Bad Wiessee

History

Bad Wiessee became notorious as the scene of the key events linked to the Night of the Long Knives, 30 June 1934, when Adolf Hitler and the Schutzstaffel (SS) purged the leadership of the Sturmabteilung (SA), many of whom were staying at the resort, in the Hotel Hanselbauer. The key leaders Ernst Röhm, Gregor Strasser, Anton von Hohberg und Buchwald, Karl Ernst, Edmund Heines and Peter von Heydebreck were arrested and taken to Stadelheim Prison where they were later executed. From 1939 to 1945, Bad Wiessee was also the retirement home of Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg, who as Minister of Defence/War (1933-1938) had been one of the architects of the German Wehrmacht. Both Blomberg and Field Marshal Albert Kesselring are interred in the Bergfriedhof Cemetery in Bad Wiessee. Since 2024, the large luxury hotel project 'Seegut' has been under construction on a 3.5-hectare site, which is expected to comprise a total of 170 hotel beds by the time it opens in 2028. At the same time, a new district consisting of 25 individual buildings[1] is also being built there: a pub with a beer garden, an event hall and a cultural barn (for exhibitions and concerts) would be accessible to the public. Image:Bad Wiessee Rathaus 2.jpg|Bad Wiessee Town Hall Image:Bad Wiessee Maria Himmelfahrt 3.jpg|Maria Himmelfahrt Church Image:Bad Wiessee Seepromenade 1.jpg|Promenade on the lake Tegernsee Image:Bad Wiessee Hotel Gasthof zur Post 4.jpg|Hotel and inn "zur Post"

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  376
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  330
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  307
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  273
• White Butterbur

  Petasites albus (L.) Gaertn. · Magnoliopsida
  264
• Marsh-marigold

  Caltha palustris L. · Magnoliopsida
  258
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  253
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  240

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2021-08-16
  1 km S of Niederau, Austria
• M 3.8 — 2019-10-22
  4 km SE of Ebbs, Austria
• M 2.5 — 2017-11-20
  3 km SE of Medraz, Austria
• M 3.5 — 2017-11-03
  2 km N of Telfes im Stubai, Austria
• M 3.7 — 2013-08-09
  1 km ESE of Aldrans, Austria
• M 4 — 2010-10-19
  Austria