Lake Starnberg

Coordinates: 47°54′14″N 11°18′26″E / 47.90389°N 11.30722°E / 47.90389; 11.30722
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Lake Starnberg
Possenhofen
Official nameStarnberger See
Designated26 February 1976
Reference no.94[1]

Lake Starnberg, or Starnberger See [ˈʃtaʁnbɛʁɡɐ ˌzeː] ⓘ) — called Lake Würm or Würmsee [ˈvʏʁmˌzeː] until 1962 — is Germany's second-largest body of fresh water, having great depth, and fifth-largest lake by area.[2] It and its surroundings lie in three different Bavarian districts, or Landkreise. The lake is property of the state and accordingly managed by the Bavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes.

Located in southern

Wittelsbach royal family, the lake is also known as Fürstensee (Prince's Lake). It is also mentioned in T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land
.

Overview

The lake, lying in a

dugout dating to the 9th or 8th century BCE have been discovered at the lake, and there are still some professional fishers
, most of them continuing a family tradition.

Hikers and cyclists can circumnavigate the lake using a path approximately 49 kilometres (30 mi) long. Access to the lake shore is not possible everywhere, since it is mostly private property. Passenger ferries and excursion ships have operated on the lake since 1851. Today they are operated by the Bayerische Seenschifffahrt company, using modern diesel-engined ships.[3][4]

Name

The earliest surviving mention of the lake, as Uuirmseo, is in an 818 document referring to Holzhausen, now part of Münsing.[5] This name became Wirmsee, already recorded during the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Bavarian (1314–1347).[6] This name is derived from the Wirm, now spelt Würm, the only river which flows out of the lake, at Starnberg; in the 19th century, the spellings were changed to Würm and Würmsee.

In the late 19th century, a railway connection between Munich and Starnberg made the lake an accessible destination for trips from the city. Trains departed from a wing of the

Munich Central Station
which was known as the 'Starnberg branch station' (Starnberger Flügelbahnhof) and the lake came increasingly to be known as Lake Starnberg; its name was finally officially changed in 1962.

Settlements

Map of the lake

Clockwise from the north, the following settlements about the lake:

Off the western shore, south of Possenhofen, is the small Roseninsel (Rose Island), the site of a royal villa of Ludwig II.

Panorama

Panoramic view of Lake Starnberg looking south between Leoni and Possenhofen

References

  1. ^ "Starnberger See". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ Bayregio. "The lake Starnberger See". BAYregio-Starnberger-See.de. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Lake Starnberg". Bayerische Seenschifffahrt GmbH. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  4. ^ "Geschichtliche Hintergründe" [Historical Background] (in German). Bayerische Seenschifffahrt. Archived from the original on 2011-12-10. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
  5. ^ Würmsee, in: Arbeitskreis für Ortsgeschichteforschung der Würmregion, Materialien zur Ortsgeschichtsforschung in der Würmregion, Gauting 2001, p. 245.
  6. ^ Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, S. 289, Regesten Kaiser Ludwigs des Bayern - Die Urkunden aus Klöstern und Stiftsarchiven im Bayerischen Hauptstaatsarchiv und in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek, ed. Menzel, 1996 (in German) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120330071423/http://regesta-imperii.digitale-sammlungen.de/regest/ri07_ri_1341-02-05_000002_000001_007_001_003_000638_0000000638 Archived March 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

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