Site description
A lake with an area of fen and riverine forest. The lake and its surrounds are intensively used for tourism from May to October, as a fishery all year-round, and also for hunting, forestry and agriculture.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter on a regular basis.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Chiemsee and Chiemseemoore. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 30/01/2023.