St. Bartholomä - Königssee

The lake Königssee is a long mountain lake in the Berchtesgaden National Park in the southeastern Bavaria.

The lake is noted for its clear water and is advertised as the cleanest lake in Germany! For this reason only electric driven boats, rowboats and pedal boats have been permitted on the lake.

Lake Königssee's landmark is the chapel of St. Bartholomä that can only be reached by boat or on foot after a long hike. On the day we reached, it was pretty chill and we decided to stick to only the boat ride.

On the boat ride, at about half the journey to St. Bartholomew's, it is traditional to stop and play the trumpet to demonstrate the echo.
It was amazing to hear this. Highly recommend the boat ride to anyone visiting this place.

St. Bartholomew's Church is a pilgrimage chapel and is considered the oldest mountain pilgrimage in Europe.

St. Bartholomew is said to be the protector of alpine farmers and of milkmaids.
Since 16th century it has been in the baroque style. It has two onion domes and a red domed roof.

The easter celebrations in the church.

Apart from the church, this small island has a fish tavern, a hunting lodge which is now turned into an inn, a souvenir shop and few other small buildings.

Once the last boat leaves this island in the afternoon, St Bartholomä turns into complete silence !

(All Images by Anupama Puneeth. Information courtesy http://de.wikipedia.org/)