World Travel https://www.youtube.com/user/World1Tube Bavaria Travel Guide http://bit.ly/122uYVH Shepherd Entertainment gives you the history of Chiemsee, a freshwater lake in Bavaria. Chiemsee is also called the Bavarian Sea since it's the largest standing water of the province. This lake was also created in the ice age and has an area of approximately 18km x 14km. Chiemsee is also called the Bavarian Sea since it's the largest standing water of the province. This lake was also created in the ice age and has an area of approximately 18km x 14km. The area was already inhabited in Roman times and according to legend, Pontius Pilate died in exile on its banks. Three 1700m high mountain tops reflect on the surface of the lake, several rare species of birds nest on the marshlands of the Tiroler Achen Delta. The nearby village if Chieming is considered the capital of the area. This offers the best view of the islands and we can reach them with a pleasure boat that sails from here. The Herreninsel or the gentleman island is the largest island of the Chiemsee. It's situated on the southwestern shore of the lake and has an area of 2.5 square kilometers. If you don't feel like walking the 2.5km to the Neuschloss, there are horse drawn carriages to take you there. Traces of construction work from times before Christ have been found on the southern part of the island. The monastery of the order of St. Benedict is also a ruin. The building itself was destroyed by the marauding Hungarians. The order of St. Augustine built a new monastery and church in 1130 which they used until the order was dissolved in 1803. Ever since Ludwig II built the Neuschloss or new castle on the island, the monastery has been called the old castle. Ludwig II became famous for his expensive castle buildings and enthusiasm for German legends and the works of Wagner. His lavish spending emptied the otherwise inexhaustible national treasury. His castle on the Herreninsel was meant to imitate Versailles, the castle of his role model the sun king. The castle was never really completed and after the king drowned, some half completed parts of it were demolished but despite this, the building complex is grandiose and spectacular. Its 103m long façade is especially beautiful as is the castle park in front of it where the old fountain has been restored to its original splendor. The most beautiful room of the castle and Ludwig II's favorite place was the mirror room. Every night, the light of 2300 candles was reflected in the mirrors. In the reclining room, silver birds sitting on golden tree branches were supposed to create the illusion of nature that was never really far away, just outside the window. Sailing away from the gentleman island, we pass the deserted, Krautinsel. The small inhabited island of the lake is the Fraueninsel. A female order of the order of St. Benedict settled on this island in 770. Their cloister also became a victim of the marauding Hungarians. A Roman style church was built on its foundations in the 11th century and was rebuilt in gothic style 400 years later. During a renovation, the remains of a Carolingian era palace were discovered under the gate of the main entrance. The convent is still inhabited by nuns who run a secondary school and a boarding school. The three floors of the octagonal belfry represent three different eras, the 11th, 14th, and 17th centuries. Its 1000 year old bronze knocker is shaped like the head of a lion. From the island, we said back to the mainland and continue our journey from Chiemsee on the small train. With the green nostalgic cars of the Chiemseebahn, we can reach the neighboring holiday spot of Gartenstadt. From there the warm water of the -- is a good alternative for those who find the water of Chiemsee too cold to bathe in. ags: Visit Chiemsee in Bavaria,Bavaria Travel Attractions,bavaria travel guide,Bavaria Travel Information,bavaria travel tips,Chiemsee in Bavaria,germany travel tips,shepherd entertainment,The Bavarian Sea,The History of Chiemsee,Chiemsee in Bavaria Germany,shepherdfilm,world travel, Visit Chiemsee in Bavaria - GermanyTravel Attractions

• published: 27 Jun 2013
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