Königssee (Sonnenaufgang auf dem Königsee. Nach einem Gemälde von Smith.)

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Königssee (Sonnenaufgang auf dem Königsee. Nach einem Gemälde von Smith.)

The view shows Lake Königsee in the Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria. It lies at the foot of the Watzmann and features the today’s pilgrimage church of St. Bartholomew. In the foreground on the left, a stone Madonna and a standing boatman with two dogs on board. After the original drawing by Smith.

ca. 1880

Artist

Anonymus

Historical Description

The lake is located at the mountain Watzmann and shows the pilgrimage church St. Bartholomae. The Königssee is a natural lake in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park. Situated within the Berchtesgaden Alps in the municipality of Schönau am Königsee, just south of Berchtesgaden and the Austrian city of Salzburg, the Königssee is Germany's third deepest lake. Located at a Jurassic rift, it was formed by glaciers during the last ice age. The Watzmann is a mountain in the Bavarian Alps south of the village of Berchtesgaden. It is the third highest in Germany, and the highest located entirely on German territory. The Watzmann Glacier is located below the famous east face of the Watzmann in the Watzmann cirque and is surrounded by the Watzmanngrat arête, the Watzmannkindern and the Kleiner Watzmann.