Herrsching am Ammersee - Herrsching am Ammersee

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Herrsching am Ammersee
federal stateBavaria
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Herrsching am Ammersee

Herrsching am Ammersee is a tourist municipality on the east bank of the Ammersee in Upper Bavaria.

Map of Herrsching am Ammersee

background

The moraine landscape around the Ammersee was first settled by the Celts and later also by the Romans.

His Beginnings the place Herrsching has as an early Bavarian aristocratic seat, it is in a deed of donation from the Huosier nobility to the monastery Schlehdorf First mentioned in a document in 776. Subsequently, the place was a farming and fishing village until the end of the 19th century, but today there is only one active farmer and one active fisherman, the main income in the place is tourism.

little mermaid on catfish (Hilde Grotewahl)

Further Districts of the political community Herrsching are Breitbrunn, Wartaweil and Widdersberg.

The Artist colony in and around Herrsching emerged from the period around 1900, when the artists from the nearby cities Munich and augsburg discovered the Ammersee. as a motif. The "Bauernsee" became the summer resort and also the permanent residence for painters, musicians and poets.

The tourism, the most important branch of business in the village, arose from the 19th century with the construction of the railway line to Munich, the beginning of shipping on the Ammersee and the artist colony.

getting there

Distances (road km)
Andechs5 km
Starnberg19 km
Weilheim20 km
Munich42 km
Landsberg35 km
Garmisch64 km
augsburg71 km
innsbruck123 km

By plane

The nearest commercial airport is Munich - Franz Josef Strauss. From here offer above all 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.

Herrsching is directly connected to the airport via the S8; the journey is scheduled to take 90 minutes. The distance on the road / motorway is approx. 70 km, the journey time is just under an hour.

By train

  • Herrsching is located in the south-west of Munich and is the terminus of the S8 line of the Munich S-Bahn and is directly connected to the center of Munich (Hauptbahnhof, ZOB - central bus station, Marienplatz) and Munich Airport every 20 minutes.
For information on Munich's S-Bahn and bus routes, see MVV.

In the street

  • Via the A 96 motorway (Munich - Lindau), Symbol: ASInning, and on to Herrsching;
  • Via the A 95 motorway (Munich - Garmisch-Partenkirchen), and from the Starnberg triangle via the A952, Symbol: ASStarnberg, first through Starnberg through and then to the right towards Andechs and then on to Herrsching;

mobility

The RVO (Regionalverkehr Oberbayern / DB) operates the bus routes in the region: www.rvo-bus.de;

  • Bus route 9653: Weilheim - Wielenbach - Pähl - Herrsching and back;

Herrsching is the landing stage of the AmmerseeschiffahrtThe operating times of the boats are the summer months from around the beginning of April to the end of October;

Tourist Attractions

  • Catholic parish church St. Nicholas originated from 1988 and inaugurated in 1990.
  • Martinskirche, first mentioned in 1065 and one of the landmarks of Herrsching.
  • Kurparkschlösschen on the Herrsching lake shore; the romantic castle was built from 1888 as the summer residence of the Munich-based painter Ludwig Scheuermann. The building is another landmark in Herrsching. Today it is the seat of the registry office and the venue of the Cultural association (see web links) and is used for representative purposes.
  • Aristocratic Church and Archaeological Park near the cemetery, Mitterweg 22. During an excavation in 1982, the remains of a church and several burials from the 7th century AD were found. The graves of a noble Bavarian family were extraordinarily richly furnished. Among other things, traces of a garment interwoven with gold and a belt set made of gold-plated silver were found. The originals are now in the Archaeological State Collection in Munich. The aristocratic church, one of the earliest stone churches in southern Germany, was reconstructed on the historical foundation in 1996. Later excavations also found the remains of a Roman villa rustica with a bathing building. In the Adelskirche an exhibition shows the life-size figure of a Bavarian warrior, replicas of his sumptuous gifts and original Roman finds from Herrsching. In the small park the graves are provided with information boards. The Association for Archeology and History Herrsching e.V. looks after the park and the exhibition on a voluntary basis (more information at: Herrschinger associations).
Opening hours: From the beginning of May to the end of September every Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free entry, free tours. The archaeological park is accessible all year round via the cemetery.
Promenade with harbor;
  • Longest lake promenade in Germany with a length of around 10 kilometers;
  • RamseeMemorial column on the high path between Herrsching-Mühlfeld and Andechs.
The column reminds of the former hamlet of Ramsee, whose history goes back to the 19th century, when the hamlet with 42 inhabitants and 6 houses burned down in 1849. A cistern and some hollows, presumably earlier cellars, have also been preserved on the site of the earlier church. The fabulous place and its history and the history of the whole area became a modern one VolksMusical interwoven, the world premiere took place in July 2010 in Herrsching.

activities

sailing

  • 1  R M D - Rhein-Main-Donau Segelclub e.V, Herrsching (Sailing courses), Home port: Keramikstr. 7, 82211 Herrsching; Postal address: Postfach 10 12 18, 80086 Munich. Tel.: 49(0)89 34 01 83 14.

Regular events

shop

  • Herrschinger Seemarkt: every spring on the beach promenade according to the motto: "Garden, art and beautiful things". Over 70 exhibitors and artists offer their goods.

kitchen

  • Andechser Hof (Restaurant, hotel, seminar center, Bavarian and international cuisine), To Landungssteg 1, 82211 Herrsching am Ammersee. Tel.: 49(0)8152 96810, Fax: 49(0)8152 968144, Email: . Price: Single from € 73, double from € 95.

nightlife

accommodation

Cheap

medium

  • 1  Hotel Seehof (Restaurant, beer garden, Bavarian cuisine), Seestraße 58, 82211 Herrsching am Ammersee (right on the lakeshore). Tel.: 49(0)8152 93 50, Fax: 49(0)8152 935100, Email: . Price: Single from € 71.

Upscale

health

  • Sun pharmacy, Bahnhofstrasse 22, 82211 Herrsching. Tel.: 49(0)8152 8072.
Brief information
Phone code08152
Post Code82211
MarkSTA
Time zoneUTC 1
Emergency call112 / 110

Practical advice

  • Tourist Information Herrsching, Bahnhofplatz 3, 82211 Herrsching. Tel.: 49(0)8152 5227, Fax: 49(0)8152 40519.
  • Tourist information office in Starnberg Five Lakes Region, Wittelsbacherstraße 2c, 82319 Starnberg. Tel.: 49(0)8151 90600, Fax: 49(0)8152 906090. Open: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., May - Oct. also Sat. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

trips

literature

  • Thomas Kraft: Herrsching at the time of Christian Morgenstern. Pictures of cultural life between 1870 and 1920. Gellius publishing house, 2006, ISBN 978-3936179194 ; 170 pages.
  • Robert Hauke, Florian Werner: Fünfseenland: Magical places and strong characters between Lake Starnberg and Lake Ammersee. 2009, Edition Alpenblick, ISBN 978-3980915151 ; 176 pages. Landscape photography and portraits of concise characters, approx. € 39.90

cards

  • Bavarian Land Surveying Office, sheet UK 50-41, 1:50 000; ISBN 3-86038-436-8  ;

Web links

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