Herrsching am Ammersee is a municipality in Upper

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, on the east shore of the

Ammersee Ammersee (English: Lake Ammer) is a Zungenbecken lake in Upper Bavaria, Germany, southwest of Munich between the towns of Herrsching and Dießen am Ammersee. With a surface area of approximately , it is the sixth largest lake in Germany. The la ...

, southwest of

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 ...

. The population is around 8,000 in winter, increasing to 13,000 in summer. Situated at one terminus of the

Munich S-Bahn The Munich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn München) is an electric rail transit system in Munich, Germany. " S-Bahn" is the German abbreviation for ''Stadtschnellbahn'' (literally, "urban rapid rail"), and the Munich S-Bahn exhibits characteristics of ...

line S8, the village is popular with travellers for its water-sports and as the starting point of trips to the Benedictine

Andechs Abbey Andechs Abbey is a Benedictine priory in the municipality of Andechs, in the ''Landkreis'' of Starnberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany . A place of pilgrimage on a hill east of the Ammersee, the Abbey is famed for its flamboyant Baroque church and it ...

. Herrsching is also a stop for touring steamships of the Bavarian ''Seenschiffahrt'' or 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

) *''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 Arno Assmann (30 July 1908 – 30 November 1979) was a German actor, film director and television writer. He committed suicide. Filmography As an actor * '' The Original Sin'' (1948) * ''The Last Illusion'' (1949) * ''My Wife's Friend ...

(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 *

Rudi Schuricke Rudi Schuricke (born Erhard Rudolf Hans Schuricke; 16 March 1913, Brandenburg an der Havel – 28 December 1973) was a popular German singer and actor. In the 1930s he was Second Tenor with the Kardosch Singers, a popular vocal ensemble of the ti ...

(1913–1973), singer, actor, lived from 1955 to 1973 in Herrsching, owner of the former Hotel Seespitz *

Klaus Wennemann Klaus Wennemann (18 December 1940 – 7 January 2000) was a German television and film actor. Wenneman was born in Oer-Erkenschwick, North Rhine-Westphalia. He is perhaps best known for his leading roles as the Chief Engineer, (the LI), in ''D ...

(1940–2000), actor * Harald Winter (born 1953), artist

References

External links

official website

Starnberg (district) Ammersee {{Starnbergdistrict-geo-stub