The city of Starnberg is in Bavaria, Germany, some 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-west of Munich. It lies at the north end of Lake Starnberg, in the heart of the "Five Lakes Country", 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.
The town was first mentioned in 1226 under the name of Aheim am Würmsee.
Starnberg is situated on the Munich S-Bahn line S6, which provides frequent trains to and from Munich. It is also a principal stop for the vessels of the Bayerische Seenschifffahrt or lake fleet.
Main sights
Starnberger Schloss (castle) with the castle garden
St. Joseph's Church
Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918-2007) author (Das Boot published in 1973 and source for the epic film and mini-series) and painter died at Starnburg.
German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012) had his home there, where he died.
Oskar Maria Graf (1894-1967), 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 philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas (b. 1929) has long lived and worked in Starnberg as a director of the "Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung der Lebensbedingungen der wissenschaftlich-technischen Welt".
The long-lived actor Johannes Heesters (1903-2011) lived in Starnberg until his death.
King Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886) mysteriously drowned in Lake Starnberg at the small town of Berg nearby, on the evening of 13 June 1886.
The Frankfurt School philosopher Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) died in Starnberg.
The Austrian writer Gustav Meyrink (1868-1932) was a resident of Starnberg from 1911 until his death in 1932 and is buried in the local cemetery. Among his best remembered works is The Golem, which inspired the 1920 classic German Expressionist film The Golem: How He Came into the World.
Multiple IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad) gold medalist winner, Christian Reiher (b. 1984) was born in Starnberg.
Actress Marianne Sägebrecht (b. 1945) was born here in Starnberg. (Bagdad Café and other films).
Multiple members of the Siemens dynasty live, or have lived in Starnberg
Formula One driver Adrian Sutil (b. 1983) was born in Starnberg.
SS General Karl Wolff (1900-1984) lived in Starnberg after the war.
Experimental Music Label DSYNC is based in Starnberg
