Königsee

For the German lake in Bavaria, see Königssee.

Königsee
Town
Location of Königsee within Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
Königsee Show map of Germany Königsee Show map of Thuringia
Coordinates: 50°39′41″N 11°5′50″E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Subdivisions	23
Government
• Mayor (2019–25)	Marco Waschkoswki[1]
Area
• Total	103.09 km^2 (39.80 sq mi)
Elevation	377 m (1,237 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	7,176
• Density	70/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	07426
Dialling codes	036739, 036738
Vehicle registration	SLF
Website	cms.königsee-rottenbach.de

Königsee (German pronunciation: [ˈkøːnɪçˌzeː] ^ⓘ) is a town and a municipality in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Ilmenau, and 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Erfurt. The present municipality was formed on 31 December 2012 by the merger of the former municipalities Königsee and Rottenbach, under the name Königsee-Rottenbach. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities Dröbischau and Oberhain were absorbed, and the name was changed to Königsee.[3]

Town hall

References

1. Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 30 September 2022.
2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
3. Thüringer Gesetz zur freiwilligen Neugliederungkreisangehöriger Gemeinden im Jahr 2019, § 23, p. 802