Facts About Achen Lake:
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The city of Innsbruck bought the lake in 1919 from the St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey, who had received it from the rulers of Schlitters around 1120.
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Since 1924, the lake is managed by the Tiroler Wasserkraft AG.
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Achen Lake is the largest lake within the federal state and has a maximal depth of 133 meters. Together with the Achen Valley, it parts the Karwendel mountain range in the west from the Brandenberg Alps in the east.
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In winter, the level of the lake is lowered by up to 6 meters.
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In 1959 the St. Benedikt was replaced with a modern ship of the same name with a diesel engine. In 1971 the Tirol was replaced with a larger Tirol II for 40 passengers. In 1994 the MS Tirol went into service, replacing the Stadt Innsbruck, and in August 2007 the MS Stadt Innsbruck replaced the St. Benedikt.
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Lake Achen is a lake north of Jenbach in Tyrol, Austria.
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The Achensee is 9 km long and 1,3 km at its widest point
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The deepest point of the lake is 133 meters.
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Since 1927 the water of the lake has been used for generating electricity.
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The water temperature of the lake is rather low and hardly amounts to 20 degrees, only at the southern bank, the lake reaches about 22 degrees.