Lake Starnberg

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Lake Starnberg
lake Starnberg
Location	Germany
Coordinates	47°54′14″N, 11°18′26″E
Lake type	Natural lake
Surface area	58.36 km²
Max-depth	127.7 m
Water volume	2 998 000 000 m³
Surface elevation	596 m

Lake Starnberg (German: Starnberger See) in southern Bavaria is Germany's fourth largest lake and a popular recreation area for the nearby city of Munich. Towns by the lake include Starnberg in the north, Seeshaupt in the south, and Tutzing in the west. The small town of Berg near Starnberg is famous as the site where King Ludwig II of Bavaria drowned in the lake in 1886.

The lake, which was created by ice age glaciers from the Alps, extends 21 km (14 miles) from north to south and has a width of 3-5 km (2-3.5 miles) from east to west. It has a single, small island, the Roseninsel, and a single drain, the Würm river (because of this river the lake was called Würmsee until 1962). Its major inflow comes from a chain of small lakes in the south, Osterseen. This small river is called Ach or Ostersee-Ach.