Riegsee

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

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German location.name: Riegsee
German location.image_photo: Riegsee (Gemeinde) GO-4.jpg
German location.image_caption: General view of the village
German location.image_coa: DEU Riegsee COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Riegsee in GAP.svg
German location.state: Bavaria
German location.region: Oberbayern
German location.district: Garmisch-Partenkirchen
German location.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft: Seehausen am Staffelsee
German location.elevation: 668
German location.area: 20.44
German location.postal_code: 82418

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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).