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humans have left their traces in the Chiemgau. After that this region was settled by the Celts and later by the Romans. The Romans settled mainly near the river Alz and made a crossing for their Roman road which goes from Salzburg to Augsburg at Seebruck (Bedaium). At that time the Chiemgau was on
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The Chiemgau is a source of wood, iron and salt. The production of salt, which existed from 1619 till 1912, had a big cultural and economical influence on the Chiemgau.
272:, forests and fens; additional there are plenty of lakes of which the biggest one is the Chiemsee. The biggest mountains are almost 2000m high. 406: 326: 430: 86: 105: 58: 435: 239:. Chiemgau was for a long time closely connected with the Bavarian dukes and also the prince-bishops of Salzburg. 65: 399: 43: 72: 392: 54: 39: 146: 32: 425: 175: 268:
and the morainic landscape. For this reason the Chiemgau is a hilly countryside with numerous
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The Chiemgau has traditionally been horse breeding country, especially workhorses.
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but it stood at that time for a smaller area around the village of Chieming.
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is the name of a famous mountain close by but not strictly in the Chiemgau.
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at its center. The political districts that contain the Chiemgau are
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allegedly go back to the Old High German personal name
246:, the whole Chiemgau district became part of Bavaria. 46:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 417: 400: 150:) is the common name of a geographic area in 210:appeared for the first time in documents as 162:between the rivers Inn and Traun, with the 407: 393: 181: 106:Learn how and when to remove this message 125: 117: 255: 235:the outskirts of the Roman province of 418: 145: 359: 275: 44:adding citations to reliable sources 15: 13: 301: 14: 447: 363: 20: 31:needs additional citations for 431:Cultural landscapes of Germany 295: 1: 288: 196:together with the place name 379:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 10: 452: 358: 217: 436:Bavaria geography stubs 182:Explanation of the name 375:location article is a 244:secularisation of 1803 135: 130:Part of the Chiemgau ( 123: 143:German pronunciation: 129: 121: 256:Nature and geography 40:improve this article 338: /  154:. It refers to the 122:Map of the Chiemgau 147:[ˈkiːmɡaʊ] 136: 124: 388: 387: 342:47.817°N 12.433°E 276:Notable residents 116: 115: 108: 90: 443: 409: 402: 395: 367: 360: 353: 352: 350: 349: 348: 343: 339: 336: 335: 334: 331: 318: 317: 315: 314: 299: 149: 144: 111: 104: 100: 97: 91: 89: 48: 24: 16: 451: 450: 446: 445: 444: 442: 441: 440: 416: 415: 414: 413: 356: 346: 344: 340: 337: 332: 329: 327: 325: 324: 322: 321: 312: 310: 300: 296: 291: 278: 258: 220: 184: 142: 112: 101: 95: 92: 49: 47: 37: 25: 12: 11: 5: 449: 439: 438: 433: 428: 412: 411: 404: 397: 389: 386: 385: 368: 347:47.817; 12.433 320: 319: 308:Hiking Bavaria 293: 292: 290: 287: 286: 285: 277: 274: 257: 254: 219: 216: 183: 180: 114: 113: 28: 26: 19: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 448: 437: 434: 432: 429: 427: 426:Upper Bavaria 424: 423: 421: 410: 405: 403: 398: 396: 391: 390: 384: 382: 378: 374: 369: 366: 362: 361: 357: 354: 351: 309: 305: 298: 294: 283: 282:Karl Streibel 280: 279: 273: 271: 267: 263: 253: 250: 247: 245: 240: 238: 233: 229: 225: 224:New Stone Age 215: 213: 209: 205: 201: 200: 195: 194: 189: 179: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 153: 152:Upper Bavaria 148: 140: 133: 128: 120: 110: 107: 99: 88: 85: 81: 78: 74: 71: 67: 64: 60: 57: –  56: 52: 51:Find sources: 45: 41: 35: 34: 29:This article 27: 23: 18: 17: 381:expanding it 370: 355: 323: 311:. Retrieved 307: 297: 259: 251: 248: 241: 221: 211: 207: 203: 197: 191: 187: 185: 138: 137: 102: 96:January 2024 93: 83: 76: 69: 62: 50: 38:Please help 33:verification 30: 345: / 176:Wendelstein 420:Categories 313:2023-12-31 304:"Chiemgau" 289:References 270:grasslands 242:After the 172:Traunstein 132:Ruhpolding 66:newspapers 55:"Chiemgau" 232:Iron Ages 222:From the 212:Chimigaoe 186:The name 168:Rosenheim 156:foothills 302:Markus. 208:Chiemgau 199:Chieming 193:Chiemsee 188:Chiemgau 164:Chiemsee 139:Chiemgau 373:Bavaria 333:12°26′E 330:47°49′N 262:ice-age 237:Noricum 226:to the 218:History 158:of the 80:scholar 228:Bronze 204:Chiemo 82:  75:  68:  61:  53:  371:This 87:JSTOR 73:books 377:stub 266:Alps 260:The 230:and 190:and 170:and 160:Alps 59:news 174:. 42:by 422:: 306:. 408:e 401:t 394:v 383:. 316:. 141:( 134:) 109:) 103:( 98:) 94:( 84:· 77:· 70:· 63:· 36:.

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Ruhpolding
[ˈkiːmɡaʊ]
Upper Bavaria
foothills
Alps
Chiemsee
Rosenheim
Traunstein
Wendelstein
Chiemsee
Chieming
New Stone Age
Bronze
Iron Ages
Noricum
secularisation of 1803
ice-age

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