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Münsing is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen in
Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...
in
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. Located in the Upper Bavarian district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, it borders
Lake Starnberg Lake Starnberg, or ''Starnberger See'' ) — called Lake Würm or ''Würmsee'' until 1962 — is Germany's second-largest body of fresh water, having great depth, and fifth-largest lake by area. It and its surroundings lie in three different Bava ...
to its west. Its municipal area extends from the shores of Lake Starnberg to the ''Münsinger Rücken'', a ridge which rises between the lake and the
Isar The Isar () is a river in Austria and in Bavaria, Germany. Its source is in the Karwendel mountain range of the Alps. The Isar river enters Germany near Mittenwald and flows through Krün, Wallgau, Bad Tölz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching ...
valley, and also includes the western Tischberg, which forms its southern crest. The eponymous village Münsing, is the seat of the municipal administration, which also contains the villages of Degerndorf, Ammerland, Ambach, Holzhausen am Starnberger See, and St. Heinrich.


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