Königsee

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Königsee is a town and a municipality in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 12 kilometres east of Ilmenau, and 35 kilometres south of Erfurt. The present municipality was formed on 31 December 2012 by the merger of the former municipalities Königsee and Rottenbach, under the name Königsee-Rottenbach. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities Dröbischau and Oberhain were absorbed, and the name was changed to Königsee. ()

Alternative names: Population: 7.4 thous. (2019)Area: 39.8 mi²Coordinates: 50°39'41"N, 11°5'50"E

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Königsee – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Leibis-Lichte Dam, Rottenbach, Schloss Schwarzburg, Klosterruine Paulinzella.

5.4 miSE
Dam
Leibis-Lichte Dam
137 min walk • The Leibis-Lichte Dam is a 102.5-metre-tall dam in the German state of Thuringia in the Thuringian Highland. The dam was completed in 2005 to impound the River Lichte, between the Lichte municipality section Geiersthal and Unterweissbach.
3.5 miNE
Village
Rottenbach
88 min walk • Rottenbach is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 31 December 2012, it is part of the town Königsee.
4.5 miE
Forts and castles
Schloss Schwarzburg
115 min walk • Schwarzburg Castle is a Baroque castle complex, nowadays mostly still in ruins, in the municipality of the same name in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district, about 65 km southeast of the Thuringian state capital Erfurt.
2.9 miN
Museum
Klosterruine Paulinzella
74 min walk • Paulinzella Monastery is a former Benedictine abbey, founded as a double monastery in Paulinzella in the Rottenbach Valley in Thuringia. The ruins of the monastery church are among the most important Romanesque buildings in Germany.