Starnberg ( German pronunciation: [ˈʃtaʁnbɛʁk] ) is a Landkreis (district) in the southern part of Bavaria , Germany . Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Fürstenfeldbruck , Munich , Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen , Weilheim-Schongau and Landsberg .
6-548: Starnberg district and the Hochtaunuskreis regularly compete for the title of Germany's wealthiest district. The main geographic feature of the district are the five lakes – the Starnberger See and Ammersee , as well as the smaller Weßlinger See , Wörthsee and Pilsensee . The lakes were formed by the glaciers of the last ice age . Hence the district is also called Fünf-Seen-Land (five-lake county). The district
12-696: A yellow lion and eagle in front. The two animals were the symbol of the Counts of Andechs-Meranien , who ruled the area until 1248. 48°00′N 11°20′E / 48.0°N 11.33°E / 48.0; 11.33 Hochtaunuskreis The Hochtaunuskreis is a Kreis ( district ) in the middle of Hesse , Germany and is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region . Neighbouring districts are Lahn-Dill , Wetteraukreis , district-free Frankfurt , Main-Taunus , Rheingau-Taunus , Limburg-Weilburg . The Hochtaunuskreis and
18-647: The Landkreis Starnberg regularly compete for the title of the wealthiest district in Germany. The district was created in 1972 when the previous districts Obertaunus and Usingen were merged. Geographically it covers the Taunus mountains. The highest elevation of the Taunus, the 881 meter high Großer Feldberg , is in the district. Lowest elevation of the district with 130m is the village Ober Erlenbach . The wealthy towns in
24-683: The district has a partnership with the district Bad Dürkheim in Rhineland-Palatinate . Since 1981 it also has a partnership with the Taipei County (now New Taipei City), which developed after a delegation of parachutists from Taiwan stayed in Starnberg for the 1980 parachuting world championship in Altenstadt/ Schongau . The coat of arms show the Bavarian diamonds in the background, with
30-613: The district's densely populated southern part belong to the Frankfurt urban area. The coat of arms is a dimidiation of the arms of the Obertaunus district in the left half and the Usingen district in the right half. It shows a lion, the left half in the red-white striped style of the Hesse lion, the right side the golden color lion of Nassau . Additionally in the left four bells which were taken from
36-488: Was created in 1902, when the Bezirksamt München II was dissolved, and the new Bezirksamt Starnberg and Bezirksamt Wolfratshausen were created. Starting in 1939 they were called Landkreis . In 1972 two municipalities (Bachhausen and Höhenrain) from the district Wolfratshausen were added to the district. In the 1978 communal reform the previously 42 municipalities were merged into the current 14 ones. Since 1982
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