Staffelsee

The Staffelsee is a lake in the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district of Bavaria, Germany. The settlements of Murnau, Seehausen and Uffing lie on its shores. Within its 7 km² (2.7 sq mi) area lie seven islands, the largest and only inhabited of which is Wörth. Wörth was the site of Staffelsee abbey [de], a Carolingian monastery founded in the 8th century and dissolved in the 11th century.

Staffelsee
Staffelsee from the southeast
Staffelsee
Location	Murnau am Staffelsee, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Coordinates	47.689°N 11.163°E / 47.689; 11.163
Primary inflows	River Ach
Primary outflows	River Ach
Catchment area	80.66 km2 (31.14 sq mi)[1]
Basin countries	Germany
Max. length	9.575 kilometres (5.950 mi)[1]
Max. width	6.838 kilometres (4.249 mi)[1]
Surface area	7.66 square kilometres (2.96 sq mi)[1]
Average depth	9.8 metres (32 ft)[1]
Max. depth	39.4 metres (129 ft)[1]
Water volume	74.88×10^6 m3 (60,710 acre⋅ft)[1]
Shore length1	19.31 kilometres (12.00 mi)[1]
Surface elevation	649 metres (2,129 ft)[2]
Islands	7[3]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Boat trips aboard the MS Seehausen (built 2009) connect the landing stages of Seehausen, Uffing and Achele (Murnau) between April and October.^[3] The surface of the lake is, on average, 649 metres (2,129 ft) above sea level,^[2] and at its deepest it is around 40 metres (130 ft) deep.^[1]

The main inflow and outflow of the lake is the River Ach, which enters from the west and departs to the north.^[2]

The northeastern part of the lake is known as Untersee, the southeastern part as Stegsee and the southwestern part as Obersee (see map below).