page_title: Rupertiwinkel
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Rupertiwinkel / Geography
context_page_description: The Rupertiwinkel is a small historic region on the southeastern border of Bavaria, Germany. Part of the Archbishopric of Salzburg until the early 19th century, it is named after the first Salzburg bishop Saint Rupert, apostle to the Duchy of Bavaria.
context_section_description: The area is located in the Alpine Foreland of Upper Bavaria, about 20 km (12 mi) north of Salzburg in the German - Austrian border region. Centered on the town of Laufen and Waginger See, it stretches between the left shore of the Salzach River in the east and the Bavarian Chiemgau cultural landscape in the west.
  The northern Rupertiwinkel up to Mt. Rampelsberg and the Alz River at Trostberg is administrated within the Traunstein District, the northernmost municipality of Tyrlaching within the district of Altötting. The southern half down to the Hochstaufen and Teisenberg peaks of the Chiemgau Alps and the Saalach River is part of Berchtesgadener Land.
caption: Rupertiwinkel municipalities in the districts of Traunstein (TS), Berchtesgadener Land (BGL) and Altötting (AÖ)