German Chiemsee
Lake, southern Germany.
Located southeast of Munich , it lies 1,699 ft (518 m) above sea level, and drains through the Alz River into the Inn River . At 9 mi (15 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, it is Bavaria 's largest lake. One of its three islands has a Benedictine monastery and a royal castle modeled on the palace at Versailles .