Herrenchiemsee
Herrenchiemsee is a complex of royal buildings on Herreninsel, the largest island in the Chiemsee lake, in southern Bavaria, Germany. Together with the neighbouring isle of Frauenchiemsee and the uninhabited Krautinsel, it forms the municipality of Chiemsee, located about 60 kilometres southeast of Munich in the district of Rosenheim.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Herreninsel and Goddess Fama fountain.
Herreninsel
Island
Herreninsel is a 238 hectare island in Bavaria's largest lake, Chiemsee. It is the biggest of the lake's three main islands, Fraueninsel and Krautinsel joining it to form the municipality of Chiemsee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chiemsee and Prien am Chiemsee.
Chiemsee
Village
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.
Prien am Chiemsee
Prien am Chiemsee is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Rosenheim in Germany. Located 16 kilometres east of Rosenheim, the town is a certified air and Kneipp spa on the western shore of Chiemsee, Bavaria's largest lake.Rimsting
Village
Rimsting is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the shore of Lake Chiemsee between the municipalities of Prien am Chiemsee and Bad Endorf. Rimsting is situated 5 km west of Herrenchiemsee.
Herrenchiemsee
- Type: Castle
- Description: complex of royal buildings on Herreninsel, an island in the Chiemsee, Bavaria’s largest lake, 60 km south east of Munich
- Categories: palace, château, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Chiemsee, Rosenheim, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.86044° or 47° 51′ 38″ north
Longitude
12.40229° or 12° 24′ 8″ east
Elevation
528 metres (1,732 feet)
Inception
1878
Levels
3
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FVJVC62+5W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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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”
- Persian: “کاخ هرنکیمزه”
- 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 Герренкімзее”
- Western Panjabi: “قلع ہرنچمسی”
- Western Panjabi: “قلعہ ہرنچمسی”
- Wu Chinese: “海伦基姆湖宫”
- “Herrenchiemsee”
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