{"id":15598,"date":"2026-08-06T21:54:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/?p=15598"},"modified":"2026-08-06T21:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:54:33","slug":"schonau-am-konigssee-berchtesgaden-baviera-alemania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/germany\/bavaria\/schonau-am-konigssee-berchtesgaden-bavaria-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Sch\u00f6nau am K\u00f6nigssee \/ Berchtesgaden, Baviera, Alemania"},"content":{"rendered":"

The K\u00f6nigssee is the most beautiful of Germany’s Alpine lakes and the jewel of Berchtesgaden National Park, in the far south-eastern corner of Bavaria near the Austrian border. A long, narrow ribbon of emerald-green water squeezed between sheer rock walls at the foot of the mighty Watzmann, it is often likened to a fjord, and its water \u2014 protected for over a century \u2014 is among the cleanest in the country, said to be of drinking quality. To keep it that way, only quiet electric boats and rowing boats have been allowed on the lake since the age of the Kaiser, so a visit centres on a serene, almost silent glide across the water beneath towering mountains, in one of the last truly unspoiled corners of the German Alps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The classic experience is the electric-boat trip down the lake from the village of Sch\u00f6nau. Partway across, the boatman cuts the engine and plays a trumpet, sending the notes echoing back and forth between the cliffs \u2014 a long-standing tradition. The boats call at St Bartholom\u00e4, a much-loved little Baroque pilgrimage church with a cluster of red onion domes on a green peninsula, once a royal hunting lodge and now reachable only by boat or on foot. Beyond it, the boat continues to Salet at the far end, from where a short walk leads to the hidden Obersee, a second, smaller lake of astonishing stillness, and on to the R\u00f6thbach Falls, the highest waterfall in Germany. Back near the boat dock, the Malerwinkel (\u201cpainter’s corner\u201d) offers a famous viewpoint over the lake, while the whole area is superb walking and climbing country in the shadow of the Watzmann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The K\u00f6nigssee lies just south of the town of Berchtesgaden, about 150 kilometres south-east of Munich and only 30 kilometres from Salzburg in Austria. By public transport, take the train to Berchtesgaden and then a local bus to the K\u00f6nigssee boat dock at Sch\u00f6nau; drivers will find large (paid) car parks near the landing stage, from which it is a short walk past shops and caf\u00e9s to the water. There is no charge to enjoy the lakeshore, but the boat trips are ticketed, with return fares to St Bartholom\u00e4 and Salet, and the boats run frequently from spring to autumn and on a reduced schedule in winter. Allow the best part of a day to include the full boat trip and a walk to the Obersee, and go early in the day and the season to avoid the biggest crowds. The lake pairs well with Berchtesgaden’s other attractions, from its salt mine to the Eagle’s Nest high above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Un lago de aguas cristalinas color esmeralda a los pies del imponente Watzmann, en el Parque Nacional de Berchtesgaden, por el que navegan silenciosas embarcaciones el\u00e9ctricas hasta la capilla de San Bartolom\u00e9, con su c\u00fapula roja.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1018,962,211],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bavaria","category-germany","category-parks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15679,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15598\/revisions\/15679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}