• Konigssee

The King’s Lake is a beautiful Cristal clear Turquoise lake considered one of the most beautiful in Germany, located near the Austrian border, 158 km southeast of Munich and 39 km south of Salzburg Austria.

The lake is part of the magnificent Berchtesgaden National Park, 5 km south of the town of Berchtesgaden and near Schonau am Königssee. The Fjord shaped lake is surrounded by the steep slopes of the Berchtesgaden Alps, and the impressive Watzmann massif in the west.

In the lake area visit the 17th century St. Bartholomew’s Catholic pilgrimage church at the western shore of the lake on the Hirschau peninsula. You will recognize the church with its two Red Onion domes and the nice stucco covered building.

On the southern tip of the lake past Salet visit the small Obersee Lake and further south, its 470 meters high Rothbach Falls, the highest in Germany.
Electric passenger ships sailing from the lake’s northern tip at Seelande will take you to the church and to Salet.

The highly popular picturesque lake offers beautiful scenery and is perfect for swimming and renting a paddle boat in the Summer.

There are few hiking trails around the lake with viewpoints both to the lake and to the surrounding Alps. Information and maps of the available trails can be found in the various tourist information centers in the area. Among the most popular hiking trails with the best scenery are the 2 km trail to the Painters’ Corner, Malerwinkel, and 2 km further east to the Rabenwand viepoint.

Other beautiful trails are the 45 minutes trail from St. Bartholomew Church to Obersee Lake and to the great viewpoint of Fischunkenalm, and from the Fischunkenalm one hour southeast to the Röthbach Falls. Note that there is a hiking trail to a beautiful natural pool and a waterfall near the lake, but the location is quite dangerous and a visit is not recommended.

Spend at least one day in the Königssee Lake including only short hiking.

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St. Bartholomew aerial view, a roman catholic church at the Konigssee Lake in Bavaria, Germany

Konigsee lake with St. Bartholomew church surrounded by mountains, Berchtesgaden National Park, Bavaria, Germany