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The Titisee is a lake in the southern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg. It covers an area of 1.3 km² and has an average of 20 metres deep.〔 It owes its formation to the Feldberg glacier, the moraines of which were formed in the Pleistocene epoch and nowadays form the shores of the lake. The lake's outflow, at 840 m above sea level, is the River Gutach, which merges with the Haslach stream below Kappel to form the Wutach). The waters of the Titisee thus drain eventually into the Upper Rhine between Tiengen and Waldshut. On the north shore lies the spa town of the same name, today a part of the municipality of Titisee-Neustadt.〔 == Origin of the name == There are various theories about the origin of the unusual name ''Titisee'': * In the Alemannic dialect ''Teti'' minds "little child" or "baby". A Tetisee or Titisee would then be a lake from which, according to local legend, small children came, similar to the story told in other places that babies are delivered by a white stork. Stories about babies coming from lakes were widespread in Central Europe (c.f. Frau-Holle-Teich). Consistent with this theory, is the fact that the Titisee is a very high altitude lake and that, also according to legend, it is bottomless. Such lakes were formerly attributed with special numinous powers.〔Artikel Kinderherkunft, Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens, Berlin, 2006, Digitale Bibliothek 145, Directmedia, p. 1,350.〕 * According to another theory, the Roman general, Titus, was supposed to have camped in the area of the Titisee. The lake was said to have impressed him so much that he gave his name to it. This is also the reason why, today, a crude replica of a Roman galley plies the Titisee. * According to a legend a nobleman called ''Titini'' hunted in the area around the lake in the 12th century. * Also the arum lily, formerly known in the region as the ''Tittele'', could be the origin of the name, even though it no longer occurs by the Titisee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Titisee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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