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.
- Type: Locality with 172 residents
- Description: freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany
- Also known as: “09187123”, “Chiem”, “Chiem-see”, and “Kimsee”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Herrenchiemsee and Herreninsel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prien am Chiemsee and Chiemsee.
Prien am Chiemsee
Prien am Chiemsee is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Rosenheim in Germany.
Chiemsee
- Category: lake
- Location: Rosenheim, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.8614° or 47° 51′ 41″ north
Longitude
12.399° or 12° 23′ 57″ east
Population
172
Elevation
534 metres (1,752 feet)
Open location code
8FVJV96X+HJ
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Chiemsee” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كيمزيه”
- Aragonese: “Chiemsee”
- Armenian: “Կիմզեե”
- Basque: “Chiem aintzira”
- Basque: “Chiemsee aintzira”
- Bavarian: “Cheamsee”
- Bulgarian: “Кимзе”
- Bulgarian: “Кимзее”
- Catalan: “Llac Chiem”
- Cebuano: “Chiemsee”
- Chinese: “基姆湖”
- Chuvash: “Кимзе”
- Croatian: “Chiemsee”
- Czech: “Chiemské jezero”
- Danish: “Chiemsee”
- Dutch: “Chiemsee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره كيمزيه”
- Esperanto: “Chiemsee”
- Estonian: “Chiemsee”
- Finnish: “Chiemsee”
- French: “Chiemsee”
- French: “lac de Chiem”
- Georgian: “კიმზეე”
- German: “Chiemsee”
- Hebrew: “כימזה”
- Hungarian: “Chiemsee”
- Indonesian: “Chiemsee”
- Indonesian: “Danau Chiem”
- Interlingue: “Chiemsee”
- Italian: “Chiemsee”
- Japanese: “キーム湖”
- Kazakh: “Кимзе”
- Kirghiz: “Кимзе”
- Korean: “킴호”
- Latgalian: “Azars Kimzī”
- Latin: “Lacus Chiemensis”
- Latvian: “Kīmezers”
- Lithuanian: “Chymzė”
- Lithuanian: “Kimo ežeras”
- Macedonian: “Кимско Езеро”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chiemsee”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chiemsee”
- Norwegian: “Chiemsee”
- Persian: “کیمزی”
- Polish: “Chiemsee”
- Portuguese: “Lago Chiem”
- Portuguese: “Lago Chiemsee”
- Romanian: “Chiemsee”
- Russian: “Кимзе”
- Russian: “Химское озеро”
- Serbian: “Кимско језеро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Chiemsee”
- Slovak: “Chiemske jazero”
- Slovenian: “Chiemsko jezero”
- Slovenian: “Kimsko jezero”
- Spanish: “Chiemsee”
- Spanish: “Lago Chiem”
- Swedish: “Chiemsee”
- Ukrainian: “Кімзе”
- Ukrainian: “Кімзее”
- Upper Sorbian: “Chiemski jězor”
- Venetian: “Chiemsee”
- Vietnamese: “Chiemsee”
- Wu Chinese: “基姆湖”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Herrenchiemsee and Neptunshügel.
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