Pravljično jezero Egelsee, Avstrija

Pred dnevi smo preživeli super aktivne tri dni pri severnih sosedih avstrijcih. Avstrijska Koroška poleg dobre smučarije pozimi ponuja v poletnih mesecih tudi dobro alternativo morskemu turizmu. Fajn jezer z odlično vodo (beri temperaturo le te) je kar nekaj in včasih je izbira že kar prevelika. 🙂 Tokrat smo se odločili za raziskovanje območja med jezeroma Weissensee (Belo jezero) in Millstätter See (Milsko jezero), s seboj pa, da nam ne bi bilo dolgčas, vzeli tako kolesa kot tudi pohodne čevlje in SUP. 🙂 Jezero Egelsee smo odkrili čisto po naključju in všeč so nam taka naključja. Jezero leži na hribovju na južni obali jezera Millstätter See in je napram slednjemu kot ena malo večja luža. Kljub temu, da smo ga obiskali v soboto pozno popoldne, ko je bila gneča na sosednjem bratu največja, je jezero Egelsee praktično samevalo v svoji lepoti. Tako jezero kot tudi okolica nas je neverjetno spominjalo na črna jezera južne Švedske, ki smo jih obiskali že skoraj 10 let nazaj. Teren močvirnat in porasel s smrečjem in ostalimi iglavci, voda topla a temačna kot v kakšnem horror filmu. Jezerska voda naj bi še vedno veljala za zdravilno in namakanje v njej naj bi bilo oh in sploh super tako za telo kot tudi za dušo. 🙂 Isto govorijo tudi za jezerske pijavke, ki so jih pred leti uspešno uporabljali tudi v medicinske namene. 😉 Aja, prvih nekaj fotk pa s Kneipp-ove poti, ki te lepo popelje do samega jezera.

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A few days ago we spent a super active three days in Austria. In addition to good skiing in winter, Austrian Carinthia also offers a good alternative to sea tourism in the summer months. There are quite a few lakes with excellent water temperature. 🙂 This time we decided to explore the area between the lakes Weissensee and Millstätter See, and not to get bored, we took bikes, SUP and hiking shoes with us. 🙂 We discovered Lake Egelsee purely by chance and we really like such coincidences. The lake lies on a hill on the southern shore of Lake Millstätter. Despite visiting it late Saturday afternoon, when it was really crowded on the neighbouring lake, we were practically alone on Lake Egelsee. The lake as well as the surrounding area reminded us incredibly of the black lakes of southern Sweden that we visited almost 10 years ago. The terrain is swampy and overgrown with spruce trees, the water is warm but dark as in a horror movie. Lakes water is still supposed to be considered healing and soaking in it is supposed to be great for both body and soul. 🙂 The same is said for lake leeches, which were successfully used for medical purposes years ago. 😉