Chiemgau
The Chiemgau is a cultural landscape in south-east Upper Bavaria .
expansion
The Chiemgau comprises areas of the Traunstein district and the Rosenheim district . It extends around 50 km in north-south and west-east directions around the Chiemsee .
- The Rupertiwinkel connects to the northeast . The places to the right and left of the Traun are all in Chiemgau.
- To the southeast of the Bavarian has always been part includes the district of Berchtesgaden to Bad Reichenhall with Schneizlreuth as immediate border village. Inzell is therefore considered the “gateway” of the Chiemgau to the Berchtesgadener Land district.
- In the south the Chiemgau Alps rise with the state border to Austria .
- To the west is the Inntal to the Bavarian Oberland the border, the locations of the Inn Valley, the Rosenheim country and Wasserburger country are no longer expected generally to Chiemgau. Exceptions to this are Amerang , which is assigned to both the Chiemgau and the Wasserburger Land , as well as Prutting, Riedering, Söchtenau and Stephanskirchen both belong to the Chiemgau and the "Rosenheimer Land". The same applies to Samerberg, which lies on the border between the Chiemgau and the Inn Valley.
- In the north, the Chiemgau extends to the community of Schnaitsee and thus to the northern border of the Traunstein district. The Inn-Salzach region borders here.
As defined by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation , the Chiemgau covers an area of 784 km².
Places in the Chiemgau
First of all, the places around the Chiemsee are part of the Chiemgau:
- Prien am Chiemsee and the western shore of the Chiemsee, St. Salvator , Urschalling , Hittenkirchen , Rimsting and Greimharting
- Seebruck and the north-western shore of the Chiemsee with Breitbrunn , Gstadt , Gollenshausen
- Chieming and the eastern shore of the Chiemsee with Stöttham , Hart , Grabenstätt , Winkl , Marwang , Sossau , Oberhochstätt , Hirschau, Ising
- Bernau am Chiemsee and the southern bank of the Chiemsee with Übersee , Feldwies , Westerbuchberg , Osterbuchberg .
In the southern Chiemgau all places south, southwest and southeast of the Chiemsee up to the Austrian border or up to the Inn valley and up to the Rupertiwinkel:
- Simssee and Samerberg with Stephanskirchen , Riedering , Neukirchen am Simssee , Pietzing , Söllhuben , Rohrdorf , Samerberg, Törwang , Grainbach , Steinkirchen , Roßholzen
- Aschau im Chiemgau and the Priental with Sachrang , Höhenberg , Umrathshausen , Frasdorf , St. Florian , Wildenwart
- The upper Achental with Schleching , Streichen , Raiten , Unterwössen , Oberwössen , Marquartstein , Niedernfels
- The Grassau valley with Grassau , Rottau , Staudach-Egerndach
- Below the Hochfelln: Bergen , Bernhaupten , Vachendorf , Einharting , Bad Adelholzen , Maria Eck
- Reit im Winkl with Seegatterl and Winklmoos
- the White Traun Valley with Ruhpolding , Siegsdorf , Eisenärzt and Vogling
- Inzell and the valley of the Roten Traun with hammer
- Traunstein with Hochberg , Haslach , Ettendorf , Surberg , Kammer , Nussdorf , Sondermoning , Wolkersdorf and Erlstätt
In the northern Chiemgau all places north, northeast and northwest of the Chiemsee or up to the Inntal or up to the Rupertiwinkel:
- Bad Endorf and the Eggstätt-Hemhofer lake district with Thalkirchen , Hirnsberg , Antwort , Mauerkirchen , Hemhof , Hartmannsberg , Eggstätt , Höslwang , Halfing , Söchtenau , Amerang, Schnaitsee , Waldhausen , Kirchstätt , Kienberg , Obing , Rabenden , Pittenhart , Seeon
- Trostberg with the exception of Heiligkreuz and Lindach and the upper Alztal with Ischl ad Alz , Höllthal ad Alz , Poing , Truchtlaching , Baumburg , Altenmarkt , Mögling , Sankt Wolfgang , Schedling , Deinting , Tacherting , Peterskirchen , Feldkirchen , Engelsberg and Emertsham .
- Traunreut and the lower Trauntal
Name declaration
The names Chiemgau and Chiemsee are related to the place name Chieming, which is mostly derived from the Old High German personal name " Chiemo " (7th / 8th century).
At the end of the 8th century, the name "Chiemgau" also appears for the first time in documents as "Chimingaoe" and at that time referred to a smaller area around the village of Chieming. The Chiemgau area expanded over the centuries.
It was not until the 11th century that the Chieminggau became known as the Chiemgau .
Natural history and geography
The Ice Age around 15,000 years ago shaped the Chiemgau as a pre-Alpine and moraine landscape. The Chiemgau is a hilly landscape with numerous meadows, forest and moor areas as well as numerous lakes - from the 82 km² Chiemsee to smaller forest lakes. The highest elevations in the Chiemgau reach almost 2000 meters above sea level. d. M.
See also: List of waters in Chiemgau
The Chiemgau comet
According to a controversial theory, a comet exploded over the Chiemgau in the 5th century BC , the fragments of which would have devastated the Chiemgau. This alleged event is called the Chiemgau impact .
Human history
Human traces can be found in the Chiemgau even before the younger Stone Age through the Bronze and Hallstatt Ages to the Iron Age . Even after that, it always remains a settlement area, whether for the Celts or the Romans . The latter can be found mainly on the Alz, which flows from the Chiemsee, and built a crossing for the Roman road from Salzburg to Augsburg there at Seebruck ( Bedaium ), as the Roman Museum Seebruck documents. The Chiemgau was thus on the edge of the Roman province of Noricum , which reached as far as the Inn and to which the province of Raetia joined.
Historically, one speaks of so-called " Chiemgaugrafen " or counts in Chiemgau , especially between the 8th and 11th centuries . For a long time, the Chiemgau was connected to both the Bavarian dukes and the prince archbishops of Salzburg . The former were the sovereigns, the latter were ecclesiastical power and often also local landlords.
Only after secularization in 1803 did the Chiemgau come completely into Bavarian hands .
Cultural history
The Chiemgau is rich in stately mansions due to its numerous hills and its fertile soils.
From an artistic point of view, baroque buildings are particularly well represented in the Chiemgau . B. the monastery church St. Margaretha von Kloster Baumburg or the parish church St. Georg in Ruhpolding.
The Chiemgau is strongly influenced by the economy with wood, iron and salt. A pioneer of mining and metallurgy was Pankraz von Freyberg zu Hohenaschau in the 16th century . The saltworks in Traunstein existed from 1619 to 1912 and exerted great economic and cultural influence on the entire Chiemgau. The same applies to the Maximilianshütte in Bergen, which was operated from 1561 to 1932. In connection with the logging of wood, the Chiemgau is also an old horse breeding land for work horses.
In the northern Chiemgau, the approx. 300 still preserved, mostly 19th century Bundwerkstadel of the Vierseithöfe are characteristic of the rural cultural landscape .
Customs, traditional costumes, theater
In the Chiemgau, customs and traditional costumes are practiced particularly vividly. This is reflected, among other things, in the name of the Chiemgau Alpine Association , in which part of the Chiemgau traditional costume clubs are united . However, most Trachtenvereine of Chiemgau belong to Gauverband I .
The Chiemgauer Volkstheater is known far beyond the borders of Bavaria for its television appearances. In general, the Chiemgau has a large number of farm theaters with a long tradition.
meaning
Distinguishing feature for places and geographical conditions
Numerous places have the addition "im Chiemgau" for better differentiation or recognition, e.g. B. Aschau im Chiemgau in contrast to Aschau am Inn , Nussdorf (Chiemgau) in contrast to Nussdorf am Inn . One speaks of the Chiemgau Alps, the Chiemgau Mountains or the Chiemgau Pre-Alps and the Chiemgau Alpine Foreland , furthermore of the Chiemgau Lake District , the Chiemgauer Achental .
Chiemgauer
The reference to Chiemgau is also emphasized by the noun Chiemgauer , and not only in connection with the regional complementary currency Chiemgauer . This regional currency can be used to pay in parallel to the euro in more than 600 shops in the region. There is also a separate EC card for the Chiemgauer . The accounts are managed by cooperative banks and savings banks in the region (see also Regiogeld ).
In addition, a tourist-commercial-private internet magazine bears the title “Der Chiemgauer”. For numerous trademarks it is enough to just say “Der Chiemgauer” (e.g. “Chiemgauer Dreher” as a folk dance, the “Chiemgauer Hut” as a traditional hat, etc.).
Cultural landscape and tourism
The Chiemgau is a rural and rural cultural landscape, with sights such as Herrenchiemsee Abbey or Herrenchiemsee New Castle on the Herreninsel im Chiemsee, one of the preferred tourist regions in Bavaria and, among other things, one of the largest and best-developed cycling and hiking areas in Germany with offers promotes bike tours that are sporty and that explain regional cultural information.
According to the Bavarian State Office for Statistics , the Chiemgau cultural landscape is divided into the two tourism regions "Chiemsee-Alpenland" and "Chiemsee-Chiemgau" of two districts, which in turn are managed by the two tourism associations "Chiemsee-Alpenland Tourismus GmbH & Co. KG" (tour. Marketing organization des District of Rosenheim ) and “Chiemgau Tourismus e. V. "(tour. Marketing organization of the district of Traunstein , since 2017 with logo and brand " chiemsee chiemgau Bavarian Alps ") can be advertised with their own web presence. They also set up a high ropes course and toboggan runs as further attractions for tourists .
In addition to the more or less pronounced Bavarian dialect of the Rosenheim and Traunstein locals, the Chiemgau costume including lederhosen and the Chiemgau Volkstheater are the region's own cultural trademarks. In this context, the Chiemgau Local Railway, operated as a museum railway, and the Chiemgau School Museum should also be mentioned. From 1922 to 1933 there was a “Free Association of Chiemgauer Künstler e. V. "and the mountain costume preservation association Grabenstätt has" Chiemgauer "as the club name. The Zirmstiftung Schusterhof has been based in Bergen / Chiemgau since 2008. The Zirmstiftung organizes traditional costume exhibitions of Gauverband I and a historical nativity scene at the newly built Schusterhof , the exhibits of which are also shown in traveling exhibitions at other locations. The purpose of the foundation is to preserve Bavarian culture and traditions.
Popular filming location
Not least because of these scenic aspects, the Chiemgau is a popular location for films and TV series, including:
- Quax, the Bruchpilot 1941 (former airfield Prien am Chiemsee, airfield in Unterwössen)
- White and blue stories
- Utta Danella: The Wedding in the Country , The First TV Movie 2001
- Hierankl , feature film 2003
- Love is written differently in heaven (AT), ZDF television film 2005
- The two at the big lake , ARD television series
- Der Bergpfarrer (1) and (2), ZDF television film 2005
- The Rosenheim Cops , ZDF series
- Lawyer of the Heart , ZDF TV film 2005
- Death on Engelstein , ZDF TV film 2010
Winter sports center
The Chiemgau is also known as a winter sports center, especially due to the ice rink in Inzell ("Ice Skating Mecca"), the biathlon world championship and world cup courses in Ruhpolding. But the Chiemgau has also produced well-known athletes in other areas of winter sports, especially Nordic and Alpine skiing . Winter sports enthusiasts train in the Federal Police Sports School in Bad Endorf , who receive training in the police force at the same time.
Differentiator for groups and institutions
In addition, the Chiemgau is so significant as a spatial designation that, among others, the following groups have organized themselves within it or institutions have named themselves after it:
- Education:
- the Chiemgau-Gymnasium Traunstein school
- the Free Waldorf School Chiemgau
- the Chiemgau museum portal
- Media:
- the business directory for the Chiemgau region Chiemgau industries
- the local radio station Radio Chiemgau ( since the beginning of 2009: Bayernwelle SüdOst )
- the regional daily newspaper Chiemgau-Zeitung , Prien
- the internet providers and portals Chiemgau-Online , Chiemgau-Net and Chiemgau websites
- the Chiemgauer Wochenblatt
- the online portal for rock music Rocking-Chiemgau
- Health and social:
- the Chiemgau-Klinik, a rehabilitation clinic of the railway insurance company
- the Chiemgau intestinal center in the Traunstein Clinic
- the Chiemgau Rehabilitation Center
- the health world of Chiemgau with the Chiemgau thermal baths
- the Chiemgau- Lebenshilfe -Werkstätten GmbH, Traunreut, non-profit organization of the Lebenshilfe
- the rescue dog squadron Chiemgau e. V. in the German Rescue Dog Association e. V.
- Associations and clubs:
- the “Chiemgau Alpine Association for Costume and Customs” e. V. “, merger of the Chiemgau traditional costume clubs
- the Chiemgau Ski Association
- the association “ Astronomie im Chiemgau e. V. "
- the association “ Gnadenhof Chiemgau e. V. "
- the association “Chiemgau Lakers e. V. “, American Football Traunstein
- the sports club SB Chiemgau Traunstein
- the Greenpeace group Chiemgau
- the CVJM guest house Chiemgau
- the “Chiemgauer e. V. “, sponsoring association of the Chiemgau regional money
- the “Chiemgau Impakt e. V. “, Association for the Promotion of Research into the Southeast Bavarian Meteorite Crater Streufeld e. V.
- the "Chiemgau Impact Research Team (CIRT)"
- the Chiemgau cave bears
- the Chiemgau hunting horn blowers
- the Chiemgauer Schrammeln
- the district associations of Inn-Chiemgau (district of Rosenheim) and Chiem-Rupertigau (districts of Berchtesgadener Land and Traunstein) of the Upper and Lower Bavaria Music Association
- Slow Food Chiemgau-Rosenheimer Land
- Schützengau Chiemgau-Prien
Events
Many cultural, sporting, social and economic events are called "Chiemgauer", e.g. B .:
- the Chiemgau music spring
- the Chiemgau solar days
- the Chiemgau Cardiology Days
- the Chiemgau Astronomy Days
- the Chiemgauer100, mountain ultra run
- the Chiemgau cross-country series
- the Chiemgau Senior Cup
- the Chiemgau cycling days
- the Chiemgauer Wanderherbst
- the Chiemgau Alm Festival
Culinary specialties from the Chiemgau
Numerous culinary specialties are named after this region:
- the Chiemgau schnapps
- the Chiemgau cider punch
- the Chiemgau almond trout
- the Chiemgau sheep cheese and Schafsberg cheese
- the Chiemgau dumplings
People in the Chiemgau
- Sel. Irmgard von Chiemsee , abbess of Frauenchiemsee Abbey
- Jörg von Schnaitsee , master builder
- Magdalena Auer von Winkl († 1494), abbess of Frauenchiemsee Abbey
- Margaretha Haidenbucher († 1650), abbess of Frauenchiemsee Abbey
- Honorat Kolb (1603–1670), abbot at Seeon Abbey
- Jacob Carnutsch , South Tyrolean artist who came to Prien around 1680
- Sebastian Mayr (1669–1774), Kistler and artist in Prien
- Matthias Stadler (1744–1822), Salzburg-born court and cathedral violinist and composer in Schnaitsee
- Balthasar Furthner , painter, came to Fraueninsel in 1752
- Johann Joseph Wagner (1796–1871), clergyman born in Palling and died in Ising.
- Benedikt Furtner , painter, moved from Fraueninsel to Prien in 1808
- Benedikt Haindl (1815-after 1849), a Benedictine priest in the USA who was born in Schnaitsee
- Felix Dahn (1834–1912), poet and friend of Seebruck and Gstadt
- Ferdinand Bonn (1861–1933), writer and actor who settled in Bernau am Chiemsee in 1906.
- Max Kurz (1861–1910), folk poet
- Julius Exter (1863–1939), painter who settled in Feldwies near Übersee in 1902.
- Rudolf Stratz (1864–1936), novelist who settled in Bernau am Chiemsee in 1904.
- Felix Schlagintweit (1868–1950), doctor, writer and bon vivant, who settled in Breitbrunn in 1905.
- Hugo Kauffmann , artist from Hamburg, settled in Prien in the 1870s.
- Franziska Hager (1874–1960), native writer.
- Franz Fritz (1876–?), Native poet born in Stetten near Rimsting
- Willi Geiger (1878–1971), an artist born in Landshut who belonged to the Übersee-Feldwieser artists' colony.
- Wolfgang Zeller (1883–1977), portraitist and landscape painter who belonged to the Übersee-Feldwieser artists' colony.
- Eugen Ortner (1890–1947), writer who died in Gollenshausen.
- Elisabeth Balwé (1896–1973) and Arnold Balwé (1898–1983), painter couple, chose Feldwies near Übersee as their second home.
- Egon Lothar Stolzenburg (1898–1965), poet who died in Breitbrunn.
- Johann Baptist Kagermeier (1899–1959), Seebruck clergyman and local researcher who was born in Upper Palatinate
- Michael M. Kiefer (1902–1980) “Munich School” animal painter who lived in Feldwies near Übersee since 1934.
- Burkhard Nadolny (1905–1968), the Petersburg diplomat's son and writer, lived with his wife Isabella in Chieming.
- Isabella Nadolny (1917–2004), writer and translator.
- Sten Nadolny (born 1942), writer and author of The Discovery of Slowness , son of Burkhard and Isabella, lives in Berlin and Chieming
- Fritz Harnest (1905–1999), painter who lived in Feldwies near Übersee.
- Kurt Ziesel (1911–2001), Innsbruck-born writer who lived in Breitbrunn.
- Horst Mönnich (1918–2014), writer who settled in Breitbrunn.
- Walter Lederer (1923–2003), painter who lived in Feldwies near Übersee.
- Walter L. Brendel (1923–2013), painter who lived overseas.
- Benedict XVI. (* 1927), Pope emeritus and was head of the Roman Catholic Church and the State of Vatican City from April 19, 2005 until his resignation on February 28, 2013.
- Stephan Zinner (* 1974) German cabaret artist, musician and actor
- Stefanie Hertel (* 1979), singer and presenter, has lived in Chiemgau since 1997
For other well-known sons and daughters or residents of the Chiemgau see category: Person (Chiemgau)
literature
- Peter Pfarl, Toni Anzenberger: Chiemgau and Rupertiwinkel. About royal castles, air painters and magic mountains. Verlag Anton Pustet, Salzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7025-0821-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christina Indinger: Future prospects of a tourist sub-destination : Mitteilungen der Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft Vol. 56, 2009, pp. 285–302, pp. 286 and 291, PDF file, online at fgg-erlangen.de , accessed September 9 2018.
- ↑ Local working group Chiemgauer Alpen: Local Development Strategy LES 2014–2020 , p. 22, PDF file, online at www.lag-chiemgauer-alpen.de , accessed September 9, 2018.
- ↑ Chiemgau Tourismus e. V: Chiemgau - Kultur & Genuss , p. 32, PDF file, online at www.chiemgau-bavaria.com , accessed September 9, 2018.
- ↑ The term cultural landscape is brought differently, the Bavarian State Office for the Environment lists the Chiemgau as a "cultural landscape unit" and describes smaller areas within it as a "cultural landscape" (see 59 Chiemgau (2013) , in the draft of a cultural landscape structure of Bavaria as a contribution to biodiversity , PDF file, online at lfu.bayern.de )
- ↑ BfN landscape profile 3801 Chiemgau
- ↑ See already Gotthard Heinrich, Ueber die Ortnames in Oberbayern , 1849, p. 20
- ↑ Keinz Friedrich: Indiculus Arnonis and Breves Notitiae Salzburgenses - reissued and provided with explanations based on the known and previously unused manuscripts, Munich 1869, online
- ↑ Dotter, Franz / Dotter, Margit: The Inn and its tributaries, Stuttgart 1987
- ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics : Tourism regions in Bavaria , PDF file, status: January 1, 2019, online at statistik.bayern.de .
- ^ Website of the "Chiemsee-Alpenland Tourismus GmbH & Co. KG"
- ↑ New logo for the tourism association , press release from May 12, 2017, online at ovb-online.de .