Weißensee
Glacial lake with clear swimming water, lakeside trail and wooded shores beneath Alpine foothills.
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This guide to the Weißensee, the lake just west of Füssen, follows who has owned its water since a Frankish king handed it to a bishop in the eighth century. You'll meet the Benedictine monks of St. Mang, who saw fish and timber where visitors now see a view, and the princes and barons who came after them. Best heard from the shore, looking out over the water toward the wooded slopes.
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