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16-734: The ship, which has a length of 36.4 metres (119 ft 5 in), a width of 7.5 metres (24 ft 7 in) and a capacity of 400 passengers, was built by the Deggendorfer Werft und Eisenbau Gesellschaft in 1949 and she was used as a passenger ship MS Utting on the Ammersee lake in Upper Bavaria from 1950 to 2016. The ship was decommissioned in 2016 and then bought by the Kulturverein Wannda e.V. in Munich, which by then already had made

32-500: A mixture of historic paddle steamers and motor ships. The water quality, which was endangered in the 1960s, was significantly improved by comprehensive wastewater remediation measures such as the construction of a ring main, the commissioning of the sewage treatment plant in Eching in 1971 and the rehabilitation of the sewage treatment plants in the Ammer catchment area. Further information on

48-518: A name for itself with other subcultural projects such as the nightclub Bahnwärter Thiel or the permanent festival Wannda Circus , and which was able to finance the project from the revenues of these event locations. On 21 and 22 February 2017 the hull of the ship and the superstructures were transported from the Ammersee lake to Munich. For the night-time transport to Munich, the Autobahn had to be closed by

64-435: Is Vulnerable when it is not critically endangered or Endangered but is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future, as defined by any of the following criteria (A to E): A) Population reduction in the form of either of the following: B) Extent of occurrence estimated to be less than 20,000 km or area of occupancy estimated to be less than 2,000 km , and estimates indicating any two of

80-699: 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

96-466: Is also located), Seeholz and Seewiese as well as Ampermoos , the Ammersee is one of the seven internationally important wetlands in Bavaria according to the so-called Ramsar Convention. On the western shore, access to the shore is closed to the general public except for short stretches, but almost the entire eastern shore is open to the public. Large areas of the shore are still in a near-natural state, but

112-560: Is known far beyond the city borders, local politicians plan to preserve it permanently. The Alte Utting and its cultural events regularly receive media attention by local, nationwide and international media. The New York Times described the Alte Utting as an example of hip night life spots in Munich "that could give Berlin a run for its money". According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung , the Alte Utting has become "a kind of landmark" of

128-670: Is mainly caused by habitat loss or destruction of the species' home. Vulnerable habitat or species are monitored and can become increasingly threatened. Some species listed as "vulnerable" may be common in captivity , an example being the military macaw . In 2012 there were 5,196 animals and 6,789 plants classified as vulnerable, compared with 2,815 and 3,222, respectively, in 1998. Practices such as cryoconservation of animal genetic resources have been enforced in efforts to conserve vulnerable breeds of livestock specifically. The International Union for Conservation of Nature uses several criteria to enter species in this category. A taxon

144-518: 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

160-455: The Ammersee as a bathing water is thus secured in the long term. Among the fish living in the lake, an endemic whitefish ( Coregonus bavaricus ) is known, a whitefish species mainly found in the pre-Alpine lakes, whose occurrence has led to a long tradition of quite intensive fishing exploitation of the lake. The lake is also home of the vulnerable species of deepwater char Salvelinus evasus . Deepwater char are highly sensitive to changes in

176-440: The city of Munich. DE-BY_type:landmark 48°7′11.9″N 11°33′22.6″E  /  48.119972°N 11.556278°E  / 48.119972; 11.556278 Ammersee 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

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192-496: The formerly dense reed beds have decreased significantly since the end of the 1960s. In contrast, microplastic pollution has increased. Vulnerable species A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve. Vulnerability

208-410: The history and development of the Eching wastewater treatment plant is provided by AWA-Ammersee, which manages drinking water and wastewater in the region. Since the mid-1980s, the nutrient load of the water has shifted from the eutrophic to the mesotrophic range, which means that the nutrient load is low to moderate, the production of algae is moderate, and the average visual depth is over 2 m. The use of

224-412: The name Alte Utting on the railway bridge by the head of the municipal planning and building control office Julia Schönfeld-Knor. After completion of the reconstruction measures, the party ship has been open daily since 26 July 2018 and is primarily used as a bar, restaurant, discothèque (in the engine room), music venue and cabaret stage. As the Alte Utting quickly established itself as an attraction that

240-474: The police. After its arrival in Munich, the 144-ton ship was deployed on a former railway bridge close to the Wholesale Market Munich that crosses an inner-city arterial road, and the conversion to a nightlife and cultural venue started. Due to tremendous static and safety-relevant requirements the opening of the venue was delayed for more than one year. On 12 July 2018 the former ship was christened to

256-525: The quality of the water and some species such as Salvelinus neocomensis and Salvelinus profundus were driven recently to extinction in other European lakes. In 2010, even a new species of fish, the Ammersee Kaulbarsch ( Gymnocephalus ambriaelacus ), which is also found only in the Ammersee, was described. With the nature reserves Vogelfreistätte Ammersee-Südufer (in which the Schwedeninsel

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