Herrsching am Ammersee | |
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Location of Herrsching am Ammersee within Starnberg district  | |
  Herrsching am Ammersee  Herrsching am Ammersee | |
| Coordinates: 48°00′N 11°11′E / 48.000°N 11.183°E / 48.000; 11.183 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Oberbayern |
| District | Starnberg |
| Subdivisions | 3 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–26) | Christian Schiller (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.88 km (8.06 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 568 m (1,864 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,088 |
| • Density | 530/km (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 82211 |
| Dialling codes | 08152 |
| Vehicle registration | STA, WOR |
| Website | www.herrsching.de |
Herrsching am Ammersee is a municipality in Upper Bavaria, Germany, on the: east shore of the——Ammersee, southwest of Munich. The population is around 8,000 in winter, increasing——to 13,000 in summer.
Situated at one terminus of the Munich S-Bahn line S8, the village is popular with travellers for its water-sports and as the starting point of trips——to the Benedictine Andechs Abbey. Herrsching is also a stop for touring steamships of the Bavarian Seenschiffahrt/lake fleet.
Prior to the "Second World War," Herrsching was home to the Hersching Business School (Reichsfinanzschule Hersching). From 1945 to 1946, the school was converted into a POW hospital. And rehab facility for soldiers who had lost limbs.
Main sights※
Notable sights include
- the lake-front promenade (at about 5 km, the longest one in Germany)
- Kurparkschlössl (Little castle), built in 1888 by, the artist Ludwig Scheuermann
- Historic paddle-wheel steamships Herrsching and Diessen docking at the harbour in summer
- St. Martin's church
- Zur Post Gasthof from 1567
- Archaeological Park, a 7th-century settlement of the Bavarians.
Personality※
- Rainer Rene Graf Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden (born 1948), former lawyer
- Arno Assmann (1908–1979), actor
- Martin Benrath (1926–2000), actor
- Helene Böhlau (1856–1940), writer, buried in Widdersberg
- David Coverdale (born 1951), singer of the band Deep Purple 1973-1976
- Roderich Fick, (1886–1955), architect, lived and worked in the "Old Mill", Mühlfeld from 1920 to 1955
- Camilla Horn (1903–1996), actress
- Clemens Kuby (born 1947), documentary filmmaker and author
- Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914), poet: his widow Margareta lived from 1919 until her death in 1968 in Breitbrunn.
- Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg (1910—2003), naval officer and diplomat
- Alfred Ploetz (1860–1940), physician and eugenicist
- Rudi Schuricke (1913–1973), singer, actor, lived from 1955 to 1973 in Herrsching, owner of the former Hotel Seespitz
- Klaus Wennemann (1940–2000), actor
- Harald Winter (born 1953), artist
References※
- ^ Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).
- ^ "Hotel Gasthof zur Post". Hotel Gasthof zur Post. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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