Archenkanzel
The Watzmann is a mountain in the Berchtesgaden Alps south of the village of Berchtesgaden. It is the third highest in Germany, and the highest located entirely on German territory.Photo: Horemu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: mountain
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Bartholomew’s Church, Berchtesgaden and Bergopfer-Gedenkkapelle St. Bernhard.
St. Bartholomew’s Church, Berchtesgaden
Church
Photo: Daniel FR, Public domain.
St. Bartholomew's is a Roman Catholic pilgrimage church in the Berchtesgadener Land district of Bavaria in Germany. It is named after Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, patron of alpine farmers and dairymen. St. Bartholomew’s Church, Berchtesgaden is situated 2 km south of Archenkanzel.
Bergopfer-Gedenkkapelle St. Bernhard
Church
Photo: Franzi-45, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bergopfer-Gedenkkapelle St. Bernhard is a church, which is situated 1 km north of Archenkanzel.
Kührointhütte
Mountain hut
Kührointhütte is a mountain hut, which is situated 1 km north of Archenkanzel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schönau am Königssee and Berchtesgaden.
Schönau am Königssee
Village
Photo: Geolina163, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schönau am Königssee is a municipality in the district of Berchtesgadener Land in the German state of Bavaria. It is located at the northern end of the Königssee lake. Schönau am Königssee is situated 5 km north of Archenkanzel.
Berchtesgaden
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Berchtesgaden is a small, picturesque and historic town in the southeast of the German state of Bavaria, within a small enclave surrounded on three sides by the Austrian border.
Obersalzberg
Locality
Photo: Tobi85, Public domain.
Obersalzberg is a mountainside retreat situated above the market town of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, Germany. Located about 120 kilometres south-east of Munich, close to the border with Austria, it is best known as the site of Adolf Hitler's former mountain residence, the Berghof, and of the mountaintop Kehlsteinhaus, popularly known in the English-speaking world as the "Eagle's Nest". Obersalzberg is situated 10 km northeast of Archenkanzel.
Archenkanzel
- Categories: mountain and tourism
- Location: Schönau am Königssee, Berchtesgadener Land, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.56207° or 47° 33′ 44″ northLongitude
12.96568° or 12° 57′ 56″ eastElevation
1,347 metres (4,419 feet)Open location code
8FVJHX68+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 279849975OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q632627
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Archenkanzel” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Archenkanzel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ارتشينكانزيل”
- French: “Archenkanzel”
- German: “Archenkanzel”
- Ladin: “Archenkanzel”
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Highlights include Archenkopf and Mooslahner-Kopf.
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