Starnberg () is a
''Landkreis'' (district) in the southern part of
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...
,
Germany
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. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise)
Fürstenfeldbruck
Fürstenfeldbruck () is a town in Bavaria, Germany, located 32 kilometres west of Munich. It is the capital of the district of Fürstenfeldbruck. it has a population of 35,494. Since the 1930s, Fürstenfeldbruck has had an air force base.
Th ...
,
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
,
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen,
Weilheim-Schongau and
Landsberg.
Starnberg district and the
Hochtaunuskreis
The Hochtaunuskreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany and is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Neighbouring districts are Lahn-Dill, Wetteraukreis, district-free Frankfurt, Main-Taunus, Rheingau-Taunu ...
regularly compete for the title of Germany's wealthiest district.
Geography
Main geographic feature of the district are the five lakes – the
Starnberger See and
Ammersee, as well as the smaller
Weßlinger See
The Weßlinger See ( 'Lake Weßling') is the smallest lake in the Fünfseenland ( 'five lakes country') in Upper Bavaria. It is completely enclosed by the municipality of Weßling.
Overview
Lake Weßling is a remnant of a kettle hole created du ...
,
Wörthsee and
Pilsensee. The lakes were formed by the
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such a ...
s of the last
ice age
An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages and gre ...
. Hence the district is also called ''
Fünf-Seen-Land'' (five lake county).
History
The district was created in 1902, when the ''Bezirksamt München II'' was dissolved, and the new ''Bezirksamt Starnberg'' and ''Bezirksamt Wolfratshausen'' were created. Starting in 1939 they were called ''Landkreis''. In 1972 two municipalities (Bachhausen and Höhenrain) from the district Wolfratshausen were added to the district. In the 1978 communal reform the previously 42 municipalities were merged into the current 14 ones.
Partnerships
Since 1982 the district has a partnership with the district
Bad Dürkheim in
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
. Since 1981 it also has a partnership with the
Taipei County (now New Taipei City), which developed after a delegation of
parachutists
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from Taiwan stayed in Starnberg for the 1980 parachuting world championship in Altenstadt/
Schongau.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms show the Bavarian diamonds in the background, with a yellow lion and eagle in front. The two animals were the symbol of the Counts of Andechs-Meranien, who ruled the area until 1248.
Towns and municipalities
References
External links
Five Lake County tourist information(English)
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Districts of Bavaria