Old Tree In The Lake

Copyright: Christiane Schulze
The Koenigssee is a lake in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near... more

by Christiane Schulze Art And Photography

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Old Tree In The Lake

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Christiane Schulze Art And Photography

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Copyright: Christiane Schulze
The Koenigssee is a lake in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the border with Austria. Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park.
St. Bartholomae and Watzmann

Lying within the Berchtesgaden Alps in the municipality of Sch�nau am K�nigsee, just south of Berchtesgaden and the Austrian city of Salzburg, the K�nigssee is Germany's third deepest lake. Located at a Jurassic rift it was formed by glaciers during the last ice age. It stretches about 7.7 km (4.8 mi) in the north-south direction and is about 1.7 km (1.1 mi) across at its widest point. Except at its outlet, the K�nigsseer Ache at the village of K�nigssee, the lake similar to a fjord is surrounded by steeply rising flanks of mountains up to 2700 m (8900 ft), including the Watzmann massif in the west.

The literal translation appears to be "King's Lake"; however while German: K�nig does indeed mean "king", there had been no Bavarian kings since the days of Louis the German until Elector Maximilian I Joseph assumed the royal title in 1806. Therefore the name more probably stems from the first name Kuno of local nobles, who appear in several historical sources referring to the donation of the Berchtesgaden Provostry in the 12th century; the lake was formerly called Kunigsee.
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May 25th, 2013