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| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 8.296 (2019) | |
| height | 623 m | |
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mountain is a municipality on the east bank of the Starnberg Lake in Upper Bavaria. The place is important as a local recreation area and is known for the mysterious drowning of King Ludwig II in Lake Starnberg.
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background
Berg is first mentioned in a document in 822 as "perge cum basilica".
The political community Berg was created in 1975 on the occasion of the Bavarian regional reform from the voluntary amalgamation of the previously independent communities of Bachhausen, Berg and Höhenrain;
Districts von Berg are Allmannshausen, Aufhausen, Aufkirchen, Assenhausen, Bachhausen, Berg, Farchach, Harkirchen, Höhenrain, Kempfenhausen, Leoni, Martinsholzen, Mörlbach, Sibichhausen.
Berg was and is more popular Place of residence for the celebrities from Munich (among others: Heinz Rühmann, Luitpold Prince of Bavaria, Harry Valerien, Lothar Mathäus, Oliver Bierhoff), and Berg is also the birthplace of the writer Oskar Maria Graf.
getting there
| Distances (road km) | |
| Starnberg | 5.9 km |
|---|---|
| Wolfratshausen | 10 km |
| Munich | 30 km |
| Bad Tölz | 34 km |
| Garmisch | 66 km |
| augsburg | 88 km |
| innsbruck | 125 km |
By plane
The nearest international airport is Munich Airport (Also Franz Josef Strauss, distance 72 km, approx. three quarters of an hour by car). From here, the Lufthansa and their partner of Star Alliance Connections to cities in Germany, Europe and worldwide. As the second largest airport in Germany, it is connected to a growing number of cities.
By train
There is no train station in Berg itself, the nearest train station is the one in Seeshaupt on the regional train Munich - Tutzing, continue by bus or taxi.
The nearest towns with a S-Bahn connection to Munich are Starnberg and Wolfratshausen
In the street
- Via the Autobahn
(Munich - Garmisch-Partenkirchen), from the Starnberg triangle in the direction of Starnberg, 
Percha / Berg and on to Berg; from Munich about half an hour's drive.
mobility
The RVO (Regionalverkehr Oberbayern / DB) operates the bus routes in the region; Regionalverkehr Oberbayern GmbH, www.rvo-bus.de;
Bus routes by mountain:
- Line 961 Schäftlarn, Kloster - Hohenschäftlarn (S-Bahn) - Starnberg (S-Bahn) - Ammerland
- Line 975 Starnberg (Train) - Wolfratshausen (Train)
- Line 975 Wolfratshausen (S-Bahn) - Starnberg (S-Bahn)
Berg and the district of Leoni are Landing stage the Starnberger Seenschiffahrt. The landing stages of the boats are: Starnberg, Berg, Leoni, Ammerland, Ambach, Seeshaupt, Bernried, Tutzing and Possenhofen; A tour takes approx. 3 hours, two breaks permitted.
Operating time from around the beginning of April to the end of October;
Tourist Attractions
Berg Castle
The client was Hans Georg von Hörwarth, who had the castle building built in 1640 in the style of an Italian villa and as a replacement for a former manor house on the same site.
In 1676, Elector Ferdinand Maria acquired the castle together with the Hofmark Berg, and the castle park was created. The castle was used by the Wittelsbachers for their lavish sea and hunting festivals. King Max I Joseph (1756 - 1826) was less interested in the festivals, the baroque parks became overgrown and were converted into an English landscape garden.
King Ludwig I then brought court life back to the palace at the beginning of the 1830s; under King Max II, corner towers were added between 1849 and 1851; At that time the castle was very similar to the "Sisi" castle on the other side of the lake Possenhofen.
The current, simple form of Berg Castle emerged after the Second World War; the corner towers damaged in the war and the roof battlements were demolished.
The castle, which has been used by the Wittelsbachers to this day, is not accessible to tourists, it is hidden behind a high wall and can only be seen from the lake.
King Ludwig II memorial
June 9th: King Ludwig II. Is due to an insane doctor Dr. Bernhard from Gudden Werneck Expert opinion as “mentally disturbed” and “incurable” mentally incapacitated and declared incapable of government. The doctor has never seen or examined the king at this point.
the 10th of June: Prince Luitpold of Bavaria takes over the reign.
June 12: Ludwig II. Is in the castle Neuschwanstein captured and subsequently in Berg Castle interned.
June 13th (Pentecost Sunday): The king finds his death in Lake Starnberg under circumstances that have not yet been clarified: Around 6.45 p.m. the king and Dr. Gudden opened the castle for one last Sunday stroll towards the lake, this time Gudden strictly forbade the keepers to go along. When the two have still not returned to the castle at around 8 p.m., all available gendarmes and men with lamps and torches are sent out to search. Around 11 p.m. the corpses of Ludwig, who was known to be a very good swimmer, and that of the doctor were found floating about 20 meters from the bank in the shallow and less than a meter deep water.
June 19: Burial of King Ludwig II of Bavaria in the Munich crypt Michael's ChurchAccording to the tradition of the House of Wittelsbach, his heart is placed in an urn in the Gnadenkapelle in Altoetting kept.The myth around King Ludwig II. Already formed during the lifetime of today's psychiatrists as unworldly, but not insane esteemed monarchs. "I want to remain an eternal mystery to myself and others", Ludwig once wrote to his governess. There are numerous rumors about the circumstances of death, which have not yet been clarified, ranging from an attempted escape to the shooting of the king.
To commemorate the king's mysterious death, a cross was placed in the water at the spot in the lake where the king's body was found. The water here is quite shallow in the entire bank area and not deeper than a meter.
On the rather steep lakeshore there is the Votive Chapel. The foundation stone was laid at the instigation of Prince Regent Luitpold exactly ten years after the unfortunate events. The memorial chapel was designed as a dome building in the early Romanesque style according to the plans of court chief architect Julius Hofmann and inaugurated after four years of construction.
Every year, the chapel is the meeting place for the "loyal to the king" who gather for a memorial service in the votive chapel on the day the king died.
In front of the portal of the votive chapel, the staircase leads to the Gothic death lamp, it was erected by Queen Marie in 1887.
 Votive Chapel |  Death lamp and lake with cross |
location (47 ° 57 ′ 50 ″ N.11 ° 20 ′ 51 ″ E): The memorial is freely accessible during the day, it is located in the publicly accessible part of the castle park directly on the shores of Lake Starnberg and south of Berg. The memorial is on a signposted footpath ("Parkweg") from Berg after about a kilometer to reach.
More Attractions
- Bismarck Tower in the district of Assenhausen, built from 1896 to 1899;
activities
Diving
See also the general information in the relevant Diving section to the starnberger Lake.
The Allmannshauser steep face The Allmanshausen district is popular with divers as "the edge", but it is also dangerous: the steep face near the bank runs parallel to the shore line and at depths between 20 and 80 meters. Overhanging areas, small terraces and ledges and the wreck of a sailing boat at a depth of around 80 meters make the "edge" one of the most popular diving destinations in the Upper Bavarian lakes. According to experts, 95 percent of all dives in Lake Starnberg take place here.
But the wall is also dangerous: eleven divers have died here since 1994 alone. The diving area hit the headlines again in March 2013: two of the divers between the ages of 67 and 47 were killed during a dive by three experienced rescue divers from the Fürstenfeldbruck water rescue service.
There is no specific scheme for accidents, so the responsible district office does not issue a diving ban.
Regular events
- Studio days Berg / Icking (annual studio exhibitions in the private rooms of the artists)
shop
kitchen
- Old landlord, Wolfratshauser Strasse 7, 82335 Berg-Höhenrain. Tel.: (0)8171 181 72.
- Oskar Maria Graf Stüberl (regional, refined Bavarian home cooking, fish dishes), Graf-Strasse 9, 82335 Berg. Tel.: 49 (0)8151 51688. Open: Mon.-Sun. 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. Kitchen from 11.30 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. .;
nightlife
.. are a secret society of Bavaria loyal to the king who have made it their business to prove the murder of King Ludwig (presumed by the secret brotherhood) with evidence, so the king's coffin should also be opened.
When they meet, the Guglmen wear black frocks and a pointed cap with slits on their heads, the so-called Gugl.
The motto of the secret society is "Media in vita in morte sumus": "In the middle of life we are surrounded by death". The prerequisite for acceptance is "loyalty to the king", an impeccable reputation, and a life according to chivalric virtues such as "high love" and "Christian mercy". There are admission and recognition rituals, but it is forbidden to talk about them with the maximum penalty. The number of secret society members is "in the three-digit range". Info: www.guglmann.deaccommodation
- Hotel Schloss Berg, Seestrasse 17, 82335 Berg. Tel.: 49 (0)8151 963-0, Fax: 49 (0)8151 963-52.
- **** Seehotel Leoni, Assenbucher Straße 44, 82335 Berg (in the Leoni district). Tel.: 49 (0)8151 506-0, Fax: 49 (0)8151 506-140, Email: [email protected].
security
- Storm warning via the rotating spotlights at the lake:
- 40 light flashes per minute = advance warning;
- 90 flashes of light per minute = storm warning;
- Rescue station Percha Starnberg water rescue service: Tel. 08151-744 711;
- Seeburg rescue station the Wolfratshausen water rescue service: Tel. 08151-51722;
health
- Rose pharmacy, Aufkirchner Strasse 1, 82335 Berg. Tel.: 49 (0)8151 505 09.
| Brief information | |
| Phone code | 08151 |
|---|---|
| Post Code | 82335 |
| Mark | STA |
| Time zone | UTC 1 |
| Emergency call | 112 / 110 |
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
- https://www.gemeinde-berg.de/ - Berg's official website
- Tourist Association Five Lakes - Land: www.sta5.de;
- Bavarian lake shipping: www.seenschifffahrt.de;
- Tourism Association Upper Bavaria: www.oberbayern-tourismus.de (supraregional);
