Herreninsel

The island of Herrenchiemsee (also known as Mr. island known former name Herrenwörth ) with a total area of ​​238 ha by far the largest of the three islands lying in the Chiemsee. Together with the women and the herb Island it forms the municipality of Chiemsee, which is according to the land area, after Buckenhof, the second smallest in Bavaria.

The island is accessible all year round with the battleship the Chiemsee shipping, mainly of Gstadt and Prien, partly also from other places around the lake, as well as the women's island. The island is car-free. In summer there is a coach service to visitors.

For centuries until the secularisation of Bavaria, the island was owned by the monastery Herrenchiemsee. The island was purchased in 1873 by King Ludwig II for 350,000 florins by a consortium Wurttembergischer timber speculators, which he built his castle Herrenchiemsee here. This was spared being planned deforestation of the island.

Development and use

Herrenchiemsee is in contrast to the woman island that is permanently inhabited by approximately 300 people, permanently inhabited only by a few people but can it with a well-known tourist attraction boasts: the built as a copy of Versailles palace Herrenchiemsee New Palace of Bavarian " Fairy Tale King " Ludwig II ( Bavaria).

Except the New Herrenchiemsee Castle is located on the island also known as Old Castle Herrenchiemsee former Monastery ( Monastery Herrenchiemsee ). Here was held from 10 to 23 August 1948, the Constitutional Convention to draft a discussion draft of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany for the Parliamentary Council.

Forestry departments

Around two-thirds of the island ( with the exception of the castle grounds and the northern part with the old castle ) are divided, with a total of 156.8 ha, which corresponds to 65.9 % of the island in ten forestry departments ( including eleven Old Palace). The area has a park-like character, and has a deer park.

The place name derives from the shore, which is very steep especially in the west and appears from the lake as a high wall to 25 meters above the shore rises ( highest elevation of the island Lord, 544 m above sea level. NN ). When ground is loose layered limestone, a voreiszeitliche embankment of the Miocene. This rock is nowhere else in front of the Chiemsee islands. From a former quarry the building material was recovered for the monastery church and the basement of the new castle.