Chiemsee

Chiemsee (German pronunciation: [ˈkiːmzeː] ⓘ) is a freshwater lake in Bavaria,[2] Germany, near Rosenheim.

The Chiemsee is divided into the bigger, north section, in the northeast, called Weitsee, and the Inselsee, in the southwest.

[3] The Chiemsee was formed, like many other pre-alpine lakes, at the end of the last ice age about 10,000 years ago from a hollow carved out by a glacier (a Zungenbecken).

[citation needed] On 1 September 1938 the first Autobahn rest house opened on the A8 on the outskirts of Bernau am Chiemsee on the lake’s southern shore.

From 1945 until 2 September 2003 the building served as an Armed Forces Recreation Center for the US military, called the Lake Hotel.

Location of Chiemsee in South Germany
High resolution map of the lake within its surrounding region, Chiemgau