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Ammersee

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Aerial image of the Ammersee (view from the south)
Aerial image of the Ammersee (view from the south)

Ammersee (English: Lake Ammer) is a Zungenbecken lake in Upper Bavaria, Germany, southwest of Munich between the towns of Herrsching and Dießen am Ammersee. With a surface area of approximately 47 square kilometres (18 sq mi), it is the sixth largest lake in Germany. The lake is at an elevation of 533 metres (1,749 ft), and has a maximum depth of 81 metres (266 ft). Like other Bavarian lakes, Ammersee developed as a result of the ice age glaciers melting. Ammersee is fed by the River Ammer, which flows as the Amper out of the lake. Like neighbouring Lake Starnberg - deeper, bigger in surface area, similar in shape - it is a popular location for watersports. Ammersee and the Amper are part of the ancient Celtic amber trading route leading to the Brenner Pass. The word Ammer is a 13th-century form of Amper, the Celtic *ambra, deriving from the Indo-European *ombh-, *mbh- "wet, Water".Passenger services have operated on the lake since 1879. Today they are operated by the Bayerische Seenschifffahrt company, using a mixture of historic paddle steamers and motor ships.

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Riederau station
Riederau station

Riederau station (German: Bahnhof Riederau) is a railway station in the municipality of Dießen am Ammersee, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the Mering–Weilheim line of Deutsche Bahn.

Utting station
Utting station

Utting station (German: Bahnhof Utting) is a railway station in the municipality of Utting am Ammersee, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the Mering–Weilheim line of Deutsche Bahn.

St. Alban station
St. Alban station

St. Alban station (German: Bahnhof St. Alban) is a railway station in the municipality of Dießen am Ammersee, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the Mering–Weilheim line of Deutsche Bahn.

Utting am Ammersee
Utting am Ammersee

Utting am Ammersee (until 1953 just Utting) is a municipality in the district of Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany.

Rott (Ammersee)
Rott (Ammersee)

Rott is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Ammersee, which is drained by the Amper, near Dießen am Ammersee.

Dießen station
Dießen station

Dießen station (German: Bahnhof Dießen) is a railway station in the municipality of Dießen am Ammersee, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the Mering–Weilheim line of Deutsche Bahn.

Dießen am Ammersee
Dießen am Ammersee

Dießen am Ammersee (Southern Bavarian: Diaßn am Ammasä) is a municipality in the district of Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany. It is located on the shores of the Ammersee.

Herrsching station
Herrsching station

Herrsching station is a railway station on the Munich S-Bahn in the town of Herrsching am Ammersee in the southwest area of Munich, Germany. It is served by the S-Bahn line S8.

Marienmünster church
Marienmünster church

Dießen Marienmünster Church is a Baroque style church in Dießen am Ammersee in the German district of Landsberg am Lech in Upper Bavaria.

Landheim Schondorf

Landheim Schondorf is a boarding school located in Schondorf am Ammersee with two separate upper schools and a lower school. The campus includes 27 buildings and a private dock on the Ammersee. The school’s motto is “Learning with Mind, Heart and Hand,” with each part representing a different type of learning: the “Mind” represents academic learning, the “Heart” an education in social skills and a sense of community, and the “Hand” a development of artisanal, musical, artistic and athletic skills.

Schondorf (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)
Schondorf (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft)

Schondorf am Ammersee (until 31 March 2009 officially: Schondorf a.Ammersee) is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech, Germany. It was created on 1 May 1978 by regulation by the government of Upper Bavaria. Its members are the municipalities Eching am Ammersee, Greifenberg and Schondorf. The seat of the administrative community is Schondorf am Ammersee.

Schondorf
Schondorf

Schondorf am Ammersee is a municipality in the district Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany and is a member of the municipal association Schondorf am Ammersee The municipal association based in Schondorf.