Whether using the cross-country ski trail or strolling around the lake, exploring the idyllic mountain setting on winter hiking trails, or carving from summit to the lakeshore: a winter vacation with us at Heidsee means getting away from everyday life into Lenzerheide vacation region, slowing down and enjoying local specialties and home-made mountain cuisine right by the lake. We are happy to be there for you as your personal host team right at Lake Heidsee to make your winter mountain vacation a pleasure.
The water temperature today is 0 degrees Celsius. Click on our Heidsee webcam for a current picture. It takes about 50 minutes to walk around the lake. Click on the video and discover the “jewel”.
Maiensässweiler Canols
The northern, older part of the lake was formed when the water collected between moraines and landslide masses after the last ice age. The first mention of the lake dates back to 1484, when the Bishop of Chur, Ortlieb von Brandis, had a fish pond built in its northern part.
In 1881, the diocese sold the lake to the “Haidsee-Konsortium Brügger & Meier” for 12,000 francs. The driving force behind this consortium was the Churwalden hoteliers Johann Brügger-Battaglia and his son Georg Brügger-Vieli. They enlarged the lake and built a “fisherman’s hut” on an island, known as the Insel-Châlet. Guests could eat and stay overnight here. Johann and Georg Brügger thus laid the foundations for tourism in Maiensässweiler Canols (now Valbella) and created the “scenic jewel” of the high valley with the lake dam.[1]
