Schönau am Königsee

Infobox German Location
Name = Schönau a.Königssee
Wappen = Wappen von Schoenau am Koenigssee.jpg
lat_deg = 47 |lat_min = 36
lon_deg = 12 |lon_min = 58
Lageplan = Schönau a.Königsee in BGL.pngBundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Oberbayern
Landkreis = Berchtesgadener Land
Höhe = 630
Fläche = 131.68
Einwohner = 5319
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 83471
Vorwahl = 08652
Kfz = BGL
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 72 132
Adresse = Rathausplatz 1
83471 Schönau a.Königssee
Website = [http://www.koenigssee.de/ www.koenigssee.de]
Bürgermeister = Stefan Kurz
Partei = CSU

Schönau am Königsee is a municipality in the district of Berchtesgadener Land in the German state of Bavaria. It is located at the northern end of the Königssee lake.Once a locality ("Gnotschaft") of the Berchtesgaden Provostry, Schönau finally fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1810. The todays commune was formed in 1978 by the merger of the "Schönau" and "Königssee" municipalities. Since 1984 it also comprises the formerly unincorporated areas of the Königssee lake, the famous "St. Bartholomä" church and the surrounding mountains including the east face of the Watzmann all the way to the Austrian border in the south.

Due to its picturesque setting Schönau largely depends on tourism. It is home to a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track that is the oldest permanent track in the world, having been constructed in 1968.

Notable people

*Anton Adner, peddler and supercentenarian, born allegedly about 1705 in Schönau, died 1822 in Berchtesgaden
*Romy Schneider, actress, born on September 23, 1938 in Vienna, died May 29, 1982 in Paris, raised in Schönau from 1938 to 1949

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