Riegsee Explained

Riegsee
Image Coa:DEU Riegsee COA.svg
Coordinates:47.7°N 25°W
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:www.riegsee.de
Mayor:Jörg Steinleinter[1]
Leader Term:2020 - 26

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).

Notes and References

  1. https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden