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Herreninsel

Herreninsel is a 238 hectare island in 's largest lake, . It is the biggest of the lake's three main islands, and "Krautinsel" joining it to form the municipality of Chiemsee.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: 2.3 square kilometre island in Bavaria’s largest lake, the Chiemsee
  • Also known as: “Herrn-Insel”, “Herrnchiemsee”, and “Herrnwörth”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Herrenchiemsee and Kloster Herrenchiemsee.

Castle
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a complex of royal buildings on Herreninsel, the largest island in the lake, in southern , . Together with the neighbouring isle of and the uninhabited Krautinsel, it forms the municipality of , located about 60 kilometres southeast of in the .

Museum
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is a museum.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chiemsee and Chiemsee.

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is the largest lake in , . This article covers the municipality that consists of the islands of Herrenchiemsee, Frauenchiemsee and the uninhabited Krautinsel.

Village
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is a municipality in the in in Germany, named after the lake . It is Bavaria's smallest municipality by area and the second smallest by population.

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is a municipality in the in Germany. Located 16 kilometres east of , the town is a certified air and Kneipp spa on the western shore of , 's largest lake.

Herreninsel

Latitude
47.86275° or 47° 51′ 46″ north
Longitude
12.40089° or 12° 24′ 3″ east
Population
30
Elevation
537 metres (1,762 feet)
Open location code
8FVJVC72+49
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4605746
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2905641
Wiki­data ID
Q694888
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Herreninsel” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Herreninsel”
  • Chinese: “绅士岛”
  • Czech: “Herreninsel”
  • Dutch: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هيرينينسيل”
  • Esperanto: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Estonian: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Estonian: “Herreninsel”
  • French: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • German: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • German: “Herreninsel”
  • German: “Herrenwörth”
  • Hungarian: “Herreninsel”
  • Italian: “Herreninsel”
  • Italian: “isola di Herrenchiemsee”
  • Japanese: “ヘレンキームゼー”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Herreninsel”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Herreninsel”
  • Norwegian: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Polish: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Polish: “Herreninsel”
  • Portuguese: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Portuguese: “Herreninsel”
  • Romanian: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Romanian: “Herreninsel”
  • Romanian: “Herrenwörth”
  • Romanian: “Insula Herrenchiemsee”
  • Russian: “Херренкимзе (остров)”
  • Russian: “Херренкимзе”
  • Slovenian: “Herreninsel”
  • Vietnamese: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Wu Chinese: “绅士岛”

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