Germany & Austria 1945
Königssee
Lake
GuideGermany & Austria 1945
AreaBerchtesgaden & the Eagle's Nest
TypeLake
Time to allow2 h
LocationExact spot known
GPS47.59000, 12.98700
The story
The fjord-like lake below the Watzmann, where the 506th swam and boated in May 1945. Electric boats to St Bartholomä; the echo trumpet still plays.
What to look for
A rest from the museums.
Plan your visit
- Open
- Year-round; no boats 24 Dec or in fog, storm, flood or ice. Winter timetable 12 Oct 2026–23 Apr 2027 (see PDF)
- Price
- €23.40 adults return to St. Bartholomä; €29.80 to Salet (Salet late Apr–mid Oct only)
Checked September 2026 from official sources: seenschifffahrt.de, seenschifffahrt.de, seenschifffahrt.de. Things change, so check before you travel.
Nearby sites
- Berchtesgaden — town and the Berchtesgadener Hof site · 4 km
- Kehlsteinhaus — the Eagle's Nest · 5 km
- Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden — salt mine · 6 km
- Dokumentation Obersalzberg · 6 km
- Berghof site and the Obersalzberg walk · 6 km
- Bad Reichenhall · 17 km
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Easy Company: Germany & Austria
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the last months of the war in Europe: the Rhine, Bavaria with Landsberg, Dachau and Munich, Berchtesgaden and the Eagle's Nest, and Austria, where Easy Company ended its war at Zell am See and Kaprun.
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