Schwarzsee (German: [ˈʃvartszeː]) or Lac Noir (French: [laknwaʁ]; English: "Black Lake"; rarely Lac Domène; Arpitan: Lèc d'Omène [ˈledɔˈmɛn(ə)] ⓘ), is a small lake in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland with an area of 0.47 km2 (0.18 sq mi). The lake in the Swiss Prealps is bordered by the peaks of Schwyberg (1,628 m) in the West, Les Reccardets (1,923 m) and Spitzfluh (1,951 m) in the South, as well as Kaiseregg (2,185 m).

La vallée du Lac Noir
Aerial view from 2000 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1925)

See also

External links

  • Media related to Schwarzsee, lake in Fribourg at Wikimedia Commons
  • (in English, German, and French) tourism information
  • "Schwarzsee" in , and in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.