Herrsching am Ammersee
Herrsching am Ammersee is a municipality in Upper Bavaria, Germany, on the east shore of the Ammersee, southwest of Munich. The population is around 8,000 in winter, increasing to 13,000 in summer.
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Location of Herrsching a.Ammersee within Starnberg district  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°00′N 11°11′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Oberbayern |
| District | Starnberg |
| Subdivisions | 3 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christian Schiller (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.88 km2 (8.06 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 568 m (1,864 ft) |
| Population (2019-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,711 |
| • Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 82211 |
| Dialling codes | 08152 |
| Vehicle registration | STA, WOR |
| Website | www.herrsching.de |
Situated at one terminus of the Munich S-Bahn line 
, the village is popular with travellers for its water-sports and as the starting point of trips to the Benedictine Andechs Abbey. Herrsching is also a stop for touring steamships of the Bavarian Seenschiffahrt or lake fleet.
Prior to WW-II Herrsching was home to the "Reichsfinanzschule Hersching" (finance school). In 1945-1946 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 Germany)
- 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[2]
- Archaeological Park, a 7th-century settlement of the Bavarians.
Personality
- Rainer Rene Graf Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden (born 1948), former lawyer
- Arno Assmann (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.
- Alfred Ploetz (1860–1940), physician
- Rudi Schuricke (1913–1973), singer, actor, lived from 1955 to 1973 in Herrsching, owner of the former Hotel Seespitz
- Klaus Wennemann (1940–2000), actor
- Harald Winter (born 1953), artist
References
- "Tabellenblatt "Daten 2", Statistischer Bericht A1200C 202041 Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden, Kreise und Regierungsbezirke". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). July 2020.
- "Hotel Gasthof zur Post". Hotel Gasthof zur Post. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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