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TEGERNSEE

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 504 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TEGERNSEE , a See also:

lake of See also:Germany, in the See also:province of Upper See also:Bavaria, situated in a beautiful See also:mountain See also:country, 2382 ft. above the See also:sea, 34 M. S. from See also:Munich by See also:rail to See also:Gmund, a See also:village with a station on the See also:north See also:shore. The lake is 4 M. See also:long, averages 14 m. broad, and is about. 235 ft. deep. Its See also:waters See also:discharge through the Mangfall into the See also:Inn. The See also:southern See also:part is environed by high and well-wooded hills, while on the See also:northern See also:side, where it debouches on the See also:plain, the See also:banks are See also:flat and less attractive. Prosperous villages and handsome villas See also:stud its shores, and it is one of the most frequented summer resorts in the vicinity of Munich. The village of Tegernsee (pop. 1742 in 1905), on the See also:east See also:bank, has a See also:parish See also:church dating from the 15th See also:century, a ducal See also:castle which was formerly a See also:Benedictine monastery, and a See also:hospital, founded in connexion with the large ophthalmic practice of the See also:late See also:Duke See also:Charles See also:Theodore of Bavaria. See Freyberg, Aelteste Geschichte von Tegernsee (Munich, 1822) ; Hack, Tegernsee (Munich, 1888); Breu, Der Tegernsee, limnologische Studie (Munich, 1906).

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