 St. Bartholomä landing stage | ||
| Koenigssee | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | unknown | |
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| height | 603 m | |
| Tourist info web | www.nationalpark-berchtesgaden.de | |
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The Koenigssee lies by Berchtesgaden in the Free State Bavaria in the southeast corner Germany and becomes one of the most beautiful lakes in the Alps counted.
places
- Schoenau upon Kings sea, the only place directly on the lake (the center is a good kilometer from the lake shore) winter sports community and climatic health resort.
background
The Königssee has an area of approx. 525 hectares (approx. 5.25 km²), a length of 8 km in north-south direction, a maximum width of approx. 1.3 km (east-west) and a shore length of approx. 20 km. The greatest depth is 190 m, making it the deepest lake in Bavaria.
His Emergence The lake owes the glacier from the Steinernes Meer, which in the last Ice Age gouged the U-shaped valley between Watzmann and Hagengebirge 200 meters deep and whose terminal moraine made of gravel and rubble near today's town of Schönau after the glacier retreat as a dam sealed off the valley and the fjord-like Königssee accumulated.
From the southeast the lake is fed by water from the Obersee, and to the north it is drained by the Königsseer Ache, Berchtesgadener Ache and Königsseeache towards the Salzach.
The surrounding high mountain landscape the Berchtesgaden Alps is on the west side of the lake Watzmann with its notorious east wall at St. Bartolomä, on the south side das Stone sea with the characteristic pyramid of the Schönfeldspitze in the middle of the lake. The Hagengebirge adjoins the south-east side, while the Jenner towers as part of the Göllstock on the north-east side above the boat docks near Schönau. To the north is from the boat dock at Schönau the southern crash of the Untersbergs visible behind Berchtesgaden.
The largely natural forest above the lake is mixed mountain forest and consists mainly of sycamore maple, beech, spruce, fir and larch.
As early as 1910, the area around the Königssee and the Königssee itself was given special protection as the “Berchtesgaden Alps protected plant district”.
Today the Königssee is completely in the "care zone" of the 1978 founded Berchtesgaden National Park, therefore the traditional uses of fishing and alpine farming (in contrast to the core zone) are still allowed here. A pipeline laid in the lake in 1989 connects St. Bartholomä and Saletalm to the sewer system in Schönau and ensures the lake's drinking water quality. The green color of the Königssees comes from limestone particles dissolved in the water. Motor boats with petrol drive are only allowed to the alpine farmers, the employees of the Berchtesgaden National Park and the professional fisherman, the tourist boats are electric.
In addition to the use Due to the tourist shipping with around 600,000 passengers a year, the Königssee is still important in fishing today (trout and char, perch and pike, a professional fisherman, see Web links). The fish harvest is between three and five tons per year.
Main attraction in autumn it is Almabtrieb across the Königssee, where the cows are brought across by boats if necessary.
Because of the great depth of the lake there is one Ice formation in winter very seldom takes place in prolonged cold, a stable ice cover only forms every seven years, most recently in 2006. The winter hike across the lake to St. Bartholomä is then all the more a main attraction with a correspondingly large participation.
| Distances | |
| Berchtesgaden | 5.0 km |
|---|---|
| Bad Reichenhall | 25 km |
| Salzburg | 29 km |
| Rosenheim | 102 km |
| Kufstein | 128 km |
| Munich | 160 km |
| Hamburg | 973 km |
getting there
By plane
- The next major international airport is Munich Airport: Munich - Franz Josef Strauss (199 km, approx. Two hours by car).
- It can be reached even faster Salzburg Airport (31 km, approx. Half an hour by car);
In the street
Via the A8 motorway (Munich-Salzburg):
Bad Reichenhall (in Germany) and via the federal highways 21 and 20 via Berchtesgaden to the lake.
- Salzburg-Süd (in A) and on federal roads 160 (in A) and 150 (in D) via Berchtesgaden to Königssee.
- Traunstein-Siegsdorf (coming from Munich), continue on the federal highway 306 Inzell and on the federal highway 305 over Ramsau and Berchtesgaden on an extremely scenic route (German Alpine Road) to the Königssee.
1 Large car park for a fee Chargeable (max. € 5 per day, as of 2017) at Schönau on the north shore of the lake. There is a 50% discount for holders of a spa card, as well as tariffs for parking periods of 30, 60 and 90 minutes. The fee is between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
By train
Dynamic cardsThe nearest train station is in Berchtesgaden, this one is served by InterCity trains as well as the Berchtesgadener Land Railway approached, whose trains run as a line S 4 the S-Bahn Salzburg between Freilassing, Bad Reichenhall and Berchtesgaden, individual trains from / to Salzburg Central Station. Further from the train station another four kilometers by bus (line 841) or by taxi.
The former railway line Königsseebahn, which led directly to the boat landing stage, was shut down in 1965.
mobility
There is no road or footpath on the shore of the lake on the steep bank of the Königsee. If you want to get to the rear (southern) area of the lake on foot, you have to accept detours of several hours and sometimes considerable climbs over the surrounding hills.
Maritime shipping
The extraordinary beauty of the walls up to 1800 m high (Watzmann) framed emerald green mountain lake is best discovered in a boat trip. The "Bayerische Seenschifffahrt" operates 17 large, almost noiseless electric boats. A world-famous attraction about halfway to St. Bartholomä is the multiple echoes of the steep mountain walls, blown by the boat driver with a trumpet, once or twice, depending on the weather. "Shooting", which was customary in the past, resulted in the echo often mentioned up to seven times, but is no longer permitted in the nature park today.
Stops next to the starting point 2 Königssee landing stage are the 3 Pier Kessel (request stop), the 4 St. Bartholomä landing stage and the 5 Pier Saletalpe with a possible walk to the Obersee (approx. 1/4 hour).
As a rule, operation in the heated ships also takes place in winter and is only stopped when there is too much ice formation. From autumn and winter (end of October to end of April) the southern part of the lake is no longer approached, the end of the line is then St. Bartholomä.
- Travel time Königssee - St.Bartholomä and back: approx. 1 1/4 hours, price adults € 14.80 (return trip, children half, price Aug. 2017);
- Pure travel time Königssee - St.Bartholomä - Salet / Obersee and back approx. 1 3/4 hours, price adults € 17.80 (there and back, children half, price Aug. 2017);
- Tickets can be bought at the counter or online. There may be waiting times if the ships cannot transport the many passengers. On the return journey from St.Bartholomä in the afternoon starting at 2:30 p.m., there can be a waiting time of almost 2 hours before a place on a ship is free for the return journey to the Königssee pier. Trip breaks permitted once each, info: www.seenschifffahrt.de
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Painter's angle : the preferred destination for landscape painters at Königssee since the 19th century.
- On a hill on the east side near the north bank, in approx. 20 minutes from the large car park.
- 2 Christliger Island at the entrance to the boat harbor. With the statue of St. Nepomuk, erected after a boat accident in 1712.
- 3 Königsbachfall: approx. 200 m high water cascade over approx. 7 steps on the east side of the lake near Schönau, best seen from the boats; Access from the large car park over the Malerwinkel and further over a steep path.
- 4 Falkensteiner Wall, Steep face on the west bank of the lake. With the memorial on the occasion of a pilgrimage boat that crashed in 1688 in which more than 70 pilgrims were killed. Best seen from the boats, not accessible on foot.
Königsbachfall on the eastern shore of the lake
St. Bartholomew
The comparatively flat and 1.7 km² large peninsula is an estuary delta, created since the end of the last Ice Age from the rubble and debris of the Eisbach, the Königssee is narrowed here to only around 300 meters wide.
5 St. Bartholomä, in a romantic location on a peninsula of the lake, is a former royal hunting lodge of the prince provost of Berchtesgaden. The consecration of a first church ("Basilica Chunigesee") took place in 1134. The current pilgrimage church with the characteristic red roof shingles was built from 1697 and is the end of the Almer pilgrimage (see section Events).
In the 18th century, the castle was rebuilt as a summer residence and for hunting trips for the prince provost in Berchtesgaden. In 1810 the area with Berchtesgaden became Bavarian and as a result the favorite stay of the Bavarian kings.
Today the settlement consists essentially only of the inn and the former hunting lodge (in the current two-story form, probably from the 15th century), the fisherman's house, the ship's hut, the former yard, the hunter's house and the church and some former forest workers' huts.
- St. Bartholomä nature park information point, Branch office of the National Park Administration in a historic forest workers' hut, open during the summer months (mid-May to mid-October).
- 6 St. Johann and St. Paul is a second chapel on the peninsula, to be reached from St. Bartholomä in about 10 minutes via a forest path along the Eisbach. The forest chapel was built between 1617 and 1620 (in the middle of the Baroque period) in Gothic style, the baroque altar made of red marble is worth seeing.
- The 7 Ice Chapel is at St. Bartholomä below the Watzmannostwand.
- In the winter months, the snow collects in an "avalanche basin" at a height of approx. Due to the large amounts of snow and the shady location, the white splendor usually never thaws completely, even in summer. The name "Eiskapelle" comes from the meltwater hole in the stream that leaves the firn field. Entering this "ice cave" is life threateningas the cave can collapse at any time without warning.
- The Watzmann east wall with the ice chapel is part of the project started in 2002 "Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes"(Bavarian State Office for the Environment) listed.
- The snow field can be found after about an hour's walk above St. Bartholomä.
- Info: www.eiskapelle.de;
St. Bartholomä (603 m) and Watzmannfrau (2307m, far right), Watzmann-Südspitze (2713 m, back left with the banded east wall and apparently slightly lower), in between the Watzmann children (a little to the right above the church)
Obersee
The Obersee can only be reached by non-mountain hikers by boat across the Königssee. The water level is 613 m above sea level and thus 10 m above that of the Königsee. The surface of the Obersee is approx. 57 hectares (that is about a tenth of the Königssees) with approx. 1.3 km length and approx. 400 meters width. The Obersee has a circumference of 3.5 km and is a maximum of 51 meters deep.
His Emergence The Obersee also owes the glacier of the Steinernes Meer, which 10,000 years ago left a terminal moraine at the Salet during one of its last advances and thus dammed the Obersee. The large boulders on the way from Königssee to Obersee come from a rock fall that was dated to 1172.
- 8 Röthbach waterfall, the highest waterfall in Germany with a drop of 400 m, plunges into the "Fischunkel" basin at the rear (southeast) end of the Obersee.
- Ascent from the Saletalm boat landing stage (615 m) via Obersee (715 m, the way to here wheelchair accessible, approx. 20 min), past the Fischunkelalm and to the valley floor at the end of the valley with the Röthbach waterfall (715 m) in approx. One or two Hours (approx. 4 km, path no. 424);
- Fischunkelalm and Saletalm see section Alpine pastures.
The Obersee
The Saletbach between Obersee and Königssee
The Röthbach waterfall
activities
- Swimming In the clean and clear mountain water is possible in summer, but the bathing guest should not expect any Mediterranean temperatures (up to 20 ° C). There is a very nice beach, for example, a little south of St. Bartholomä.
- Row boats can be borrowed from the boat dock in Schönau.
- Diving: Diving ban
- Responsible district office: District office Berchtesgadener Land, Tel. (0 86 51) 7 73-0.
- 1 Bobsleigh and toboggan runLuge World Cup: The bobsleigh and toboggan run on the north bank near Schönau am Königssee is the first artificial ice rink in the world and is still considered by insiders to be one of the most technically demanding bobsleigh and toboggan runs in the World Cup circuit. World Cup runs take place here regularly in winter.
- At the Seeklause 43, D-83471 Königssee; Tel. 49/8652/9772790;
- From Fisherman from the Königssee Evening fishing trips across the lake to St. Bartholomä with a visit to the 400-year-old smokehouse and subsequent tasting are offered in summer and autumn. Registration required.
Regular events
- At New Year (January 1st) takes place every year in the evening big fireworks on the shore of the Königsee in Schönau instead of .
- At the Bartholomew Day (first Saturday after August 24th) St. Bartolomä is the end point of the Almer pilgrimage with start in Maria Alm (near Saalfelden in Austria on the south side of the Steinerne Meer) and route via the Riemannhaus and the Steinerne Meer. The two-day pilgrimage with daily stages of three hours (Maria Alm - Riemannhaus) and approx. 10 hours (Riemannhaus - Bartholomä) is the oldest mountain pilgrimage in Europe and has roots in 1635, when the plague raged in neighboring Salzburg. All interested parties are warmly welcome to the organizer.
- Organizer: Traditional costume band Maria Alm.
- On the Sunday following the Almer pilgrimage, the will take place in St. Bartholomä after the field mass Parish fair with the Almer music band.
- Another autumn tourist attraction is the Almabtrieb: In the absence of a land route, the festively decorated cows are from the south-facing ones Alpine pastures on the Obersee on the "Plattens", which are large keelless boats, crossed to the north bank to Schönau. Depending on the weather, the date is at the end of September / beginning of October.
Mountain hiking
A few Advice for hikers in the high mountains:
- Do not hike alone without mountain experience and take your time, enjoy nature.
- Let your host know the destination of your hike and let them advise you on the tour and the weather
- Don't be too late on your way and don't take supposed shortcuts that you don't know along the way. Follow the markings when hiking in the mountains.
- When choosing equipment, always think about the bad weather, never the good. Sturdy mountain boots and dense weather protection are the first prerequisites. Sufficient sun protection and drinks are also essential.
- A small pharmacy with first aid material for yourself and for the other hikers is also necessary.
- in the EMERGENCY Rescue services, water rescue service, mountain rescue rescue service: Tel. No. 19222;
- More detailed information For information on equipment and behavior in the mountains, see also the article Rockclimbing;
shop
At the large car park near Schönau there is a small shopping mile leading to the boat dock. In addition to souvenirs and tourist supplies, carvings and local products (schnapps and groceries) as well as sportswear and traditional costumes are on offer here.
kitchen
A regional fish specialty from the Königssee is the Schwarzreiter:
It is a slightly smaller variant of the game fish char, which is caught as seasonal fish only in October and November in the great depths of the lake (deep-sea char).
Another special feature is the special spice-free preparation through the type of smoking over selected musty beech wood, which is responsible for the special taste.
The name of the delicacy is derived from the sticking on thin wooden skewers and the skin color of the fish after smoking.
The fish is only available in autumn and only by order from the fisherman from Königssee see web links;Königssee (place)
Boat dock
- 1 Old train station inn (in the former station building of the railway line to Königssee, which was closed in 1965), Seestr. 17, 83471 Schönau am Koenigssee (at the large parking lot of the boat docks). Tel.: 49(0)8652 621 99, Fax: 49(0)8652 657 025.
- 2 Cafe Malerwinkel, Malerwinkelweg 10, 83471 Königssee (above the boathouses). Tel.: 49(0)8652 2533, Fax: 49(0)8652 979701. Price: Overnight stay from € 22.
St. Bartholomew
- 3 St. Bartholomä restaurant (south-facing beer garden, in the former hunting lodge of the provosts and canons of Berchtesgaden, built around 1700), St. Bartholomä 1, 83471 Schönau am Koenigssee. Tel.: 49(0)8652 964937, Fax: 49(0)8652 964939. The huge lake trout in the showcase, the largest fish ever caught in the Königssee, is worth seeing.Open: daily except December 24th.Price: main course € 8 to € 18.
- 4 Fischerstüberl, St. Bartholomä 3, 83471 Schönau am Koenigssee. Small snack hut with fish specialties, also "street sales" from the only professional fisherman on Lake Königssee.Open: during the boat hours.
The Fischerstüberl
Smoked trout with bread, butter and cream horseradish in St. Bartholomä
Smoked trout fillet with salad
Schwarzreiter
Alpine pastures
- 5 Saletalm. Tel.: 49(0)8652 63007.
Self-service restaurant at the southern end of the Königssees, 10 minutes from the boat landing stage of the same name. There are only tables and benches outside, no dining room. Only cash.Open: Daily from mid-April to the end of October.
- 6 Mooskaser and Rennerkaser. There is buttermilk and cheese sandwiches. Branch from the path to Obersee at Mittelsee, running time 6 minutes.
- 7 Fischunkelalm (620 m), alpine hut on the south side of the Obersee, open from mid-May to mid-October, accessible after a half-hour hike from the Saletalm stop on a mountain trail.
- 8 Gotzenalm (1,685 m) in Hagen Mountains: fastest ascent from the Kessel boat stop in approx. 2 1/2 hours, open from mid-May to October 15th.
- The lookout point Fire palven at Gotzenalm is known for its wide view over the Königssee.
- 9 Kührointhütte (1,420 m) on Watzmann, managed Alm on the approach from the lake to the 10 Watzmannhaus, fastest ascent from Schönau (toboggan run or Hammerstiel parking lot), from in approx. two hours, from St. Bartolomä from just a little longer, surefootedness required; open from mid-May to 15th October.
- The Ark pulpit is a lookout point a little south of the Alm with a wonderful view of the lake.
- 11 Grünsteinhütte (1220 m), About 90 minutes ascent from Königsse or from the Hammerstiel hiking car park. Tel.: 49(0)171 8329328, Email: [email protected]. Starting point for hikes, no overnight stay.Open: Open from May 1st to the end of October, no day of rest.
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The beer garden of the Saletalm restaurant
The Fischunkelalm on the banks of the Obersee
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Kasbrot on the Fischunkelalm
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accommodation
Accommodation directly on the lake is only in on the north shore Schönau possible. An overnight stay in St. Bartholomä is not possible, and most of the employees drive back across the lake in the evening. The hut of the Alpine Club on St. Bartholomä is not managed and reserved for the Watzmann east face candidates.
accommodation directly on the north bank of the lake in Cafe Malerwinkel (see section kitchen) and:
- 1 Hotel Koenigssee, Seestrasse 29, 83471 Koenigssee. Tel.: 49(0)8652 658-0, Fax: 49(0)8652 658-49, Email: [email protected]. Directly at the jetty in the pedestrian zone.Price: From 59 € per person per day with breakfast.
- 2 Hotel Koenigsseer Hof, Seestrasse 6, 83471 Koenigssee (50 m from the lake shore). Tel.: 49(0)8652 947860, Fax: 49(0)8652 9478660. 7 double / single rooms with balcony, shower or bath, toilet, cable TV, telephone and minibar.Price: Single room from € 71, double room from € 106.
- 3 Hotel Schiffmeister, Seestrasse 34, 83471 Schönau am Koenigssee. Tel.: 49(0)8652 96350. Directly at the jetty in the pedestrian zone.Price: From € 60 per person per day with breakfast and parking space.
Hotel Schiffmeister, directly at the pier
Accommodation in place Schönau am Königssee see the section there accommodation.
Accessible from the Königssee Alpine pastures with accommodation are the Gotzenalm (2 1/2 hours from the Kessel stop) and the Kührointhütte (1420 m, from Schönau in approx. 2 hours) see section Alpine pastures in front.
Accessible from the Königssee Mountain huts are that in the Stone Sea Kärlingerhaus (1630m, ascent from St. Bartholomä through the Saugasse in approx. 4 hours) and that Watzmannhaus am Watzmann (1928m, via Kührointhütte in 4 hours).
climate
- Weather forecast - Weather station "St. Bartholomä / Königssee" of Meteomedia AG by Jörg Kachelmann 4-day forecast
trips
- In the nearby cities worth seeing Berchtesgaden, Bad Reichenhall and Salzburg in Austria.
- In the Berchtesgaden Alps.
literature
- : Berchtesgadener Land, area guide for nature, culture, leisure and sport. Berchtesgaden: Anton Plenk, 2006, ISBN 3-927957-69-0 ; 255 pages. Variously available on site
- Königssee and the surrounding area, free of charge from the national park administration (see Web links, pdf) and the brochure available from their information points;
- : Forgotten paths around the Königssee: 32 extraordinary tours away from the hustle and bustle. Munich: Bruckmann, 2009, ISBN 978-3-7654-5018-1 ; 144 pages. 19.95 €, with an extensive bibliography
cards
- Alpine Club cards (1: 25,000, for mountaineers): Sheet No. 10/1 (Steinernes Meer) and 10/2 (Hagengebirge), the lake is on both maps directly on the edge of the sheet and is not completely included on the maps.
- Compass hiking map Sheet 14: "Berchtesgadener Land and Chiemgau Alps" (1: 50,000, for hikers and cyclists);
Web links
- Bavarian palace administration Koenigssee.
- Bavarian lake shipping: www.seenschifffahrt.de.
- Berchtesgaden National Park www.nationalpark-berchtesgaden.de.
- Tourist information Berchtesgadener Land www.berchtesgadener-land.com.
- Berchtesgadener and Salzburger Hüttenwirt e.V .: www.huettenwirte.com.
- The fisherman from Königssee: www.fischervomkoenigssee.de.
- Information about the Königssee at berchtesgadener-anzeiger.
Webcams
- Bobsleigh run Schönau am Königssee: www.koenigssee.com.
