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
Hirschau peninsula
St. Bartholomä and Watzmann
The Berchtesgaden Alps are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, named after the market town of Berchtesgaden located in the centre. The central part belongs to the Berchtesgadener Land district of southeastern Bavaria, Germany, while the adjacent area in the north, east and south is part of the Austrian state of Salzburg.
The Hochkönig from the south
Obersee (Königssee)
View of the Watzmann and Hochkalter from the Kehlsteinhaus
Berchtesgaden Alps from 10,000 m