Königssee
The Königssee is a natural lake in the southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Schönau am Königsee, Bavaria, Germany
- Also known as: “Karaļezers”, “Kenigssee”, “Kēnigzē ezers”, “Koenigssee”, “Konig See”, “Königsee”, “Konigssee”, “Kønigssee”, “Lacul Konig”, “Lago Konigssee”, “Lago Königssee”, “Варфоломеево озеро”, “Кенигсзее”, “Кёнигсзее”, “Королевское озеро”, “Кралско Езеро”, “ケーニッヒ湖”, “ケーニヒ湖”, and “柯尼希湖”
- Historically known as: “Koni”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St. Bartholomew’s Church, Berchtesgaden and Archenkanzel.
St. Bartholomew’s Church, Berchtesgaden
Church
Photo: Daniel FR, Public domain.Archenkanzel
Scenic viewpoint
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schönau am Königssee and Berchtesgaden.
Schönau am Königssee
Village
Obersalzberg
Locality
Photo: Tobi85, Public domain.Königssee
- Category: body of water
- Location: Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.55567° or 47° 33′ 20″ north
Longitude
12.97802° or 12° 58′ 41″ east
Elevation
604 metres (1,982 feet)
Open location code
8FVJHX4H+76
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Königssee” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كونيجسي”
- Aragonese: “Königssee”
- Armenian: “Քյոնիգսզեե”
- Basque: “Königssee aintzira”
- Bavarian: “Keenigssää”
- Bavarian: “Kenigssää”
- Bengali: “কোনিগ্স্জে”
- Bengali: “ক্যোনিগ্স্জে”
- Bulgarian: “Кьонигсзе”
- Bulgarian: “Кьонигсзее”
- Catalan: “Königssee”
- Cebuano: “Königssee (lanaw sa Alemanya)”
- Cebuano: “Königssee”
- Chinese: “国王湖”
- Chinese: “國王湖”
- Chuvash: “Кёнигсзе”
- Czech: “Königssee”
- Danish: “Königssee”
- Dutch: “Königssee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره كونيجسى”
- Esperanto: “Königssee”
- Finnish: “Königssee”
- French: “Königssee”
- Galician: “Königssee”
- Georgian: “კენიგსზეე”
- German: “Königssee”
- Hebrew: “אגם המלכים”
- Hungarian: “Königssee”
- Indonesian: “Danau Königs”
- Indonesian: “Königssee”
- Italian: “Königssee”
- Japanese: “ケーニヒス湖”
- Latgalian: “Konigzī”
- Latvian: “Kēnigszē”
- Lithuanian: “Kenigzė”
- Macedonian: “Кенигсзе”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Königssee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Königssee”
- Norwegian: “Königssee”
- Persian: “کونیگززی”
- Persian: “کونیگسی”
- Polish: “Königssee”
- Portuguese: “Königssee”
- Portuguese: “Lago do Rei”
- Romanian: “Königssee”
- Romanian: “Lacul König”
- Russian: “Кёнигсзе”
- Slovak: “Königssee”
- Slovenian: “Kraljevo jezero”
- Spanish: “Königssee”
- Spanish: “Lago del Rey”
- Swedish: “Königssee”
- Thai: “เคอนิชส์เซ”
- Turkish: “Königssee”
- Ukrainian: “Кенігзее”
- Venetian: “Königssee”
- Vietnamese: “Königssee”
- Western Panjabi: “کونگسی”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dörfl and Königssee.
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Highlights: Archen Wand and Archenkopf.
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