Chiemsee
Location	Germany
Coordinates	47°89′00″N, 12°47′00″E
Lake type	Natural lake
Surface area	79.9 km²
Max-depth	72.7 m
Water volume	2048 mio m³
Shore length1	63.96 km
Surface elevation	518.19 m
1 Shore length is an imprecise measure which may not be standardized for this article.

The Chiemsee is a freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany, between the towns of Rosenheim and Salzburg. It is often referred to as the "Bavarian Sea". The rivers Tiroler Achen and Prien flow into the lake, the river Alz out of it. The chiemsee is divided into the bigger, north section in the northeast called Weitsee and the Inselsee in the southwest. Image File history File linksMetadata Chiemsee010. ... A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size surrounded by land. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... The cubic metre (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. ... km redirects here. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Rosenheim is a town in Bavaria (Germany) on the river Inn, at 47°51′ N 12°8′ E. It is seat of administration of the district of Rosenheim, but is not a part of it. ... Flag of Salzburg Salzburg (population 145,000 in 2005) is a city in western Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg (population 520,000 in 2003). ... The Tiroler Achen is a river in Austria and Germany, rising in the Kitzbühel Alps as Großache, a confluence of Kitzbühler Ache, Reither Ache and Fieberbrunner Ache. ... Prien am Chiemsee is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim, in Bavaria, Germany. ... The river Alz is the only discharge of the Chiemsee. ...

The region around the Chiemsee is called Chiemgau and is a famous recreation area. The Chiemgau is the name of an area of Bavaria. ...

Chiemsee is also the name of a German sportswear brand, originating from that region and specializing in boards sports, like snowboarding, windsurfing, kite surf etc. clothing. http://www.chiemsee.com

Herrenchiemsee, Frauenchiemsee and the "Krautinsel"

Two of the main islands on the Chiemsee are Herrenchiemsee (biggest island) and Frauenchiemsee, also known as Herreninsel and Fraueninsel, respectively. The third main island - the Krautinsel - is even smaller than Frauenchiemsee. It is uninhabited. Schloss Herrenchiemsee One of the fountains in the gardens of Schloss Herrenchiemsee Herrenchiemsee 2005 Herrenchiemsee is a complex of royal buildings on the Herreninsel, an island in the middle of Bavarias largest lake, the Chiemsee, 60 km south east of Munich. ... The island Frauenchiemsee (often called Fraueninsel) is the second largest of the three island in Chiemsee. ...

• Herrenchiemsee contains a castle built by King Ludwig II in 1878 also called Herrenchiemsee. This castle was never completed, but was meant to be a replica of Versailles in France. Many of the more interesting rooms of the castle are open to tourists and there are tours of the castle and its extensive grounds on the island all through summer.
• Frauenchiemsee is the smaller of the two major islands on the Chiemsee, and houses a Benedictine nunnery (built in 782) as well as a small village. The nuns make a liquor called Klosterlikör.

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• the "Schalch" to the west of Frauenchiemsee
• as well as two, unnamed islands 54 and 80 meters south of the Krautinsel with an area of 30m² each.

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Chiemsee in winter Image File history File linksMetadata Chiemsee004. ...

Chiemsee in autumn Image File history File linksMetadata Chiemsee013. ...

Chiemsee in summer Image File history File linksMetadata Chiemsee009. ...

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