Königssee

The Königssee is a natural lake in the southeast district of the state of , near the Austrian border. Most of the lake is within the .
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Schönau am Königsee, Bavaria, Germany
  • Also known as: Konig See
  • Historically known as: Koni

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Bartholomew’s Church, Berchtesgaden and Archenkanzel.

Church
Photo: Daniel FR, Public domain.
St. Bartholomew's is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage church in the district of in . It is named after Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, patron of alpine farmers and dairymen.

Scenic viewpoint
The Watzmann is a mountain in the south of the village of . It is the third highest in Germany, and the highest located entirely on German territory.

Scenic viewpoint
is a mountain of , . It is located in the Gotzen Mountains, a sub-range in the of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schönau am Königssee and Berchtesgaden.

Village
is a municipality in the district of in the state of . It is located at the northern end of the Königssee lake. is situated 6 km north of Königssee.

is a small, picturesque and historic town in the southeast of the state of , within a small enclave surrounded on three sides by the border.

Locality
Photo: Tobi85, Public domain.
is a mountainside retreat situated above the market town of in , . Located about 120 kilometres south-east of , close to the border with , it is best known as the site of Adolf Hitler's former mountain residence, the , and of the mountaintop , popularly known in the English-speaking world as the "Eagle's Nest". is situated 10 km northeast of Königssee.

Königssee

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
Geo­Names ID
2885777
Wiki­data ID
Q156715
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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
  • Bavarian: Kenigssee
  • Bavarian: Königssee
  • 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
  • Chinese: 柯尼希湖
  • Chuvash: Кёнигсзе
  • Czech: Königsee
  • Czech: Königssee
  • Danish: Königssee
  • Dutch: Koenigssee
  • Dutch: Konigssee
  • Dutch: Königssee
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره كونيجسى
  • Esperanto: Konigssee
  • Esperanto: Königssee
  • Finnish: Königssee
  • French: Konigssee
  • French: Königssee
  • Galician: Königssee
  • Georgian: კენიგსზეე
  • German: Königssee
  • Hebrew: אגם המלכים
  • Hungarian: Königssee
  • Indonesian: Danau Königs
  • Indonesian: Königssee
  • Italian: Koenigssee
  • Italian: Königssee
  • Japanese: ケーニッヒ湖
  • Japanese: ケーニヒス湖
  • Japanese: ケーニヒ湖
  • Latgalian: Konigzī
  • Latvian: Karaļezers
  • Latvian: Kēnigszē
  • Latvian: Kēnigzē ezers
  • Latvian: Königssee
  • Lithuanian: Kenigzė
  • Macedonian: Кенигсзе
  • Macedonian: Кралско Езеро
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Konigssee
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Königssee
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kønigssee
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Königssee
  • Norwegian: Königssee
  • Persian: کونیگسی
  • Polish: Konigssee
  • Polish: Königssee
  • Portuguese: Königssee
  • Portuguese: Lago do Rei
  • Romanian: Königssee
  • Romanian: Lacul Konig
  • Romanian: Lacul König
  • Russian: Варфоломеево озеро
  • Russian: Кёнигсзе
  • Russian: Кенигсзее
  • Russian: Кёнигсзее
  • Russian: Королевское озеро
  • Slovak: Königssee
  • Slovenian: Kraljevo jezero
  • Spanish: Konigssee
  • Spanish: Königssee
  • Spanish: Lago del Rey
  • Spanish: Lago Konigssee
  • Spanish: Lago Königssee
  • Swedish: Königssee
  • Thai: เคอนิชส์เซ
  • Turkish: Königssee
  • Ukrainian: Кенігзее
  • Venetian: Königssee
  • Vietnamese: Königssee
  • Western Panjabi: کونگسی

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