Chiemsee (municipality)

Chiemsee
Chiemsee
Location of Chiemsee within Rosenheim district
Coordinates	47°52′N 12°25′E / 47.86667°N 12.41667°E / 47.86667; 12.41667Coordinates: 47°52′N 12°25′E / 47.86667°N 12.41667°E / 47.86667; 12.41667
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Bavaria
District	Rosenheim
Municipal assoc.	Breitbrunn am Chiemsee
Mayor	Georg Huber
Basic statistics
Area	2.57 km2 (0.99 sq mi)
Elevation	523 m  (1716 ft)
Population	311 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	121 /km2 (313 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	RO
Postal code	83256
Area code	08054
Website	www.vg-breitbrunn.de

Chiemsee is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany, named after the lake Chiemsee. It is Bavaria's smallest municipality by area and the second smallest (after Balderschwang) by population.

Frauenchiemsee in winter

The municipal area comprises not the lake itself but the islands of Herrenchiemsee (Herreninsel) with its Palaces, Frauenchiemsee and the uninhabited Krautinsel. While the island of Herrenchiemsee with 2.38 km² (0.92 sq mi) is by far the largest, most of Chiemsee's inhabitants live on 0.15 km² (0.058 sq mi) Frauenchiemsee.

References

1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010.