Chiemsee
Chiemsee is the largest lake in Bavaria, Germany. This article covers the municipality that consists of the islands of Herrenchiemsee, Frauenchiemsee and the uninhabited Krautinsel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Frauenchiemsee and Schalch.
Frauenchiemsee
Islet
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The island Frauenchiemsee, often called Fraueninsel, is the second largest of the three islands in Chiemsee lake, Germany. It belongs to the municipality of Chiemsee in the Upper Bavarian district of Rosenheim, which is the smallest municipality in all of Bavaria. Frauenchiemsee is situated 3 km west of Chiemsee.
Schalch
Islet
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Schalch is an islet, which is situated 3½ km west of Chiemsee.
Torhalle
Museum
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Torhalle is a museum, which is situated 3½ km west of Chiemsee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chiemsee and Gollenshausen am Chiemsee.
Chiemsee
Village
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chiemsee is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany, named after the lake Chiemsee. It is Bavaria's smallest municipality by area and the second smallest by population. Chiemsee is situated 3 km west of Chiemsee.
Gollenshausen am Chiemsee
Village
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Gollenshausen am Chiemsee is a village, which is situated 4 km northwest of Chiemsee.
Stöttham
Village
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Stöttham is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Chiemsee.
Chiemsee
- Type: Lake
- Also known as: “Bayrisches Meer”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.88333° or 47° 53′ northLongitude
12.46667° or 12° 28′ eastElevation
515 metres (1,690 feet)Open location code
8FVJVFM8+8MGeoNames ID
2940125
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Chiemsee” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Chiemsee aintzira”
- Bavarian: “Cheamsee”
- Bulgarian: “Кимзее”
- Chinese: “基姆湖”
- Chuvash: “Кимзе”
- Czech: “Chiemské jezero”
- Dutch: “Chiemsee”
- French: “Lac de Chiem”
- Georgian: “კიმზეე”
- German: “Chiemsee”
- Japanese: “キーム湖”
- Kazakh: “Кимзе”
- Korean: “킴 호”
- Latvian: “Kīmezers”
- Lithuanian: “Kimo ežeras”
- Macedonian: “Кимско Езеро”
- Polish: “Chiem”
- Portuguese: “Lago Chiemsee”
- Russian: “Кимзе”
- Serbian: “Кимско језеро”
- Slovenian: “Kimsko jezero”
- Spanish: “Lago Chiem”
- Ukrainian: “Кімзе”
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