The Last Goodbye
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AirVuz contributor cristian.gerard brings us this excellent drone video of one of the deepest lakes in Germany. The Königssee is mostly located within Berchtesgaden National Park southern Bavaria, in the Berchtesgaden Alps and on land which is mostly surrounded by the territory of Austria. Just under five mile long by about a mile wide (7.7 km by 1.7 km), the lake has a maximum depth of 620 ft. or about 190 km. It is Germany's third-deepest lake and is believed to also be one of its cleanest.
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Situated within the Berchtesgaden Alps in the municipality of Schönau am Königsee, just south of Berchtesgaden and the Austrian city of Salzburg, the Königssee is Germany's third deepest lake. Located at a Jurassic rift, it was formed by glaciers during the last ice age. It stretches about 7.7 km (4.8 mi) in a north-south direction and is about 1.7 km (1 mi) across at its widest point. Except at its outlet, the Königsseer Ache at the village of Königssee, the lake is similar to a fjord, being surrounded by the steeply-rising flanks of mountains up to 2,700 m (8,900 ft), including the Watzmann massif in the west. The literal translation of the name, Königssee, appears to be "king's lake"; however while German: König does indeed mean "king", there had been no Bavarian kings since the days of Louis the German until Elector Maximilian I Joseph assumed the royal title in 1806. Therefore, the name more probably stems from the first name Kuno of local nobles, who appear in several historical sources referring to the donation of the Berchtesgaden Provostry in the twelfth century; the lake was formerly called Kunigsee.