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• Vettern] with the addition of the definite article often written VETTER [Vallee or Wetter

VETTER [Vallee or Wetter  , a lake of southern Sweden, 8o m. long, and 18 m. in extreme breadth . It has an area of 733 sq. m., and a drainage area of 2528 sq. m.; its maximum depth in 390 ft., and its elevation above sea-level 289 ft . It drains eastward by the Motala river to the Baltic . Its waters are of remarkable transparency and blueness, its shores picturesque and steep on the east side, where the Omberg (863 ft.) rises abruptly, with furrowed flanks pierced by caves . The lake is subject to sudden storms . Its northern part is crossed from Karlsborg to Motala (W. to E.) by the GOta canal route . At the southern end is the important manufacturing town of Jonkoping, and 15 M . N. of it the picturesque island of Vising, with a ruined palace of the 17th century and a fine church . Vadstena, 8 m . S. of Motala, with a staple industry in lace, has a convent (now a hospital) of St Bridget or Birgitta (1383), a beautiful monastic church (1395–1424) and a castle of King-VEVEY 15 Gustavus Vasa . At Alvastra, 16 m . S. again, are ruins of a Cistercian monastery of the Irth century .

Close to Motala are some of the largest mechanical- workshops in Sweden, building warships, machinery, bridges, &c .