Tüttensee

The Tüttensee (Lake Tütten) is a small lake in the Bavarian Alpine foothills of the Traunstein district, within the municipalities of Grabenstätt and Vachendorf. With an area of 10.8 ha (27 acres) and a maximum depth of 17.3 m (57 ft), it is one of many Kettle-Lakes in the alpine foothills, that resulted from remnants of dead-ice after a glacier retreated.[2]

Tüttensee
View over the Tüttensee, looking south towards the public beach
Tüttensee
Location	Bavaria, Germany
Coordinates	47°50′46.82″N 12°34′5.98″E
Type	Lake
Catchment area	0.8 square kilometres (0.31 sq mi)
Surface area	10.8 hectares (27 acres)
Average depth	9.4 metres (31 ft)
Max. depth	17.3 metres (57 ft)
Water volume	1,020,000 cubic metres (36,000,000 cu ft)
Shore length1	1,280 metres (4,200 ft)
Surface elevation	523 metres (1,716 ft)
References	[1]
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The lake is partly surrounded by well preserved Kame terraces and drains to the north west into the tiny Marwanger Creek to the Chiemsee. At the southern lake shore is a small public beach with an Inn and further amenities.

Recent geological and biological research showed that the Tüttensee has an undisturbed profile of peat bog since the Würm glaciation and over more than 12.500 years since.[3][4]

The recent dating of the undisturbed peak horizons refuted claims by amateur geologists, that the Tüttensee was the result of a hypothetical meteor impact within the last 4000 years.