammer20

Where it sits

Where Mindelsee sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Glatt Valley51 km SW

Downloads

Mindelsee downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMindelsee satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-25.

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 2026-09-25)
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

Mindelsee

West → east through the centre

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