Lake Königssee, Schönau am Königsee district, Berchtesgaden Alps, Bavaria, Germany

---

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. It stretches about km ( mi) in a north-south direction, and is about km (1 mi) across at its widest point. Except at its outlet, the Königsseer Ache at the village of Königssee, the lake is similar to a fjord, being surrounded by the steeply-rising flanks of mountains up to 2,700 m (8,900 ft), including the Watzmann massif in the west.

---

Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Lake Königssee, Schönau am Königssee, Germany
Photo credit: © Dominic Robinson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: alpine, alps, bavaria, bavarian, beatuiful, berchtesgaden, chalets, copy, copyspace, countryside, covered, deep, district, europe, european, german, germany, green, hill, hills, houses, lake, landscape, mountain, mountains, nature, schönau, sky, snow, space, spring, springtime, surrounded, time, trees, önigsee, önigssee