Upper Bavaria
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Chiemsee

Herrenchiemsee

Herrenchiemsee is a complex of royal buildings on , 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 .
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: complex of royal buildings on Herreninsel, an island in the Chiemsee, Bavaria’s largest lake, 60 km south east of Munich
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Herreninsel and Kloster Herrenchiemsee.

Island
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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.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 1 km northwest of Herrenchiemsee.

Islet
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is an island located in lake. With an area of 3.5 hectares, it is the smallest of the three islands in the Chiemsee. The island received its name because vegetables and herbs were grown there in the Middle Ages.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chiemsee and Prien am Chiemsee.

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.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of in in Germany. It lies on the shore of Lake Chiemsee between the municipalities of and . is situated 5 km west of Herrenchiemsee.

Herrenchiemsee

Latitude
47.86044° or 47° 51′ 38″ north
Longitude
12.40229° or 12° 24′ 8″ east
Elevation
528 metres (1,732 feet)
Inception
1878
Open location code
8FVJVC62+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4605747
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
3205589
Wiki­data ID
Q118618
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Herrenchiemsee” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة هيزنشمزي”
  • Armenian: “Հերենկիմզե”
  • Bashkir: “Херренкимзе (һарай)”
  • Bashkir: “Херренкимзе”
  • Belarusian: “Палац Хэрэнкімзэ”
  • Catalan: “Palau d’Herrenchiemsee”
  • Cebuano: “Schloß Herrenchiemsee”
  • Chinese: “海伦基姆湖宫”
  • Czech: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Dutch: “Slot Herrenchiemsee”
  • Finnish: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • French: “château de Herrenchiemsee”
  • French: “Château de Herrenchiemsee”
  • Galician: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Georgian: “ჰერენკიმზეეს სასახლე”
  • Georgian: “ჰერენხიმზეეს სასახლე”
  • German: “Neues Schloss Herrenchiemsee”
  • German: “Schloss Herrenchiemsee”
  • Greek: “Χέρενκιμζε”
  • Greek: “Χέρενχιμζη”
  • Hebrew: “הרנכימזה”
  • Hungarian: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Indonesian: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Italian: “Castello di Herrenchiemsee”
  • Japanese: “ヘレンキームゼー城”
  • Korean: “헤렌킴제”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Neues Schloss Herrenchiemsee”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nye Herrenchiemsee slott”
  • Norwegian: “Nye Herrenchiemsee slott”
  • Polish: “Pałac Herrenchiemsee”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio de Herrenchiemsee”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Herrenchiemsee”
  • Russian: “Замок Херренкимзе”
  • Russian: “Херренкимзе”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Herrenchiemsee”
  • Slovenian: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Herrenchiemsee”
  • Spanish: “Schloss Herrenchiemsee”
  • Swedish: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังเฮเรินคีมเซ”
  • Turkish: “Herrenchiemsee”
  • Ukrainian: “Палац Герренкімзе”
  • Ukrainian: “Палац Герренкімзее”
  • Western Panjabi: “قلع ہرنچمسی”
  • Western Panjabi: “قلعہ ہرنچمسی”
  • Wu Chinese: “海伦基姆湖宫”
  • “Herrenchiemsee”

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