Chiemsee - Frauenchiemsee

Approaching the small island of Frauenchiemsee (aka "Fraueninsel") with it´s imposant 12th century bell tower.

Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, had founded a monastery in 782 on Herrenchiemsee, but mid of the 9th century the nuns moved to this island, where Louis the German (aka "Ludwig der Deutsche"), son of Louis the Pious and so Charlemagne`s grandson had founded a nunnery. His daughter Irmgard (of Chiemsee) was the first Abbess here in 857.