Starnberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany, located south west of the city of Munich and situated on Lake Starnberg, in the heart of the "Five Lakes Country"[1], a popular destination for day-trippers from Munich. It is the capital of the district of Starnberg.
In 2007, recording a disposable per capita income of € 26,120, 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[2].
Main sights
Starnberger Schloss (Castle) with the castle garden
St. Joseph's Church
People associated with Starnberg
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.
