Starnberger See

The Starnberger See is Germany’s fifth largest lake and located 25 kilometers south of München, Germany. Because of its depth it is the German lake with the second largest amount of water after the Lake Constance („Bodensee“). Until 1962 it was called Würmsee but was than renamed after the main city at the lake because Starnberg was the entry point for visitors from München and people began to call it like that after the railway to Starnberg was built.

Today you can easily get by S-Bahn to the western side of the lake – not only to Starnberg but also to Tutzing. Regional trains also go down to Seeshaupt at the southern end of the lake. Getting there is fast and the lake is therefore an often visited recreation areas for the inhabitants of the Bavarian capital. The lake itself is used for boating and fishing.

Cruise boats cross the waters and you can swim at different locations – the water is usually quite warm. The lake became famous because king Ludwig II. (the creator of castle Neuschwanstein and many more fantastic buildings) drowned there on June 13th, 1886 after power has been taken away from him. A cross now marks the position where his body was found in the water close to the city Berg.

Starnberger See
Germany