Chiemsee

Chiemsee also called the Bavarian Sea is the most important lake in Bavaria with a place of 79.9 km² and after Lake Constance and Lake Muritz, the third biggest lakes in Germany. In Bavaria, however, Lake Sternberg has half the quantity of water. The Chiemsee incorporates 2,048 km³ of water and has a 63.96 km long coastline; together with the coastline of the islands is 83 km. The catchment location covers 1,398.56 km², of which 605 km² are in Bavaria. Its islands are the Herreninsel the Fraueninsel and the Krautinsel, which collectively form the municipality of Chiemsee and the network free island of Schalch.

He belongs to the homonymous network loose vicinity Chiemsee in the district of Traunstein. The Chiemsee become like many different Voralpenseen on the quit of the Wurm glacial duration approximately 10,000 years ago as a bonfires of a glacier. Originally, the lake protected a place of virtually 240 km², or approximately three times the size of brand new water surface.