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s'Bergvolk on Instagram: / sbergvolk The Königssee and the Watzmann attract people from all over the world like magnets. The hike begins right at the lake. Florian Guthknecht explores the Königssee and the mythical mountain. It is a largely lonely path, but hikers also repeatedly encounter mass tourism: There is Berchtesgaden with its over 600,000 overnight stays a year and the Kärlingerhaus, where three long-distance hiking trails meet. Another well-known excursion destination is the Watzmannhaus with its 255 beds, which almost 500 people strive to use on the few nice weekends. But back there, deep in the national park, at Wasseralm and Hasenköpfl, it is quiet and lonely. Anyone who wants to take this path is at its mercy for five days - a descent is laborious and only possible to reach the lake. So he goes from hut to hut in any weather. On his hike, filmmaker Florian Guthknecht meets people who have a unique story. The clash of extremes shapes almost every path in life around the Königssee - such as Nina Schlesinger, Germany's first mountain guide, the wood turner and punk rock musician Josef Keilhofer or the northern German Michael Brandt, who became the chairman of the traditional costume association in Ramsau.