The Ammersee lies in the Free State Bavaria southwest of Munich.
places
- 1 Eching am Ammersee
(602 m), resort at the northern end of the lake;
On the east side of the lake:
- 2 Inning am Ammersee (553 m), holiday resort on the Ammersee and Wörthsee;
- 3 Andechs (690 m), with the world-famous beer brewery monastery;
- 4 Herrsching am Ammersee (568 m), with the longest lake promenade in Germany
On the west side of the lake:
- 5 Schondorf am Ammersee (565 m), vacation spot;
- 6 Utting am Ammersee (554 m), vacation spot;
- 7 Riederau am Ammersee (548 m), holiday resort with a lido
- 8 Dießen am Ammersee (535 m), with the former monastery church of the Assumption, one of the most beautiful baroque churches in southern Germany.
In the south of the Ammersee im Pfaffenwinkel:
- 9 Fishing on the Ammersee , with copper museum;
- 10 Pähl (591 - 760 m) resort at the southern end of the Ammmersee;
background
With an area of approx. 47 km², a length of 16 km in north-south direction and a shore length of approx. 42 km, the Ammersee is only slightly smaller than the neighboring Lake Starnberg. The greatest depth is 81 m.
The lake owes its creation to the last ice age, as a collecting basin for the melt water of the Isar glacier at that time.
From the south the Ammer flows into the lake, and leaves it to the north as an Amper.
Today the lake is used for fishing (approx. 25 professional fishermen) and as a recreational area for swimming, sailing and surfing. The use with motor boats is very strictly regulated and therefore rarely takes place. Approx. 17 km from the shore of the lake are reserved for those seeking relaxation.
getting there
The Ammersee is located in the southwest of the Munich area and has over the MVV Connection to the system of the Munich S-Bahn and bus lines.
By train
from Munich
- with the S-Bahn line S8 to Herrsching
from Augsburg
- with the BRB (Bavarian Regional Railway) from Augsburg
Oberhausen.
from Pfaffenwinkel
- with the BRB from Schongau
By car
On the A96 exit Stegen or Inning a. A.
With MVV, LVG and RVO
Various bus routes.
mobility
State shipping
The ship fleet of the "Bayerische Seenschifffahrt" consists of two motor ships, the "MS Augsburg" and the "MS UTTING" and two paddle-wheel ships, the "RMS DIESSEN" and the "RMS HERRSCHING". The renovated ships offer the latest shipbuilding technology, maximum comfort and a nostalgic appearance.
Moorings of the boats are: Stegen, Buch, Breitbrunn, Herrsching, Dießen, Riederau, Holzhausen, Utting, Schondorf;
Northern tour Herrsching-Stegen and back: duration approx. 2 hours, one-time break allowed;
Southern tour Herrsching-Dießen and back: duration approx. 1 1/4 hours, one-time break permitted;
Operating time from Easter to around the end of October;
Bayerische Seenschifffahrt GmbH (Ammersee), Landsberger Strasse 81, D-82266 Inning / Stegen. Tel.: 49 (0)8143 94021.
Tourist Attractions
- The Benedictine monastery Andechs with a pilgrimage church, monastery brewery, Bräustüberl and monastery inn on a mountain above the east bank of the Ammersee, is visible from afar in the landscape and has been a popular destination for pilgrims for over half a millennium.
- The history of the monastery goes back to the 10th century to the Counts of Andechs, who died out directly in 1248. Around 1390 the ancestral castle of the Andechs was converted into a monastery, and from 1455 it was considerably expanded as a Benedictine monastery. After almost complete destruction by a fire caused by lightning, it was rebuilt in its current form with the well-known church tower by 1675. In 1755 the abbey church was furnished in rococo style by Johann Baptist Zimmermann. The Andechs Monastery is dissolved in the course of secularization in the whole of Bavaria in 1803, acquired by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1846, and donated to the Benedictine Abbey of St. Boniface in Munich, which he founded and which Andechs manages today.
- The monastery has been the family burial place of the Wittelsbach family since 1971, and Carl Orff's burial place is located in a side chapel of the monastery church.
- Today the monastery is an attraction for locals and tourists from all over the world, also thanks to its famous dark monastery beer.
- More detailed information can be found in the separate article Andechs;
- Raising at the southern end of the lake, with the futuristic antenna systems of the earth station; info;
- Guided tours by appointment;
activities
sailing
The Ammersee is an extremely popular sailing area with favorable wind conditions, a well-developed infrastructure with sailing ports, sailing clubs and boat rentals and with many sailing and surfing schools and also some boatyards. Sailing on the Ammersee is also considered challenging, especially because of the thunderstorm susceptibility of the local weather in the foothills of the Alps.
Diving
Diving permitted in the lake for diving with a breathing apparatus for public use (Art. 21 Para. 1 Clause 3 in conjunction with Art. 22 Bavarian Water Act) in accordance with general regulations
The Landsberg am Lech district office is responsible, Tel. (0 81 91) 1 29-0;
various
- 1 High ropes course in Utting am Ammersee, Fahrmannsbachstrasse 2, 86919 Utting. Tel.: 49 (0)8806 923 492 0. Children from 10 years.Open: daily from 3 p.m., Sunday holidays from 11 a.m.
kitchen
The Andechs Monastery markets the Andechser product family with bread, cheese, Romadur (soft cheese, smells very strong when properly ripe, but is then a real delicacy), snuff, bacon and medicine;
fish
The regulation of fishing on the Ammersee is first documented for the 12th century. At that time, the Counts of Andechs gave the newly founded monastery in Dießen the fishing rights.
Edible fish in the Ammersee are:
- The Whitefish is the "bread fish" in the Ammersee, it lives at a depth of 10 to 20 meters in summer and retreats to depths of up to 70 meters in winter. Whitefish are up to two pounds in weight and are fresh, smoked and sold as fillets.
- Since the 1990s the fishermen have been very concerned, as the whitefish caught are getting smaller and smaller and the catches have therefore decreased dramatically in some cases. According to the latest research, the cause is a disturbance layer in the water of the lake, which keeps the fish living in the depths away from the water layer near the surface and rich in food (plankton) and which the fish probably cannot overcome due to lack of oxygen. This disruptive layer is differently pronounced in different years, so there are years with famine for the whitefish.
- Lake trout are available with a catch weight of 2 to 10 pounds.
- Whitefish in the Ammersee z. B. bream, roach and rudd. They are not so popular because of the many bones; but the meat is considered to be very firm and tasty. They are offered as fillets.
- carp ranges from 4 to 10 pounds, in rare cases up to 50 pounds. The fishing season is spring and they can be bought fresh or filleted.
- The Pikeperch usually has a catch weight of 8-12 pounds, the main catch time is autumn and late autumn, it is offered as whole fish or fillet.
- The perch sold up to 4 pounds and mostly as fillet because of its rough skin and spines.
- The eel usually around 1 pound catch weight, but can weigh up to 10 pounds. You can buy it almost exclusively smoked.
- The pike is a large predator and therefore grows very quickly, its weight is up to 35 pounds, it can reach a length of over a meter and is mostly caught in the spring.
- The catfish or Catfish, in rare cases up to 120 pounds and lengths of up to 2.5 meters, is the largest fish in the Ammersee. In June 2003 a specimen weighing 28 kg and 1.5 m in length was caught in Dießen, but the 40-year-old fish was not eaten, but marked and released again.
Fishing permits: The weekly ticket costs around 10 euros, the monthly ticket 36 euros and the annual ticket between 83 and 100 euros www.ammersee-region.de;
Restaurants At the Ammersee with local fish on the menu are:
- In Herrsching am Ammersee : Hotel Andechser Hof;
- In Webs : Fischer restaurant;
- In These : Tavern on Kirchsteig;
- In Riederau : The Kramerhof; Susanthas Inn; Seehaus restaurant;
security
Climate and nature
Weather report
The website makes weather reports Zebrafell.de.
There is also a storm warning information system consisting of yellow flashing lights everywhere on the bank (mostly set up near the steamboat jetties):
- 60 flashes per minute mean storm warning, so "Danger! There could be a thunderstorm! Please go to the port"
- 90 flashes per minute mean storm warning, so "Immediately tie up at the next jetty and do not sail until the all-clear is given"
nature
There are three nature reserves on Lake Ammersee:
- NSG Ammersee bird sanctuary south bank (from Dießen you can watch the birds on a tower).
- NSG Holzhausen
and
- NSG Ampermoos.
trips
to the starnberger Lake and the other lakes in Five Lakes Land;
literature
- Anne Webert (Ed.): The Ammersee. Munich: Kiebitz book publisher, Feb 2007, ISBN 3980780074 ; 160 pages (German, introduction also in English). approx € 24.90
- : Around the Ammersee. A journey of discovery that is not an everyday occurrence.. Munich: Published by Berg & Tal, 2009, ISBN 9783939499183 ; 167 pages. Paperback, approx. € 12.95
- : Upper Bavarian lakes. gain: Michael Müller Publishing House, 2009 (3rd edition), ISBN 978-3-89953-473-3 ; 264 pages.
Homeland thriller
: Ammersee crime scene: 9 crime stories from Ammersee. Gmeiner, 2009, ISBN 978-3839211038 ; 134 pages. € 6.90
cards
Bavarian Land Surveying Office, sheet UK 50-41, 1:50 000; ISBN 3-86038-436-8 ;
Web links
- Tourist Association Ammersee-Lech e.V. www.ammerseelech.de;
- Bavarian administration of the state palaces, gardens and lakes www.schloesser.bayern.de;
- Art on the Ammersee, a presentation by artists on the Ammersee: www.kunst-am-ammersee.de;
- Starnberg Five-Lakes Tourist Association: www.sta5.de;
- District of Starnberg: www.lk-starnberg.de;
- Tourism Association Upper Bavaria: www.oberbayern-tourismus.de (supraregional);
- Bayregio
