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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
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| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Upper Bavaria |
| District | Starnberg |
| Mayor | Ferdinand Pfaffinger ("Unabhängige Wählergemeinschaft") |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 61.77 km2 (23.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 588 m (1929 ft) |
| Population | 22,959 (31 December 2006) |
| - Density | 372 /km2 (963 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | STA |
| Postal code | 82319 |
| Area code | 08151 |
| Website | www.starnberg.de
Coordinates: 47°59′50″N 11°20′26″E / 47.99722°N 11.34056°E |
Starnberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany, some 30 km south-west of Munich. It lies at the north end of Lake Starnberg, in the heart of the "Five Lakes Country"[1], and serves as capital of the district of Starnberg. Recording a disposable per-capita income of € 26,120 in 2007, Starnberg regained its status as the wealthiest town in Germany from the Frankfurt suburb of Hochtaunus.
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History
The town was first mentioned in 1226 under the name of Aheim am Würmsee[2].
Main sights
- Starnberger Schloss (Castle) with the castle garden
- St. Joseph's Church
People associated with Starnberg
- King Ludwig II of Bavaria mysteriously drowned in Lake Starnberg at the small town of Berg nearby, on the evening of 13 June 1886.
- Oskar Maria Graf, the socially conscious writer, was born in Aufkirchen near Starnberg in 1894. He fought for the Bavarian Soviet Republic (or Räterepublik) in Munich in 1919. He fled his homeland in 1938 with his Jewish wife for the U.S.A., when National Socialism gripped Germany. Graf was never fully able to adjust to life in the United States or, more to the point, away from his homeland, Bavaria.
- The Austrian writer Gustav Meyrink was a resident of Starnberg from 1911 until his death in 1932 and is buried in the local cemetery.
- The philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas has long lived and worked in Starnberg.
- The Frankfurt School philosopher Herbert Marcuse died in Starnberg.
- Formula One driver Adrian Sutil was born in Starnberg.
- Multiple IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad) gold medalist winner, Christian Reiher was born in Starnberg.
- the St. Olaves and Newstead Woods exchange students of 2009, who introduced the first cases of Swine Flu (Schweinegrippe) to Germany on July 14th 2009.
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External links
- Starnberg information
- Starnberger See - Lake Starnberg
- Starnberg official website
- Five Lakes Country tourist information
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