Chiemgau

The Chiemgau is a historical- cultural landscape in Southeast Upper Bavaria.

  • 8.1 differentiator for places and geographical features
  • 8.2 Chiemgau
  • 8.3 Cultural Landscape and Tourism
  • 8.4 A popular filming location
  • 8.5 Winter Sports Centre
  • 8.6 differentiator for groups and facilities
  • 8.7 events
  • 8.8 culinary specialties from the Chiemgau

Expansion

The Chiemgau covers areas of the district of Traunstein and the district of Rosenheim. It extends from each about 50 km from north to south and from west to east direction around the lake.

  • In the direction of Bad Reichenhall / Berchtesgaden, the Rupertiwinkel follows, where there is still disagreement about the allocation of Palling to Chiemgau or Rupertiwinkel. The locations of the right and left of the Traun and the Alz, however, are all located in Chiemgau. Inzell again applies as the "gateway " of the Chiemgau to Berchtesgaden.
  • To the west of the Inn Valley to the Bavarian Oberland forms the border, the locations of the Inn Valley, the Rosenheim land and water Neuchatel region are expected, as a rule no longer the Chiemgau. Exceptions are Amerang, which is associated both with the Chiemgau as well as the water burger country, as well as Prutting, Riede ring Söchtenau and Stephan churches include both the Chiemgau as well as the " Rosenheim country." The same applies to Samer mountain, which lies on the border of the Chiemgau for the Inn Valley.
  • In the south, the Chiemgau Alps rise.
  • To the north, the Chiemgau extends to the community Schnaitsee and thus to the northern boundary of the district of Traunstein.

As defined by the Federal Office for Nature Protection of the Chiemgau covers an area of 784 km ².

Places in the Chiemgau

First, include the towns around Lake Chiemsee Chiemgau for:

  • Prien am Chiemsee and the Chiemsee western shore, St. Salvator, Urschalling, Hittenkirchen, Rimsting and Greimharting
  • Seebruck and northwestern Chiemsee shore with wide Brunn, Gstadt, Gollenshausen
  • Chieming and the eastern bank of Lake Chiemsee with Stöttham Hart, Grabenstatt, Winkl, Marwang, Sossau, Oberhochstätt, Hirschau, Ising
  • Bernau am Chiemsee and the Chiemsee southern shore with overseas Feldwies Westerbuchberg, Osterbuchberg.

In the southern Chiemgau all places south, southwest and southeast of Lake Chiemsee to the Austrian border or until the Inn valley and up to the Rupertiwinkel:

  • Simssee and Samer mountain with Stephan churches, Riede ring, Neukirchen am Simssee, Pietzing, Söllhuben, Rohrsdorf, Samer Berg, Törwang, Grainbach, stone churches, Roßholzen
  • Aschau im Chiemgau and Priental having technical rank, height mountain, Umrathshausen, Frasdorf, St. Florian, Wildenwart
  • The upper Achen valley with Schleching, brushing, Raiten, Unterwoessen, Oberwössen, Marquartstein, Niedernfels
  • The Grassauer valley with Grassau, Rottau, jam -Egerndach
  • Bottom Hochfelln: Bergen, Bernhaupten, Vachendorf, Einharting, Adelholzen, Maria Eck
  • Reit im Winkl with Seegatterl and Winklmoos
  • The White - Traun Valley with Ruhpolding, Victory Village, Eisenärzt and Vogling
  • Inzell and the valley of the Red River Traun with hammer
  • Traunstein with Hochberg, Haslach, Ettendorf, Surberg, chamber Nußdorf Sondermoning, Wolkersdorf and Erlstätt

In the northern Chiemgau all places north, northeast and northwest of Lake Chiemsee or until the Inn Valley or until Rupertiwinkel:

  • Bad Endorf and Eggstätt Hemhofer lake with Thal churches, Hirnsberg, reply, Wall churches, Hemhof, Hartmann's mountain, Eggstätt, Hoslwang, Halfing, Amerang, Schnaitsee, Waldhausen, Kirchstätt, Kienberg, Obing, Rabenden, Pittenhart, Seeon
  • Consolation mountain and the upper Alztal with Ischl A.D. Alz, Höllthal A.D. Alz, Poing, Truchtlaching, Baumburg, Altenmarkt, Mögling, St. Wolfgang, Schedling, Your Ting, Tacherting, Peter churches, Feldkirchen, Engelberg and Emertsham.
  • Traunreut and the lower Trauntal with Matzing, Pierling, Traunwalchen, Pertenstein, Sankt Georgen bei Traunreut, Stein an der Traun

Palling and Freutsmoos in the east of the Chiemgau are sometimes counted even for Rupertiwinkel.

Name declaration

The name Chiemgau Chiemsee and are associated with the place name Chieming and this is mostly derived from the Old High German personal name " Chiemo " ( 7 / 8th century ).

At the end of the 8th century, the name " Chiemgau " appeared for the first time in documents as " Chimingaoe " and called then a smaller area around the village Chieming around. Through the centuries, the territory of the Chiemgau region expanded more and more.

It was only in the 11th century is namenskundlich from the Chieminggau throughout the Chiemgau.

Natural History and Geography

The ice age about 15,000 years ago coined the Chiemgau Alps and as moraine. So the Chiemgau is a hilly landscape with numerous meadows, forest and marsh areas, and numerous lakes - from 82 km ² Chiemsee to small forest lakes. The highest elevations in the Chiemgau reach almost 2000 meters above sea level

The Chiemgau Comet

After a disproved theory exploded in the 5th century BC to the Chiemgau a comet whose fragments devastated the Chiemgau and flora, fauna, and at this time there resident Celtic population completely wiped out due to the associated high-temperature pressure wave. This alleged event is called Chiemgau impact, see there further.

Human history

Human traces can be im Chiemgau before the Neolithic Age through Bronze Age and Hallstatt find time to the Iron Age. Even after that he always stays settlement land, whether for the Celts or the Romans. The latter can be especially an der Alz, which flows from Lake Chiemsee, down and erected there in Seebruck ( Bedaium ) a transition for the Roman road from Salzburg to Augsburg, as the Roman Museum Seebruck documented. The Chiemgau was thus at the edge of the Roman province of Noricum, which reached to the Inn and to which the province of Raetia joined.

History is referred mainly between the 8th and the 11th century by the so-called " Chiemgau Count " or Count in Chiemgau. The Chiemgau long time both the Bavarian dukes and the Prince Archbishops of Salzburg was then connected. The former were the rulers, the latter were ecclesiastical power and often local landlords.

Only after the secularisation of 1803 came fully into the Chiemgau Bavaria hand.

Cultural History

The Chiemgau is rich in stately manor houses due to its numerous hills and its fertile soils.

Artistically particularly the baroque buildings are well represented, such as the monastery church of St. Margaret of monastery Baumburg or the parish church of St. George in Ruhpolding in Chiemgau.

The Chiemgau is strongly influenced by the economy, with wood, iron, and salt. A pioneer of mining and smelting in the 16th century Pankrazberg von Freyberg to Hohenaschau. The Saline Traunstein was from 1619 to 1912 and has exercised economically, but also culturally huge impact on the entire Chiemgau. The same applies to the Maximilianshütte in Bergen, which was operated from 1561 to 1932. In connection with the logging of the Chiemgau is also an old horse breeding country for work horses.

In the northern Chiemgau the approximately 300 surviving, usually resulting in the 19th century collar work blame the Vierseithof are crucial for the rural cultural landscape.

Customs, costume care, theater

Im Chiemgau traditions and traditional care is exercised particularly clear. This is reflected, among other things, on behalf of the Chiemgau Alps association, in which a part of the Chiemgau Trachtenvereine is merged. Most Trachtenvereine of Chiemgau, however, belong to Gauverband I.

The Chiemgau folk theater is known for his television appearances far beyond the borders of Bavaria. Whatever the Chiemgau has a variety of theaters farmer with a long tradition.

Importance

Differentiator for places and geographical features

Numerous villages contributes to a better distinction or recognition from the words " Chiemgau ", eg Aschau im Chiemgau in contrast to Aschau am Inn, Nußdorf (Chiemgau), in contrast to Nußdorf am Inn. One speaks of the Chiemgau Alps, the Chiemgau mountains and the Chiemgau Alps and the foothills of the Alps Chiemgau, continue from the Chiemgau Lake District, the Chiemgau Achen valley.

Chiemgau

Even through the main word Chiemgau reference is emphasized to Chiemgau, and not only in the context of regional complementary currency Chiemgau. With this regional currency can be parallel to the euro to pay in more than 600 shops in the region. In addition there is a separate debit card for the Chiemgau. The account management assume cooperative and savings banks in the region (see regional currency ).

In addition, a tourist and commercial and private internet magazine is entitled " The Chiemgau ". For numerous trademark, it is enough alone " The Chiemgau " to say (eg " Chiemgau Dreher " as folk dance, the " Chiemgau hat " as costume hat, etc.).

Cultural landscape and tourism

The Chiemgau is a traditional cultural landscape with strong rural- rural character and that is why one of the most preferred tourism regions of Bavaria, who also owns one of the largest and best -developed cycling and hiking areas in Germany. There are now also offers a sports tour operators for sports- guided and culturally explanatory cycling tours. In addition, the " Tourism Chiemgau " exist ( tour. marketing organization of the district of Traunstein ), the " Chiemsee Alps, rural tourism " ( tour. marketing organization of the district of Rosenheim), the tourism portal "World of Chiemgau ," the club Chiemgau tourism and the Chiemgau - bike trail. In this context, the Chiemgau popular theater, the club Chiemgau local railway, the Chiemgau Chiemgau costume or the leather pants, the Chiemgau high ropes course, the Chiemgau Chiemgau toboggan runs and the school museum, it should be. From 1922 to 1933 there was a "free association Chiemgau Artists eV " and the mountain costume Erhaltungsverein Grabenstatt has " Chiemgau " as the club name. Since 2008, the Zirmstiftung Schusterhof in Bergen / Chiemgau has its headquarters The Zirmstiftung shows on the newly constructed Schusterhof costume exhibitions of Gauverbands I, a historical exhibition of nativity scenes and constantly traveling exhibitions. Purpose of the Foundation is the preservation of Bavarian culture and traditions.

Popular location

Not least because of this scenic aspects of the Chiemgau is a popular filming location for movies and television series, including:

  • Quax, the Crash Pilot 1941 (former airfield Prien am Chiemsee, Airfield in Unterwoessen )
  • White Blue Stories
  • Utta Danella: The wedding in the country, the first television movie in 2001
  • Hierankl, cinema movie 2003
  • In heaven you write love differently (AT), ZDF - TV movie 2005
  • The two on the big lake, ARD TV series
  • The mountain priest ( 1) and (2), ZDF - TV movie 2005
  • Die Rosenheim - Cops, ZDF series
  • Attorney of the heart, ZDF television film in 2005
  • Who Grave Decisions longer, cinema movie 2006
  • Death on the stone angel, ZDF - TV movie 2010

Winter sports center

Furthermore, the Chiemgau is known as a winter sports center, especially through the ice skating stadium in Inzell ( " Skating Mecca " ), the Biathlon World Championship and World Cup in Ruhpolding routes. But skiing in the other areas of winter sports, especially in Nordic skiing and ski in the Chiemgau known sportsmen and women has produced. In the Federal Police Sports Sciences Bad Endorf train winter sports enthusiasts who get there parallel training in Polizeivollzugsdienst.

Differentiator for groups and facilities

In addition, the Chiemgau is so significant as spatial designation that among others, the following groups organized themselves within him or institutions have named after him:

  • Education: the school Chiemgau Gymnasium Traunstein
  • The Waldorf School Chiemgau
  • Media: the Directory for the region Chiemgau Chiemgau industries
  • The local radio station Radio Chiemgau ( since early 2009: Bayernwelle Southeast )
  • The regional daily newspaper Chiemgau, Prien
  • The Internet provider or portals Online Chiemgau 's Chiemgau Chiemgau -Net and websites
  • The Chiemgau weekly
  • The online portal for rock music rocking Chiemgau
  • Health and Social Affairs: the Chiemgau Clinic, a rehabilitation hospital of Bahnversicherungsanstalt
  • The intestine center Chiemgau in Traunstein Hospital
  • The rehab center Chiemgau
  • The health world Chiemgau Chiemgau with the Baths
  • The Chiemgau life coaching workshops GmbH, Traunreut, non-profit organization of life coaching
  • The Rettungshundestaffel - Chiemgau eV as rescue dogs eV
  • Associations and clubs: the " Chiemgau Alps Association for dress and customs eV " association of Chiemgau Trachtenvereine
  • Ski the Chiemgau
  • The association " Astronomy in the Chiemgau e.V. "
  • The association " Sanctuary Chiemgau e.V. "
  • The association " Chiemgau Lakers eV ", American Football Traunstein
  • The Greenpeace group Chiemgau
  • The YMCA guest house Chiemgau
  • The " Chiemgau eV ", sponsoring organization of the Chiemgau Region money
  • The Chiemgau cave bear
  • The Chiemgau Jagdhornbläser
  • The Chiemgau Schrammeln
  • The district associations Inn- Chiemgau ( Rosenheim ) and Chiem Rupertigau ( counties Berchtesgaden and Traunstein ) of music Confederation of Upper and Lower Bavaria
  • Slow Food Chiemgau Rosenheim country

Events

Many cultural, sporting, social and economic events carry the designation " Chiemgau ", eg:

  • The Chiemgau Musikfrühling
  • The Chiemgau solar days
  • The Chiemgau Cardiology days
  • The Chiemgau Astronomy Day
  • The Chiemgau 100, mountain ultra running
  • The Chiemgau Cross Country series
  • The Chiemgau Seniorencup
  • The Chiemgau Radsporttage
  • The Chiemgau Wanderherbst

Culinary specialties from the Chiemgau

Also numerous culinary specialties are named after this region:

  • The Chiemgau brandy
  • Most of the Chiemgau punch
  • The Chiemgau almond trout
  • The Chiemgau mountain sheep cheese and cheese
  • The Chiemgau dumplings

People in Chiemgau

  • Sel. Irmgard of Chiemsee, abbess of nun Chiemsee
  • Jörg von Schnaitsee, Builder
  • Magdalena Auer von Winkl († 1494), abbess of nun Chiemsee
  • Margaretha Haide Bucher ( † 1650), abbess of nun Chiemsee
  • Honorat piston (1603-1670), abbot of a monastery Seeon
  • Jacob Carnutsch, South Tyrolean artist who came in 1680 to Prien
  • Sebastian Mayr (1669-1774), Kistler and artist in Prien
  • Matthias Stadler (1744-1822), born in Schnaitsee Salzburger Hof and Domviolinist and composer
  • Balthasar Furthner, painter, in 1752 came to the woman island
  • Johann Joseph Wagner (1796-1871), in Palling born and deceased in Ising clergyman.
  • Benedict Furtnerteich, painter, 1808 decreased from the women's island to Prien
  • Benedict Haindl (1815 - after 1849 ), in Schnaitsee born Benedictine priest in the U.S.
  • Felix Dahn (1834-1912), poet and friend of Seebruck and Gstadt
  • Ferdinand Bonn (1861-1933), writer and actor, who settled in 1906 in Bernau am Chiemsee.
  • Max Short (1861-1910), poet of the people
  • Julius Exter (1863-1939), a painter, in 1902 settled in overseas Feldwies.
  • Rudolf Stratz (1864-1936), novelist, who settled in 1904 in Bernau am Chiemsee.
  • Felix Schlagintweit (1868-1950), doctor, writer and life artist, who settled in 1905 in Breitbrunn.
  • Hugo Kauffmann, an artist from Hamburg, settled in the 1870s in Prien.
  • Franz Fritz (1876 - ), born in Stetten in Rimsting local poet
  • Willi Geiger (1878-1971), born in Landshut painter who belonged to the artist colony overseas field Wieser.
  • Wolfgang Zeller (1883-1977), portraitist and landscape painter who was one of the artists' colony to overseas field Wieser.
  • Elisabeth Balwé (1896-1973) and Arnold Balwé (1898-1983), painter couple, Feldwies chose for overseas second home.
  • Lothar Stolzenburg Egon (1898-1965), poet, who died in Breitbrunn.
  • Johann Baptist Kager Meier (1899-1959), born in the Upper Palatinate Seebrucker clergyman and local historian
  • Michael M. Kiefer (1902-1980) animal painter " Munich School", who lived since 1934 in the field meadow in overseas.
  • Burkhard Nadolny (1905-1968), the St. Petersburg son of a diplomat and writer, lived with his wife Isabella in Chieming.
  • Isabella Nadolny (1917-2004), writer and translator.
  • Sten Nadolny (born 1942), writer and author of " The Discovery of Slowness, son of Burkhard and Isabella, lives in Berlin and Chieming
  • Fritz Harnest (1905-1999), painter who lived in Feldwies in overseas.
  • Kurt ground squirrel (1911-2001), born in Innsbruck writer who lived in Breitbrunn.
  • Horst Mönnich (1918-2014), writer who has settled in Breitbrunn.
  • Walter Lederer (1923-2003), painter who lived in Feldwies in overseas.
  • Walter L. Brendel (1923-2013), painter who lived overseas.
  • Eugen Ortner († 1947), a writer, who died in Gollenshausen.

For more famous sons and daughters or residents of the Chiemgau see Category: Person (Chiemgau)

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