Riegsee

{{Infobox German location

|name = Riegsee

|type =

|image_photo = Riegsee (Gemeinde) GO-4.jpg

|image_caption = General view of the village

|image_coa = DEU Riegsee COA.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|47|41|56|N|11|14|02|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Riegsee in GAP.svg

|state = Bavaria

|region = Oberbayern

|district = Garmisch-Partenkirchen

|Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = Seehausen am Staffelsee

|elevation = 668

|area = 20.44

|postal_code = 82418

|area_code = 08841

|licence = GAP

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 1 80 128

|website = [http://www.riegsee.de/ www.riegsee.de]

|mayor = Jörg Steinleinter[https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden], Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.

|leader_term = 2020–26

|party =

}}

Riegsee is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. The town lies on Riegsee Lake, of the same name.

Names

The name Riegsee derives from the personal name Ruodgis and the Old High German word for "lake", sê(o). Attested historical forms of the name include Ruodgise (1050–c. 1065), Rvodgisisse (1052–55), Roueggese (c. 1065–75), Ruodkisesse/Rotkisesse (1152–53), Ruetgisse (1193–95), Ruggessê (1193–95), Roͮikisse (12th century), Rovchse (c. 1200), Rügsee (14th century), Rugksee (1403), Ruexsee (1431), Rügksee (1501), Riechsee (c. 1583), and Riegsee (1629).

Notable people

Wolf-Dieter Montag resided in Riegsee later in life{{cite web|url=https://trauer.merkur.de/mobil/traueranzeige/wolf-dieter-montag|title=Anzeige von Wolf-Dieter Montag|date=24 July 2018|website=Merkur.de|language=de|access-date=16 December 2024}}

References

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Wolf-Armin Freiherr von Reitzenstein. Lexikon Bayerischer Ortsnamen: Herkunft und Bedeutung; Oberbayern, Niederbayern, Oberpfalz. Munich, C.H. Beck, 2006. p. 231. {{ISBN|978-3406552069}} {{in lang|de}}

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Category:Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district)