Wörthsee (municipality)

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Upper Bavaria
County :	Starnberg
Height :	570 m above sea level NHN
Area :	20.42 km 2
Residents:	4971 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	243 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	82237
Primaries :	08153, 08143
License plate :	STA, WOR
Community key :	09 1 88 145
Community structure:	7 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Seestrasse 20 ; 82237 Wörthsee
Website :	www.gemeinde-woerthsee.de
Mayoress :	Christel Muggenthal ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Wörthsee in the Starnberg district

Wörthsee from the north

St. Martin in Steinebach, Wörthsee

Wörthsee is a municipality in the northern district of Starnberg , Upper Bavaria .

geography

location

The municipality of Wörthsee is located on the northeastern bank of the lake of the same name, about 15 kilometers northwest of the district town of Starnberg . In the north, the A 96 motorway runs through the municipality.

Community structure

The municipality has seven officially named districts (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

Auing ( village )
Etterschlag ( Kirchdorf )
Key field ( good )
Schluisee (settlement)
Steinebach am Wörthsee ( parish village )
Walchstadt (Kirchdorf)
Waldbrunn (settlement)

history

Wörthsee belonged to the Counts of Toerring- Jettenbach. The closed Hofmark Wörth (in the Wörthsee ), located in the Electorate of Bavaria , was part of the Seefeld rule.

Today's municipality of Wörthsee was created on January 1, 1972 as part of the municipal reorganization of Bavaria by merging the municipalities of Steinebach am Wörthsee and Etterschlag, which were created in 1818 .

The series The Happy Family with Maria Schell and Siegfried Rauch was filmed in Walchstadt in the early 1990s .

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the community grew from 3,782 to 5,004 by 1,222 inhabitants or 32.3%.

Attractions

The sights of the municipality include

the baroque Catholic branch church St. Nikolaus in Etterschlag from 1758
St. Martin's Church, also built in the Baroque style, and the modern parish church of the Holy Communion in Steinebach.
the former reception building of the Steinebach train station , which was restored in 1996 and then used from 1997 to 2011 as the “Steinebacher” restaurant with live music.
the Wörthsee with its promenades with restaurants and bathing beaches

politics

City council election 2020

(in %)

%

40

30th

20th

10

0

34.38

23.50

17.87

16.40

7.85

CSU

Green

WA

FW ^d

SPD

Remarks:

^d FW including FWW

Town hall of the municipality of Wörthsee

Mayoress

The first female mayor of the community is Christel Muggenthal (non-party). She was elected to office in 2014 as the successor to Peter Flach (CSU). In the local elections on March 15, 2020, Muggenthal was re-elected with 51.30% of the vote.

Municipal council

Distribution of seats in the municipal council
year	CSU	SPD	Green	PUW	FBW	FWW	WA	total	WB in%
2020	5	1	4th	0	0	3	3	16	71.04
2014	5	3	3	0	0	2	3	16	72.0
2008	8th	3	3	0	0	2	0	16	69.8
2002	7th	4th	3	1	1	0	0	16	70.8

PUW = Party-Free Independent Voters Association FBW = Free Citizens' Forum Wörthsee
FWW = Free Voters Wörthsee WA = WörthseeAktiv

In the local elections on March 15, 2020, 2,846 of the 4,006 residents entitled to vote in the municipality of Wörthsee exercised their right to vote, bringing the turnout to 71.04%.

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View from the jetty to the promenade

coat of arms

Blazon : In silver a blue wavy bar, above a blue fish, below a red heraldic rose.

Infrastructure

The municipal area is crossed by the federal highway 96 .

In addition, the Munich-Pasing-Herrsching railway has passed through the community since 1903 and is served by the S 8 line of the Munich S-Bahn . In the district of Steinebach am Wörthsee is the former train station and today's S-Bahn station Steinebach .

Regular events

The Wörthsee Triathlon, one of the oldest triathlon events in Bavaria, has been taking place in the Steinebach district since 1985, starting and finishing in the lido .