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Herrsching am Ammersee

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Herrsching am Ammersee

Total population

10,206

Air quality index

38Good
Elevation568 m
Land area20.88 km²
Coordinates48.00°, 11.17°

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City facts

Elevation
568 m
Area
20.88 km²
head of government
Christian Schiller
Official website
www.herrsching.de

Sister cities

  • Ravina-Romagnano

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Herrsching am Ammersee is a municipality in Upper Bavaria, Germany, on the east shore of the Ammersee, southwest of Munich. The population is around 8,000 in winter, increasing to 13,000 in summer.

Read more on Wikipedia

History & geography

Geography

Latitude
47.9993
Longitude
11.1748
Water area
—
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
38
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
5.3
PM10 (µg/m³)
7.4
Ozone (µg/m³)
57
NO₂ (µg/m³)
2.6

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
115,036
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Great Tit
    Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    2,311
  • Carrion Crow
    Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    2,240
  • Eurasian Blackbird
    Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    2,118
  • Eurasian Blue Tit
    Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1,912
  • Common Chaffinch
    Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    1,803
  • Mallard
    Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    1,543
  • Common Chiffchaff
    Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
    1,540
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
    Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    1,410

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
58
Largest magnitude
4
Largest event
2010-10-19

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Notable people from here

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Geography & sun

Elevation
1,791 ft (546 m)
Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.34
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,221

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
363
Avg daily Wikipedia views
12
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Herrsching am Ammersee

Volksmusik, Forschung und Pflege in Bayern. Erstes Seminar
1980
Volksmusik in Bayern
1978

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Green-veined White
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Seen 2026-06-28
Black-headed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Seen 2026-06-28
Agile Frog
Agile Frog
Rana dalmatina
Seen 2026-06-27
Pine Hawkmoth
Pine Hawkmoth
Sphinx pinastri
Seen 2026-06-27
Common Brimstone
Common Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Seen 2026-06-27
Musk beetle
Musk beetle
Aromia moschata
Seen 2026-06-27
Red-backed Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurio
Seen 2026-06-26
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Seen 2026-06-26
Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
Seen 2026-06-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Herrsching am Ammersee, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

20180114 St. Nikolaus Herrsching — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miBahnhofstraße 15 Herrsching 1 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miBahnhofstraße 15 Herrsching 2 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miSt. Nikolaus Herrsching 2 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miSt. Nikolaus Herrsching 1 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miVerbindungsgang St. Nikolaus Alt+Neu (Herrsching) Ölberggruppe — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miVerbindungsgang St. Nikolaus Alt+Neu (Herrsching) Kreuzigungs-Gemälde — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miWar memorials St. Nikolaus (Herrsching) 03 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miWar memorials St. Nikolaus (Herrsching) 04 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miWar memorials St. Nikolaus (Herrsching) 05 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miWar memorials St. Nikolaus (Herrsching) 06 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miWar memorials St. Nikolaus (Herrsching) 07 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miWar memorials St. Nikolaus (Herrsching) 08 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miWar memorials St. Nikolaus (Herrsching) 09 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miWar memorials St. Nikolaus (Herrsching) 10 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miWar memorials St. Nikolaus (Herrsching) 11 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miWar memorials St. Nikolaus (Herrsching) 12 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0 miSonnenuntergang über dem Ammersee, Weihnachten 2012 (14433962018) — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0.1 miHerrsching (Ammersee) Kurparkschlössl an Weihnachten 2012 (14526735495) — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0.1 miAnother beautiful end to another beautiful day at lake Ammersee - Herrsching am Ammersee, Abendstimmung (13558010175) — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0.1 miHerrsching am Ammersee (13058897553) — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0.1 miGER – Freistaat Bayern – Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern – Landkreis Starnberg — Gemeinde Herrsching am Ammersee — Herrsching am Ammersee Dorf – Bahnhofstraße 14 (Freiwillige Feuerwehr) 2020 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0.1 miBahnhofstraße 4 Herrsching 2 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0.1 miBahnhofstraße 4 Herrsching 1 — Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany0.1 mi

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

Official Identifiers

Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office

AGS
09188124
Population (Wikidata)
11,045
Wikidata
Q170020

Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikimedia Commons
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Elevation
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
  • • Destatis — German Federal Statistical Office — Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS) via Wikidata P439