Chiemsee
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Chiemsee is a freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany, near Rosenheim. It is often called "the Bavarian Sea". The rivers Tiroler Achen and Prien flow into the lake from the south, and the river Alz flows
View across the Chiemsee with the Chiemgau Alps in the background
Herreninsel with the former Monastery "Kloster Herrenchiemsee"
Fraueninsel with Monastery "Frauenchiemsee" in the foreground
Krautinsel with (right) a small part of the Herreninsel island and in the background the Chiemgau Alps
Ludwig II of Bavaria
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Ludwig II, also called the Swan King or the Fairy Tale King, was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886.
Chiemsee
…acres), called by this name because in the Middle Ages it was cultivated with cabbages and other vegetables. Herreninsel has a palace built by King Ludwig II in 1878 called Herrenchiemsee, which was never completed but was meant to be a replica of the Palace of Versailles. Many of its rooms are open to…
Albert, Joseph König Ludwig II. von Bayern
Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (left) with his parents and his younger brother, Prince Otto, 1860
Crown Prince Ludwig (left) with his mother, Queen Marie and his younger brother Otto, c. 1863. Otto would become King of Bavaria after his older brother's death in 1886, although he would never actively rule due to his mental health problems.
Ludwig II just after his accession to the throne of Bavaria in 1864