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[[File:Location Chiemsee.PNG|thumb|Location of Chiemsee in South Germany]]
 
'''Chiemsee''' ({{IPA-|de|ˈkiːmzeː|audio=De-Chiemsee.ogg}}) is a freshwater lake in [[Bavaria]],<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Chiemsee|volume=6|page=132}}</ref> [[Germany]], near [[Rosenheim]]. It is often called "the Bavarian Sea". The rivers [[Tiroler Achen]] and [[Prien (river)|Prien]] flow into the lake from the south, and the river [[Alz]] flows out towards the north. The Alz flows into the [[Inn (river)|Inn]] which then merges with the [[Danube]]. The Chiemsee is divided into the bigger, north section, in the northeast, called {{lang|de|Weitsee}}, and the {{lang|de|Inselsee}}, in the southwest.
 
The [[Chiemgau]], the region surrounding the Chiemsee, is a popular recreation area.
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[[File:Karte Chiemgau.png|thumb|right|High resolution map of the lake within its surrounding region, [[Chiemgau]]]]
 
At the bottom of the lake, there is a double meteor crater.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.impact-structures.com/2012/06/chiemgau-impact-a-probable-doublet-meteorite-crater-in-lake-chiemsee/ |title=Chiemgau impact: a probable doublet meteorite crater in Lake Chiemsee |access-date=2024-06-28}}</ref>
 
== Origin ==
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==Islands==
There are three main islands on the lake: '''Herreninsel''' ("gentlemen's island"), the largest, with an area of {{convert|238|ha}}; '''Frauenchiemsee''', {{convert|15.5|ha|abbr=on}}, also called ''Fraueninsel'' ("ladies' island"); and the uninhabited '''Krautinsel''' ("cabbage island"),<ref name=EB1911/> {{convert|3.5|ha|abbr=on}}, called by this name because in the Middle Ages it was cultivated with [[cabbage]]s and other vegetables.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgfu.de/kunden/bgfu/bgfu.nsf/0/0c72a4bb3f9d0712c12570ed0049cd29 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217083850/http://www.bgfu.de/kunden/bgfu/bgfu.nsf/0/0c72a4bb3f9d0712c12570ed0049cd29 |archive-date=2015-12-17 }}</ref>
*[[Herreninsel]] has a palace built by King [[Ludwig II]] in 1878 called {{lang|de|[[Herrenchiemsee]]}}, which was never completed but was meant to be a replica of the [[Palace of Versailles]]. Many of its rooms are open to tourists; tours of the palace and its extensive grounds are conducted throughout the summer.
*[[Frauenchiemsee]], the smaller of the two main islands, houses a [[Benedictine]] [[nunnery]], built in 782, as well as a small village. The nuns make a liquor called {{lang|de|Klosterlikör}} ("cloister liquor") and [[marzipan]] ([[almond paste]]).
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== External links ==
{{Commons|Chiemsee}}
* {{Lakes Germany 2004|Chiemsee|Bavaria|page=17}}
 
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