Melchsee

The Melchsee is a mountain lake in Obwalden inside the municipality of Kerns. It is placed at 1891 m above sea level. M. and is dammed via an artificial dam. A strain line leads the water from the Melchsee to the Hugschwendi energy plant at the Stockalp inside the Melchtal, that is operated by the Obwald electricity plant and produces 35 GWh of energy annually. In summer season, the lake trout and char fishing. In wintry weather, ice fishing is offered on the frozen lake. A rope elevate pulls wintry weather sports enthusiasts throughout the lake to the ski lifts on the other bank.

In 1951, the government council of the canton of Obwald received venture plans for using hydropower at Melchsee-Frutt. At this time, Kerns' electricity station, which later became Obwald energy station, could simplest cowl 20% of the canton's energy wishes. After political negotiations and criminal clarifications regarding water use and the company shape of the operator of the energy plant approved the Obwaldner populace 1955 the assignment electricity plant Melchsee-Frutt. The mortgage requested by way of the Cantonal Council amounted to 17 million Swiss francs.