Granchar Lake

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The Grunchar (Potter) Lake is located in the eastern part of Rila Mountain of nearly 2,200 meters above sea level. It was formed in pottery circus and a glacial origin. From this stems the river Grancharitsa. The name of the area, the lake and the river originated from a legend. It tells a very good and skilled potter who lived in the town Yakoruda, and was known to all the people in the area. It was summer, he loaded his horse and went to the town of Samokov. Time fly fast and to shorten the route, he decided to jump over the ridge between Yurushtki and Chal peak Nalbant. Walking along the path of today's Dzhanka (lower hooks, but when passing by the lake preceded him terrible storm that killed the potter and his horse with the load. So the place where he had found the master, was named after him - Potter. People in the mountains and the lake called Grunchar lake and creek running from it - Grancharitsa. On the northern shore of the lake today is built hut, and it next to it there and bungalows, which increases the accommodation on site.

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