Chiemsee (municipality)
Chiemsee is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany, named after the lake Chiemsee. It is Bavaria's smallest municipality by area and the second smallest (after Balderschwang) by population.
Chiemsee | |
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 Chiemsee in winter | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Chiemsee within Rosenheim district  | |
  Chiemsee  Chiemsee | |
| Coordinates: 47°52′N 12°25′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Oberbayern |
| District | Rosenheim |
| Municipal assoc. | Breitbrunn am Chiemsee |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Georg Huber (FW) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 523 m (1,716 ft) |
| Population (2018-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 211 |
| • Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 83256 |
| Dialling codes | 08054 |
| Vehicle registration | RO |
| Website | www.vg-breitbrunn.de |
The municipal area comprises not the lake itself but the islands of Herrenchiemsee (Herreninsel) with its Palaces, Frauenchiemsee and the uninhabited Krautinsel. While the island of Herrenchiemsee with 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi) is by far the largest, most of Chiemsee's inhabitants live on 0.15 km2 (0.058 sq mi) Frauenchiemsee.
References
- "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2019.
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