- Starnberg
Infobox German Location
type = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen starnberg.png
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 20 |lon_sec = 26
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Oberbayern
Landkreis = Starnberg
Höhe = 588
Fläche = 61.77
Einwohner = 22959
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 82319
Vorwahl = 08151
Kfz = STA
Website = [http://www.starnberg.de www.starnberg.de]
Bürgermeister = Ferdinand Pfaffinger
Partei = "Unabhängige Wählergemeinschaft"Starnberg is a town in
Bavaria ,Germany , located south west of the city ofMunich and situated onLake Starnberg , in the heart of the "Five Lakes Country" [German: "Fünf Seen Land": the lakes are the Starnberger See, the Ammersee, the Wörthsee, the Pilsensee and the Wesslinger See] , a popular destination for day-trippers from Munich. It is the capital of the district of Starnberg.In 2007, recording a disposable per capita income of € 26,120, Starnberg regained its status as the wealthiest town in Germany from the Frankfurt suburb of
Hochtaunus .History
The town was first mentioned in
1226 under the name of "Aheim am Würmsee" [until 1962 the name of Lake Starnberg] .Main sights
* Starnberger Schloss (Castle) with the castle garden
* St. Joseph's ChurchPeople associated with Starnberg
*
Oskar Maria Graf , the socially conscious writer, was born in Aufkirchen near Starnberg in 1894. He fought for theBavarian Soviet Republic (or "Räterepublik") in Munich in 1919. He fled his homeland in 1938 with hisJewish wife for the U.S.A., whenNational Socialism gripped Germany. Graf was never fully able to adjust to life in the United States or, more to the point, away from his homeland, Bavaria.
* TheAustria n writerGustav Meyrink was a resident of Starnberg from 1911 until his death in 1932 and is buried in the local cemetery.
* King Ludwig II of Bavaria mysteriously drowned in Lake Starnberg at the small town of Berg nearby, on the evening of13 June 1886 .
* The philosopher and sociologistJurgen Habermas has long lived in Starnberg.
*Formula 1 driverAdrian Sutil was born in Starnberg.Notes
External links
* [http://www.starnberg24.de/ Starnberg information]
* [http://www.5sli.de/starnberger-see Starnberger See - Lake Starnberg]
* [http://www.starnberg.de/ Starnberg official website]
* [http://www.5sli.de/5seen-english.htm Five Lakes Country tourist information]
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