Herreninsel
Located in Bavaria, Germany Coordinates: 47°51′36″ N 12°23′56″ E
- Elevation
- 537 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Population
- 30
- 30
About Herreninsel
Herreninsel is an island. Location: Bavaria, Germany. Population: 30.
Herreninsel (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁənˌʔɪnzl̩] ; old name: Herrenwörth) is a 238 hectare island in Bavaria's largest lake, Chiemsee. It is the biggest of the lake's three main islands, Fraueninsel and Krautinsel joining it to form the municipality of Chiemsee. Herreninsel is famous for the Herrenchiemsee palace of Ludwig II of Bavaria. Never completed, it was only inhabited by the king for nine or ten nights before he mysteriously died of drowning at age 40.
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At a glance
- Length
- 2.6 km
- Area
- 2.3 km²
Source: Wikidata
In comparison
- 28 sights and natural places within 10 km Herrenchiemsee, Schloss Herrenchiemsee
Nearest towns and villages
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Chiemsee Village, Landkreis Rosenheim0.2 km N
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Chiemsee Village, Chiemsee0.3 km NE
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Gstadt a.Chiemsee Village, Landkreis Rosenheim2.9 km NE
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Breitbrunn a.Chiemsee Village, Landkreis Rosenheim2.6 km N
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Prien a.Chiemsee, Markt Village, Landkreis Rosenheim4.3 km W
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Gstadt am Chiemsee Village, Gstadt a.Chiemsee3.1 km NE
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Herrenchiemsee Historic site, Chiemsee0.1 km NE
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Krautinsel Island, Upper Bavaria1.7 km NE -
Schloss Herrenchiemsee Historic site, Chiemsee0.2 km E
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Frauenchiemsee Island, Upper Bavaria2.5 km NE -
Prien River, Bavaria3.5 km NW
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Bernauer Achen River, Bavaria3.8 km SW
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Kleebach River, Bavaria3.9 km SW
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Bauerlbach River, Bavaria4.2 km SW
Sources & licences
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