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The Königssee is a natural lake in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park. 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 in the north-south direction and is about across at its widest point. Except at its outlet, the Königsseer Ache at the village of Königssee, the lake similar to a fjord is surrounded by steeply rising flanks of mountains up to , including the Watzmann massif in the west. The railway ''Königsseebahn'' served the lake from 1909 until 1965. Its last tracks were dismantled during 1971, and the station in Berchtesgaden was demolished in 2012. The only remaining element of the railway is the Königsee station (now a restaurant). The track route is mostly used as a walking path. The literal translation of the name, Königssee, appears to be "king's lake"; however while (ドイツ語:König) does indeed mean "king", there had been no Bavarian kings since the days of Louis the German until Elector Maximilian I Joseph assumed the royal title in 1806. Therefore, the name more probably stems from the first name ''Kuno'' of local nobles, who appear in several historical sources referring to the donation of the Berchtesgaden Provostry in the twelfth century; the lake was formerly called ''Kunigsee''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.seenschifffahrt.de/en/koenigssee/information/faq/ )〕 In 1944 a sub-camp of the Dachau concentration camp was located nearby where Heinrich Himmler had a residence built at Schönau for his mistress Hedwig Potthast. The lake is noted for its clear water and is advertised as the cleanest lake in Germany. For this reason, only electric-powered passenger ships, rowing, and pedal boats have been permitted on the lake since 1909. Passenger services along the length of the lake, calling at various points, are operated by the Bayerische Seenschifffahrt company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.seenschifffahrt.de/en/ )〕 Ports of call for this monopolist are: Seelände (Schönau), St. Bartholomä, Salet (mid-April to mid-October), and Kessel (on request). With perfect conditions, the longest tour takes two hours from Seelände to Salet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=Bayerische Seenschifffahrt )〕 Swimming is permitted except in the lock area at Seelände. Due to its picturesque setting, the lake and surrounding parklands are very popular with tourists and hikers. In addition, the lake's position surrounded by sheer rock walls creates an echo known for its clarity. On boat tours, it has become traditional to stop and play a flugelhorn or trumpet to demonstrate the echo. Formerly demonstrated by shooting a cannon, it can be heard to reverberate up to seven times. The trumpeter plays along with the returning sounds so it sounds like as many as seven players. St. Bartholomä, a famous pilgrimage church with an inn nearby, is located on a peninsula about halfway down the western lake shore. The small Christlieger island is located near its northern end. South of the Königssee, separated by the ''Salet'' moraine, is the smaller Obersee lake with the high Röthbach waterfall. As there is no lakeside path on the steep shore of the Königssee, St. Bartholomä and the southern edge can only be reached by boat or via hiking trails up the surrounding mountains—except for harsh winters, when the lake freezes over. Stepping on the ice, however, can be fatal, as it was for a motorist who, in winter 1964, drowned in his Beetle on the way back from St. Bartholomä. The car was found only in 1997 at a depth of about File:Bartholomae-2005.jpg|St. Bartholomä and Watzmann File:Koenigssee Schoenau-Anlegepier.jpg|An electric passenger launch at Schönau on the lake File:Koenigssee Obersee1.jpg|Obersee ==See also== *Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Königssee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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