s see , ▁appears ▁to ▁be ▁" king ' s ▁lake "; ▁however ▁while ▁ ▁does ▁indeed ▁mean ▁" king ", ▁there ▁had ▁been ▁no ▁Bav arian ▁k ings ▁since ▁the ▁days ▁of ▁Louis ▁the ▁German ▁until ▁Elect or ▁Maxim ilian ▁I ▁Joseph ▁assumed ▁the ▁royal ▁title ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 6 . ▁Therefore , ▁the ▁name ▁more ▁probably ▁st ems ▁from ▁the ▁first ▁name ▁K uno ▁of ▁local ▁nobles , ▁who ▁appear ▁in ▁several ▁historical ▁sources ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁don ation ▁of ▁the ▁Ber ch tes g aden ▁Prov ost ry ▁in ▁the ▁tw elf th ▁century ; ▁the ▁lake ▁was ▁formerly ▁called ▁Kun ig see . ▁ ▁The ▁König s see ▁Railway ▁( K önig s se eb ahn ) ▁served ▁the ▁lake ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁Its ▁last ▁tracks ▁were ▁dis m ant led ▁during ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁and ▁the ▁former ▁station ▁of ▁the ▁König s see ▁Railway ▁in ▁Ber ch tes g aden ▁( K önig s se er ▁Bahnhof ) ▁was ▁demol ished ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁The ▁only ▁remaining ▁element ▁of ▁the ▁railway ▁is ▁the ▁König see ▁station , ▁which ▁is ▁now ▁a ▁restaurant . ▁The ▁track ▁route ▁is ▁mostly ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁walking ▁path . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁a ▁sub - camp ▁of ▁the ▁D ach au ▁concentration ▁camp ▁was ▁located ▁near ▁where ▁Heinrich ▁Him ml er ▁had ▁a ▁residence ▁built ▁at ▁Schön au ▁for ▁his