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Königssee, the Glossary

The Königssee is a natural lake in the southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border.^[1]

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Austria

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.

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Bavaria

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.

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Bayerische Seenschifffahrt

The italic, or Bavarian Lakes Shipping Company, is a company that operates shipping services on several lakes in the German state of Bavaria.

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Berchtesgaden is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich. Königssee and Berchtesgaden are Berchtesgadener Land.

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Berchtesgaden Alps

The Berchtesgaden Alps (Berchtesgadener Alpen) are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, named after the market town of Berchtesgaden located in the centre.

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Berchtesgaden National Park

Berchtesgaden National Park is in the south of Germany, on its border with Austria, in the municipalities of Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden and Schönau am Königsee, Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria.

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Berchtesgaden Provostry

Berchtesgaden Provostry or the Prince-Provostry of Berchtesgaden (Fürstpropstei Berchtesgaden) was an immediate (reichsunmittelbar) principality of the Holy Roman Empire, held by a canonry (a collegiate foundation of Canons Regular) led by a Prince-Provost. Königssee and Berchtesgaden Provostry are Berchtesgadener Land.

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Berchtesgadener Land

Berchtesgadener Land (Central Bavarian: Berchtsgoana Land) is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in Bavaria, Germany.

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Christlieger

Christlieger is the name of the only island in the Königssee lake in Bavaria, Germany. Königssee and Christlieger are Berchtesgadener Land.

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Dachau concentration camp

Dachau was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest running one, opening on 22 March 1933.

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Der Spiegel

(stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg.

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Echo

In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo is a reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound.

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Electric boat

An electric boat is a powered watercraft driven by electric motors, which are powered by either on-board battery packs, solar panels or generators.

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Fjord

In physical geography, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.

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Flugelhorn

The flugelhorn, also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.

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Hedwig Potthast

Hedwig Potthast (5 February 1912 – 22 September 1994) was the private secretary and mistress of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, with whom she had two children.

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Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a German politician who was the 4th Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany, and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany, primarily known for being a main architect of the Holocaust.

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Ice age

An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.

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Karl Heinisch

Karl Adam Heinisch (23 March 1847 – 29 December 1923) was a German painter.

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Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track

The Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a venue in Germany for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton, located in Schönau am Königssee, Bavaria, near Königssee (German for "King's Lake") and the border with Austria.

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Königsseer Ache

The Königsseer Ache is a river of Bavaria, in south-east Germany. Königssee and Königsseer Ache are Berchtesgaden Alps and Berchtesgadener Land.

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List of lakes of Germany

The largest lake on German territory is Lake Constance, while Lake Müritz is the largest lake located entirely within German territory.

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Louis the German

Louis the German (c. 806/810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD.

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Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

Maximilian I Joseph (Maximilian I. Joseph; 27 May 1756 – 13 October 1825) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria (as Maximilian I Joseph) from 1806 to 1825.

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Moraine

A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice sheet.

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Municipalities of Germany

Municipalities, European Commission, May 2021, pages 58–59.

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Obersee (Königssee)

The Obersee is a natural lake in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border. Königssee and Obersee (Königssee) are Berchtesgaden Alps, Berchtesgadener Land, lakes of Bavaria, mountain lakes and Salzach basin.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königssee

Also known as King's Lake, Koenigssee, Königs Lake, Königs See, Königs-See, Lake Königs, Lake of Königs.

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Salzach basin

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