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 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. 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