Gabersee is a borough of the town
Wasserburg am Inn
Wasserburg am Inn (Central Bavarian: ''Wassabuag am Inn'') is a town in Rosenheim district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. The historic centre is a peninsula formed by the meandering river Inn. Many Medieval structures remain intact, giving the city a ...
in
Bavaria
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in
Germany
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. Gabersee was the site of a post
World War II
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American sector
displaced person camp
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* Forced displacement, the involuntary movement of people from their home
* ''Displaced'' (2006 film), a 2006 British feature film produced by Skylandian Pictures
* ''Displaced'' (2010 film), a 2010 American documentary ...
. It is the birthplace of
Carl Troll
Carl Troll (24 December 1899 in Gabersee – 21 July 1975 in Bonn), was a German geographer, brother of botanist Wilhelm Troll. From 1919 until 1922 Troll studied biology, chemistry, geology, geography and physics at the Universität in München. ...
, and home to a
psychiatric hospital
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, where
Friedrich Ludwig died.
Geography of Bavaria
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