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Herrenchiemsee

complex of royal buildings on Herreninsel, an island in the Chiemsee, Bavaria's largest lake, 60 km south east of Munich
Place palace Q118618

Facts

19 properties

Designation

Instance of
palace, château[4]
Heritage designation
architectural heritage monument in Bavaria, World Heritage Site[18][19]

Location

Country
Germany[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.860°, 12.402°[14]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Chiemsee[2]
Street address
Herrenchiemsee 1, 83209 Chiemsee

Period and style

Inception
1878[13]
Architect
Georg von Dollmann[5]
Architectural style
baroque revival[9]
More facts +10
Founder
Ludwig II of Bavaria[7]
Owned by
Ludwig II of Bavaria[8]
Official website
www.herren-chiemsee.de, www.herrenchiemsee.de[16][17]
Part of
The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee[10]
Appears in the heritage monument list
Liste der Baudenkmäler in Chiemsee (Gemeinde)
Commissioned by
Ludwig II of Bavaria[6]
Elevation above sea level
+528
Has part(s)
Schloss Herrenchiemsee 2 in Chiemsee (Gemeinde), Schlosspark Herrenchiemsee 1 in Chiemsee (Gemeinde)[11][12]
Hashtag
SchlossHerrenchiemsee
Located in/on physical feature
Herreninsel[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Herrenchiemsee ar جزيرة هيزنشمزي de Neues Schloss Herrenchiemsee el Χέρενχιμζη es Palacio de Herrenchiemsee fa کاخ هرن‌کیمزه fr château de Herrenchiemsee he הרנכימזה it Castello di Herrenchiemsee ja ヘレンキームゼー城 ko 헤렌킴제 nl Slot Herrenchiemsee pl Pałac Herrenchiemsee pt Palácio de Herrenchiemsee ro Castelul Herrenchiemsee ru Херренкимзе th พระราชวังเฮเรินคีมเซ uk Палац Герренкімзее zh 海伦基姆湖宫
🔖 Identifiers · 12
VIAF cluster ID
295702525
GND ID
4200430-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Aerial image of the New Palace Herrenchiemsee.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM project ID
7894
Atlas Obscura place ID
herrenchiemsee-neues-schloss
Bavarian Monument Map object ID (architectural monument)
37767
Bavarian monument authority ID
D-1-87-123-26
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
herrenchiemsee
Freebase ID
/m/02rmqj
GNS Unique Feature ID
13443
GeoNames ID
3205589
WikiKids ID
Slot_Herrenchiemsee
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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
palace, château
Architect 1
Georg von Dollmann
Architectural style 1
baroque revival
Belongs to 1
The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee
Commissioned by 1
Ludwig II of Bavaria
Country 1
Germany
Founder 1
Ludwig II of Bavaria
Heritage designation 1
World Heritage Site
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Chiemsee
Located in/on physical feature 1
Herreninsel
Owned by 1
Ludwig II of Bavaria
Owns / has subsidiaries 1
Ludwig II of Bavaria
Part of 1
The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen and Herrenchiemsee
← FactGrid item ID 1
La Ferté-Gaucher
← Filming location 1
The Three Musketeers
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Summary

Herrenchiemsee is a palace[1].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Herrenchiemsee's elevation above sea level is recorded as 528 m[20].

Related Entities

Germany Ludwig II of Bavaria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bavarian Monument Map. Retrieved . geoportal.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . reuters.com. Retrieved . reuters.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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