Starnberger See

The lake, which on a fine summer day is dotted with sailing boats and excursion vessels, offers a varied pattern of great scenic beauty, with its wooded hills, the popular holiday and weekend resorts round its shores, its groups of villas and its beautiful parks and gardens, all set against the backdrop of the distant Alpine chain.

Near the north end of the Starnberger See, on the east side, lies the village of Berg, with the little Schloss Berg. A cross in the lake marks the spot where King Ludwig II of Bavaria, accompanied by his doctor, was drowned in 1886.

A road links Tutzing to Bernried, with its former Augustinian monastery, and Seehaupt, at the southwest end of the lake.

From Feldafing there is a fine view of the Alps.

From the Ilkahöhe (711m/2,333ft), southwest of Tutzing, there are superb views of the lake and the Alps.

From Starnberg, a road leads along the west side of the lake to Possenhofen, which has a 16th C. Schloss. Off to the right is the pretty little town of Pöcking.

In Tutzing, the second-largest place on the Starnberger See, is the Evangelical (Protestant) Academy, occupying a Schloss set in a beautiful park.