You find yourself in the area of the red marked circle. A hundred years ago you would have had wet feet. Boats of fishermen and merchant ships have docked here and were unloading their freight. The lakefront nearly reached the row of houses of the Ryfstreet. The fluctuation of the water level was up to two meters and regularly the shore was flooded. In relaying the three Jura Lakes through channels, the water level of the lake remains now stable.
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Measuring station
This is the way things looked in the past.
Alte Kartenansicht von Murten