Starnberger Lake - Starnberger See

Steamboat landing in Seeshaupt

The starnberger Lake is southwest of Munich in Upper Bavaria and is a popular excursion region in the foothills of the Alps.

places

on the west bank:

  • Starnberg (588 m), district town at the northern end of the lake;
  • Bernried (600 m) with the Buchheim collection.
  • Seeshaupt (597 m) a little quieter at the southern end of the lake, with the nature reserve of the Osterseen.

on the east bank:

  • Münsing (666 m), holiday community and artist residence;

background

The Starnberger See has an area of ​​approx. 57 km², a length of 20 km in north-south direction with a width of approx. 5 km from east to west and a shore length of approx. 49 km. The greatest depth is 127 m.

The lake owes its creation to the last ice age, as a collecting basin for the melt water of the Isar glacier.

The Würm leaves the lake in the north near Starnberg. This is why it was called Würmsee until the 19th century; today's official name "Starnberger See" has only been in effect since 1962.

Today the lake is used for fishing (approx. 37 professional fishermen) and as a recreational area for swimming, sailing and surfing. Approx. 20 km from the shore of the lake are reserved for those seeking relaxation.

Courtly shipping

The courtly shipping with pleasure ships on the Fürstensee began in the second half of the 15th century at the latest, after 1500 Duke Wilhelm IV commissioned new, magnificently decorated ships.

The Bucentaur (from the Italian bucintoro for golden barque) stands for the rushing sea pleasures and festivals of the Wittelsbachers in the baroque period, the pleasure ship has been sailing since the 1660s. It was commissioned by Elector Ferdinand Maria for his wife Henriette Adelaide based on the Venetian model around 1662 and was the most beautiful and largest ornate ship that was ever built here. It cost 18,269 guilders, had space for 500 people and was moved by 110 rowers.

The Bucentaur was only scrapped in 1758 under Elector Max II because of the high repair costs. The Museum Starnberger See is dedicated to the topic of courtly shipping in a permanent exhibition, there are also various ship replicas and the 350-year-old original stern figure of the stern ship.

getting there

Starnberg: boat landing stage;

The Starnberger See 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.

from Munich

  • with the Train line S6 to Starnberg, Possenhofen, Feldafing and Tutzing, the Starnberg train station is right next to the boat landing stage on the lake. From Tutzing continue with the regional train in the direction of Kochel either to Bernried or Seeshaupt.
  • with the automobile about the Federal motorway 95 (Munich - Garmisch-Partenkirchen), exit at the Starnberg triangle in the direction of Starnberg;

mobility

State shipping

The fleet of the "Staatliche Seenschifffahrt" consists of six passenger ships. The fleet is proud of the ultra-modern gallery catamaran "MS STARNBERG" (capacity: 900 people, 280 indoor seats and 4 salons on 2 decks) and the museum ship "MS PHANTASIE".

Moorings 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;

Bayerische Seenschifffahrt GmbH, Dampfschiffstrasse 5, 82319 Starnberg. Tel.: 49(0)8151 8061.

The ferry to Rose Island only runs from spring to autumn from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays from 10 a.m.

Tourist Attractions

Castles

Castles on the lake
Starnberg Castle

The Starnberger See is that "Fürstensee" and the "Schlössersee":

Already at the end of the 15th century the water was the pleasure lake of the entire court. The Wittelsbachers built or owned numerous castles here:

  • Starnberg Castle. Captured as a castle by the Wittelsbach family in 1246 and probably converted into a castle as early as the 15th century.
  • Possenhofen Castle. The Sisi Castle was built in 1536 by the landscape chancellor Jacob Rosenbusch for the Bavarian Duke Wilhelm IV as a mansion.
  • Ammerland Castle. Built in 1683/85 by Caspar Feichtmayr as a summer palace for the Wittelsbach bishops.
  • Berg Castle. Erected in 1640 to replace a former manor house on the same site.

In addition, there are several castles on Lake Starnberg that did not belong to the Wittelsbach family (Old Tutzing Castle, Kempfenhausen) and the numerous villas from the last two centuries.

Museums

  • Starnberger See Museum. Regional museum; Permanent exhibition on court shipping on Lake Starnberg; Development of Starnberg and the whole lake with its communities from the middle of the 19th century to the beginning of today's mass tourism; The most important exhibit is the Delfin pleasure ship, the only preserved magnificent ship from the Wittelsbach fleet.
Buchheim Museum Bernried;
  • Book House Museum, in Bernried on Lake Starnberg. With the famous expressionist collection (the "bridge") of paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints by the author Lothar-Günther Buchheim and "secondary collections" on handicrafts from all over the world, Bavarian folk art, cult objects from Africa and other non-European countries. In addition, works by the artist Lothar-Günther Buchheim and changing exhibitions in the multi-part and varied building complex created by Günther Behnisch.

activities

Swimming

There are larger public sunbathing lawns between Niederpöcking and Possenhofen (approx. 10 minutes' walk from Possenhofen S-Bahn station), near Kempfenhausen and between Ambach and Sankt Heinrich.

sailing

The Starnberger See is an extremely popular sailing area with favorable wind conditions, a well-developed infrastructure with many sailing harbors, sailing clubs and boat rentals and with many sailing and surfing schools and also some boatyards.

Diving

Diving in the lake after general decree for diving with breathing apparatus for public use (Art. 21 Para. 1 Clause 3 in conjunction with Art. 22 Bavarian Water Act); responsible: District Office Starnberg, Tel. (0 81 51) 1 48-0;

The Allmannshauser steep face near Allmannshausen, a district of mountain, with a depth of up to 80 meters, is the most popular diving area in the lake, but it is also dangerous: fatal diving accidents occur here again and again.

kitchen

nightlife

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;

climate

trips

literature

  • FESQ-MARTIN, Martinus, Amei LANG ; Michael PETERS (Ed.): The Starnberger See - natural and prehistory of a Bavarian landscape. Dr. Friedrich Arrow, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89937-090-4 ; 144 pages. Natural History Topics and Early Cultural Development; approx. € 14.80
  • Michael Petzet and Gerhard Schober ; Bavaria, State Office for Monument Preservation, Munich (Ed.): Monuments in Bavaria, Vol. 1/21, Starnberg district. regensburg: Schnell & Steiner, 1991 (2nd edition), Monuments in Bavaria, ISBN 978-3795410056 ; 577 pages. List of monuments, approx. € 75
  • Manfred Hummel: Around the Starnberger See. A journey of discovery that is not an everyday occurrence.. Munich: Published by Berg & Tal, 2007, ISBN 3939499080 ; 176 pages. Paperback, approx. € 12.90
  • Thomas Schröder: Upper Bavarian lakes. gain: Michael Müller Publishing House, 2009 (3rd edition), ISBN 978-3-89953-473-3 ; 264 pages.

Homeland thriller

  • Various: Death at Lake Starnberg: 12 crime stories from Lake Starnberg. Gmeiner, 2010 (2nd edition), ISBN 978-3839211038 ; 176 pages. € 8.90
  • Michael Soyka: Black Shores: A Starnberg Lake Crime. Book & Media, 2009 (2nd edition), ISBN 978-3869060736 ; 235 pages. € 12.90

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