Excursion tip: Munich and Starnberg

Excursion tip: every visitor to Munich should see Lake Starnberg

Anyone who visits Munich will quickly find a few quiet hours outside the city by the lake with a view of the mountains

 

Starnberger See: Anyone who lives here is on holiday

Munich and Starnberg Lake - a train of thought. Incredible. Where otherwise only a quiet rustling sound can be heard, the waves are rushing on the beach in Ambach. A pleasant wind caresses your skin and a shady spot under a tree protects you from direct sunlight. From time to time the seagulls squawk in lively conversation. - By the way, Ammerland has the most beautiful campsite right on the lake!

Lake Starnberg, photo: Helga Waess (archive)

From here you swim directly towards the mountains

So I sit here and leave the metropolis behind me. The sun glitters on the moving lake. Just enough to understand what the storyteller meant when he wrote:

    It sparkles on the water as if a dwarf had sunk his silver treasure into the lake and it was shining from below.

Sailing boats pass opposite, not far from the bank, past the Buchheim Museum. A surfer does his laps in front of the backdrop of the Alps, which are still covered in snow here and there. Every now and then he lifts himself off the water with his board and floats a few meters.

Children play on the shore. Brave people go into the water at any time of the year.

A cool breath pleasantly caresses my face. You can almost smell the clean air. It's hard to believe that your vacation begins just a few kilometers from Munich.

After a morning at the PC, your eyes will recover quickly. For me it is one of the most beautiful places I know. The wide view of the Alpine chain, in front of it the glittering blue of Lake Starnberg with the Seeshaupter backdrop, the eternal rushing of the water and your head is clear. The morning saved on hard drive and far away.

A small motorboat comes alongside from the direction of Starnberg. The fisherman casts his net in the middle of the lake. It takes a while, but then he accelerates again towards Starnberg. The small boat cuts through the water. The surfer quickly hangs into his slipstream and seems to fly over the water for a few minutes.

A man with a really large dog, a mix between a St. Bernard and a Leonberger, approaches and heads towards the water. The animal greedily slurps the cool water. I put my writing material aside, close my eyes and listen.

Yes, anyone who lives here is on vacation!

Lake Starnberg, photo: Helga Waess (archive)