Kössen is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in the Kitzbühel

Kitzbühel (district)

The Bezirk Kitzbühel is an administrative district in Tyrol, Austria. It borders Bavaria in the north, the Kufstein and Schwaz districts in the west, and the Pinzgau region in the east and south....

 district and is located 24 km north of Kitzbühel

Kitzbühel

-Demographic evolution:-Personalities:*Karl Wilhelm von Dalla Torre , entomologist and botanist*Alfons Walde , expressionist painter and architect*Peter Aufschnaiter , mountaineer and geographer...

 as well as 15.50 km north of Sankt Johann in Tirol at the Kitzbühler Ache

Kitzbühler Ache

The Kitzbühler Ache is a river in the Kitzbühel district, Tyrol, Austria. As Jochberger Ache it sources near Pass Thurn.Jochberg, Aurach bei Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel and Oberndorf in Tirol are situated along the river. At the southern town limits of St...

 near the border to Germany.

Geography

Kössen is located in a broad basin between the Chiemgau

Chiemgau

Chiemgau is the common name of a geographic area in Upper Bavaria. It refers to the foothills of the Alps between the rivers Inn and Traun, with lake Chiemsee at its center. The political districts that contain the Chiemgau are Rosenheim and Traunstein...

er Alps

Alps

The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....

 in the north and the Kaiser Mountains in the south of the confluence of Großache

Großache

The Großache is a river, long, in the east of the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Bavarian region of Chiemgau.-Names:The river is known by four different names, each applying to a different section of its course: above Kitzbühel it is the Jochberger Ache, from Kitzbühel to St...

 river, the Kohlenbach and the Weißenbach.

Places of interest

Maria Klobenstein is a pilgrimage church in the community Kössen in Tirol on the border with Bavaria (municipality Schleching

Schleching

Schleching is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany....

).

Neighboring towns

Aschau im Chiemgau

Aschau im Chiemgau

Aschau im Chiemgau is a municipality in the district of Rosenheim in Bavaria in Germany....

, Kirchdorf in Tirol

Kirchdorf in Tirol

Kirchdorf in Tirol is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district and is located 12.20 km north of Kitzbühel as well as 3 km north of Sankt Johann in Tirol at the Kitzbühler Ache. The area is the 2nd largest one in size in the district. The village has got its name from an old church which was...

, Reit im Winkl

Reit im Winkl

Reit im Winkl is a small village in the southeastern part of Bavaria, Germany, in the Traunstein district. It is situated southwest of Ruhpolding in the Alps. The village area has borders with two states of Austria, Tyrol and Salzburg. The small village of Kössen in Tyrol is the next village...

, Schleching

Schleching

Schleching is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany....

, Schwendt

Schwendt

Schwendt is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district and is located 17 km north of Kitzbühel as well as 6 km below Kössen. The name of the village comes from the old word „schwenden“. Main sources of income are tourism and agriculture. It has 766 inhabitants....

, Unterwössen

Unterwössen

Unterwössen is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany.-References:...

, Waidring

Waidring

Waidring is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in Tyrol, Austria, located 20 km northeast of Kitzbühel and 9 km east of Kirchdorf in Tirol near the border with Salzburg. The village was mentioned for the first time as „Waitheringen“ in documents from 1147. It has about 1,850 inhabitants....

, Walchsee

Walchsee

Walchsee is a municipality in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kufstein district. It is located in the lower Inn valley and belongs to the "Kaiserwinkl" and the "Untere Schranne".-Geography:...

External links

• Kössen community data from Statistik Austria