The Königssee is a natural lake in the southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park.
View from the north
"Königssee Malerwinkel" by Karl Heinisch, c. 1903
St. Bartholomä and Watzmann
The Watzmann is a mountain in the Berchtesgaden Alps south of the village of Berchtesgaden. It is the third highest in Germany, and the highest located entirely on German territory.
The Watzmann, seen from the north
The Watzmann by Caspar David Friedrich, 1824–1825 (Berlin)