Gstadt am Chiemsee
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Gstadt am Chiemsee is a civil parish
in the rural district of Rosenheim
. It is located on lake Chiemsee
.
. Due to the administrative reform of Bavaria
in 1818 it became a civil parish.
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in the rural district of Rosenheim
Rosenheim (district)
Rosenheim is a Kreis in the south of Bavaria, Germany.Neighboring districts are, clockwise from the west, Miesbach, Munich, Ebersberg, Mühldorf, and Traunstein, with the Austrian province Tirol across the southern border....
. It is located on lake Chiemsee
Chiemsee
Chiemsee is a freshwater lake in Bavaria, Germany, between Rosenheim, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria. It is often called the Bavarian Sea. The rivers Tiroler Achen and Prien flow into the lake; the river Alz, out of it...
.
Districts
Gstadt am Chiemsee consists of the districts of- Gollenshausen
- Gstadt
- Aich
- Aiglsbuch
- Aisching
- Ed
- Lienzing
- Lienzinger Moos
- Loiberting
- Mitterndorf
- Plötzing
- Preinersdorf
- Schalchen
- Söll
- Weingarten
History
Gstadt am Chiemsee formerly belonged the monastery of FrauenchiemseeFrauenchiemsee
The island Frauenchiemsee is the second largest of the three islands in Chiemsee, Germany. It belongs to the municipality of Chiemsee in Upper Bavarian district of Rosenheim, which is the smallest municipality in all of Bavaria. The large and car free Fraueninsel houses 300 permanent residents as...
. Due to the administrative reform of Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
in 1818 it became a civil parish.