Christlieger

Christian Lieger is the name of the only island in Koenigssee in the Berchtesgaden Alps. The island is also known as St. John's Island, locust Island or St. Johann.

Etymology

The island's name is used with male or female gender ( The / The Christian Lieger ), sometimes even without articles ( Christian mooring is located in the northern part of the lake). The emphasis is on the second syllable.

On the origin of the name of several explanations have been proposed:

• Chris Lieger: Bavarian chris = choppy fir branches; Mooring, storage, Leger = place, stored fir branches on which ( to pick up over the lake ) are laid out.
• Found " Christian camp", ie the place near which four people were killed in a storm in the sea, Rescue: Christ stock.

The alternative name St. John's Island is derived from the name of the saint, the representative of the statue on the island, John of Nepomuk.

Geography

The tree-covered rocky island is from north to south, 61 m long, up to 26 m wide, and has an area of 1,260 m². It is located about 250 meters south of the King 's Lake - North Shore at the ship pier, approximately 30 m from the eastern shore and 90 m from the west bank still in the shallow northern part of the lake and close to the drip line to the depth. North of the island, the lake is mostly up to three meters deep. From the southern tip of the island to the east shore of the lake runs a shallow rock Barre. The electric boats shipping Koenigssee (local operation part of the Bavarian Lakes shipping ) go on the road to St. Bartholomew approximately 20 meters west past the island. Previously the boats drove east in even closer range over. On the eastern shore of the island is the jetty for boats, but can not be run from the passenger boats of the Marine Koenigssee, but is only suitable for small boats such as rowing boats that can be rented from 100 to 200 meters to the north in the boathouses.

Management

As the entire Koenigssee includes the island to the community Schoenau am Koenigssee. Landowner is the Free State of Bavaria, represented by the Bavarian Administration of State-owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes and locally managed by the branch office Chiemsee in Prien. The island is still outside the National Park Berchtesgaden, whose border is about 320 meters to the south across the lake. The island forms the parcel 281 the district forestry Koenigssee. This district was once a community free area and was incorporated only on 1 January 1984 to Schoenau am Koenigssee.

History

Statue

A well-known monument on the island is the statue of St. John of Nepomuk, patron saint of sailors and against water hazards. The approximately 180 cm tall statue is made of marble. It stands on a hill in the northern island area on a two-meter high stone base. Once here capsized a boat and the four occupants were rescued at the last moment, in 1711, the new statue was erected in gratitude, donated by Johann Anton Zeitlmayer, pen Chancellor, office director and county judge of Prince Provost of Berchtesgaden. Since the erection of this statue, the island was known as St. John's Island. According to tradition, was by then at this point a statue of the Apostle Bartholomew.

Platform with grotto underneath

The base of the statue rests on a platform to the side stairs which is bordered by balustrades and high lead to the side (ie from the north and from the south) stairs. The platform is supported by a retaining wall on the east side, are inserted into the two inscribed marble slabs with inscriptions monument of worship, set in 1711 by John Anton of Zeitlmayer, and including New erected in 1811.

Before the retaining wall are two small pyramids of stone, their history and significance is unknown. In this area is the jetty for boats. At the south end of the island King Max I had the occasion of the renewal work from 1810 to create a third pyramid -like appearance.

Under the platform there is a cave that is accessible from the west through a barred gate. The cave is sometimes erroneously mentioned as a chapel. The space of the cave is square in plan, and the side walls each have two niches. There is a wall fountain of red marble, which is dated to the late 16th century on the back wall. The wall fountain is characterized by seashell pool, arched alcove, Lions Head, pilasters, and a semi-circular top with coat of arms of the Provost of Berchtesgaden, and a further coat of arms. It is unknown whether the cave was already in 1711 and when the well was installed there.

Renovation work from 1810

1810 was the then Prince of Berchtesgaden provost associated island to the Bavarian crown. Immediately prompted King Max I. major renovations on the island. In the inventory of 1853, the island was then described as follows: Located on the northern bay of the Kingdom lake island in a beautiful location is overgrown with trees and bushes and it is at the same a summer cottage ..., a canopy on four columns, a stone as a cook stove ... that pretty marble statue with pedestal of St. John, three stone pyramids, a small bridge, a Anfahrstelle, a bench, several railings; the places and ways are with gravel.

Renovated 1992

1992 was the cave which was in danger of collapsing, renovated.

Conservation

The island is part of the Christian Lieger ensemble Schiffslände Koenigssee and is therefore protected monument (Ensemble protection).