Mauensee

Mauesee (or germanized Mauensee, Lake of Mauen) is a lake in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, near the town Mauensee. Mauensee Castle is built on an islet in the 0.55 km² (136 acre) large lake. It was built in 1605 for the Pfyffer family.

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Mauensee, Lucerne

Mauensee is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.

History

Mauensee is first mentioned around 1190 as Moginse.

Geography

Mauensee has an area of 7.2 km² (2.8 sq mi). Of this area, 68.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 17.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 6.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (7.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).In the 1997 land survey, 17.15% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 64.85% is used for farming or pastures, while 3.63% is used for orchards or vine crops. Of the settled areas, 3.07% is covered with buildings, 0.56% is industrial, 0.28% is classed as special developments, 0.14% is parks or greenbelts and 2.79% is transportation infrastructure. Of the unproductive areas, 6.69% is unproductive standing water (ponds or lakes), 0.14% is unproductive flowing water (rivers) and 0.7% is other unproductive land.

The municipality is located along Lake Mauensee. It consists of the village of Mauensee and the hamlets of Bognau and Kaltbach as well as houses along the lake.