Königssee Private Walking and Boat Tour

In the last little southeastern corner of Germany, surrounded by an amphitheater of majestic mountains, is the King’s Lake, or Königsee. It sits at the heart of the Berchtesgaden Nationalpark, Germany’s only alpine national park and a recognized UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Highlights

The legend of the Watzmann mountain

The importance of the ancestral salz mines and trade

The particular geography of Lake Königsee

National Park of Berchtesgaden

Provosty and the independent territory

Bavarian annexation

Arrival of the royal family to Berchtesgaden

Hunting ground for kings

Origin of the electrical boats

World War I and II

Nazi rule, Adolf Hitler and the Eagles Nest

Modern age

The 192 meters deep lake is therefore only navidated by electrical boats that have operated here for more than 100 years, thanks to Prince-Regent Luitpold of Bavaria, who was afraid the noise would scare away the deer he so liked to hunt here in the 19th century. We should forget that the almost vertical walls of the mountains here cause an echo that can be heard for over 7 times. During our visit, you will hear said echo, but no longer caused by the kings’ rifle but by the boatmen’s trumpet, reverberating over the mountains all the way to Austria.

Let’s embark on a pure romantic journey over the Kings lake, to see the St. Bartholomä peninsula just behind the east wall of the Watzmann mountain and where the kings had their hunting lodge, to see the Röthbach waterfall the highest of it kind of Germany with it’s over 400 meters of height, and then to the Cul-de-sac border of Austria.

Point of Interest

• The little village of Schönau am Königssee

• Bartholomä Peninsula

• St. Bartholomä church

• View of the Eagles Nest

• Watzmann Mountain

• Röthbach Waterfall