Frauenchiemsee

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Bell tower on Frauenchiemsee

The island Frauenchiemsee (often called Fraueninsel) is the second largest of the three island in Chiemsee, Germany. It belongs to the municipality of Chiemsee in Upper Bavarian district of Rosenheim, which is the smallest municipality in all of Bavaria. The 15.5 ha large and car free Fraueninsel houses 300 permanent residents as well as an active Benedictine convent, which was founded in 782. Frauenchiemsee along with its sister island Herreninsel is one of the main tourist attractions on the Chiemsee, and is famous for the Kloster Liquor spirit, which is produced by the nuns.

The island is accessible by ship year round, usually from Gstadt, Prien, and Seebruck. There are also several boats that can take passengers from Frauenchiemsee to Herreninsel and back.

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Imperial abbeys and colleges (Reichsabteien, Reichsklöster und Reichsstifte)	Baindt • Comburg • Disentis • Elchingen • Frauenchiemsee • Fraumünster • Fürstenfeld • Gengenbach • Göss • Gutenzell • Heggbach • Helmarshausen • Herrenalb • Irsee • Kaisheim† • Lindau • Lorsch • Marchtal • Marmoutier • Maulbronn • Mönchrot • Mondsee • Murbach* • Neresheim • Ochsenhausen • Ottobeuren • Petershausen • Prüfening • Reichenau • Roggenburg • Rottenmünster • St. Gall's* • St. George's in Isny • Salem • Schänis • Schussenried • Schuttern • Söflingen • Ursberg • Waldsassen • Weingarten • Weissenau • Wettenhausen

Imperial charterhouse (Reichskartause)	Buxheim†

* Also a Prince of the Empire † Also in Rhenish College