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KONIGSSEE

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 896 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KONIGSSEE  , or

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Lake of St
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Bartholomew, a lake of
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Germany, in the
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kingdom of
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Bavaria,
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province of Upper Bavaria, about 22 m . S. from
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Berchtesgaden, 185o ft. above
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sea-level . It has a length of 5 m., and a breadth varying from 500 yards to a little over a mile, and attains a maximum
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depth of 600 ft . The Konigssee is the most beautiful of all the lakes in the
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German
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Alps, pent in by
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limestone mountains rising to an
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altitude of 65oo ft., the flanks of which descend precipitously to the
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green
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waters below . The lake abounds in
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trout, and the surrounding
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country is
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rich in
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game . On a promontory by the
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side of the lake is a
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chapel to which pilgrimages are made on St Bartholomew's
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Day . Separated by a narrow
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strip of
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land from the Konigssee is the Obersee, a smaller lake .

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