Short info:
- Can you swim at Lake Wörthersee? Yes, there are several lidos. See below.
- Where is it most beautiful on Lake Wörthersee? This is of course a controversial issue, but Pörtschach or Velden are popular places.
- Almost only hotels have access to the beach, unfortunately there are no public restaurants.
- How many degrees is the lake? In summer around 25 °C
- Why is Lake Wörthersee so turquoise blue? The Wörthersee is particularly calcareous. The scattered light penetrating the water is absorbed and reflected on the finely divided lime crystals. Short-wave light is scattered more and the water appears in the famous Wörthersee turquoise blue.
The Wörthersee, occasionally also Wörther See, is the largest lake in Carinthia and at the same time one of the warmest alpine lakes due to its climatic location and can reach over 25 °C.
Accordingly, there are several lidos along the lake:
- Promenadenbad – Pörtschach
- Outdoor swimming pool Pritschitz – Pörtschach
- Strandbad Velden –Velden
- Lido Maiernigg – Klagenfurt
- Strandbad Klagenfurt –Klagenfurt
- Loretto lido –Klagenfurt
- Kalmusbad- Klagenfurt
- Lido Saag – Techelsberg
- Lido Schiefling – Schiefling
- Lido Reifnitz – Maria Wörth
- Strandbad Sekirn – Maria Wörth
- Parkbad Krumpendorf – Krumpendorf
- Strandbad Sekirn- Sekirn
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The Wörthersee is 19.39 km² in size and stretches 16.5 km from east to west. The sea basin stretches from Velden Bay to Klagenfurt. The lake is divided into three basins by islands, peninsulas and submarine sills. The western basin extends from Velden to Pörtschach, the middle one from Pörtschach to Maria Wörth, and the eastern one from Maria Wörthto Klagenfurt. The deepest point of the Wörthersee is 85.2 m.
The Wörthersee is fed by a variety of smaller streams, including the Reifnitzbach. The outflow in the east of the lake drains the lake via the Glan and Gurk into the Drau.
Due to the wind-protected location and the low water flow, the upper water layer can reach temperatures of over 25 °C. A closed ice sheet only forms in extremely cold winters. Most recently, the Wörthersee froze over completely in February 2006 and it was possible to skate on a track length of approx. 15 km.
islands
In the middle part of the lake between Maria Wörth and Pörtschach there were originally three islands, of which the island on which the parish and former collegiate church of St. Primus and Felician became the peninsula of the town center of Maria Wörth around 1770. The other two islands are the Capuchin Island near Unterdellach and the Flower Island (formerly Snake Island), which did not get its name from the snakes that lived there, but because of their shape. The island of snakes was part of the Pörtschach lido, which was renamed “flower island” a few years ago.