Tutzing
Encyclopedia
Tutzing is a municipality
in the district of Starnberg
in Bavaria
, Germany
and is situated on the west bank of the Starnberger See south of Munich
. A favourite vacation spot for those living in Munich, the town is and has been the home for a variety of German celebrities including the former president of the Federal Constitutional Court Hans-Jürgen Papier
, musicians Peter Maffay
and Leslie Mándoki
. Tutzing is also the birthplace of Munich rake Simon Gogl and the place where Erich Ludendorff
died and is buried in 1937.
in 1945. A commemorative plaque in front of the town hall commemorates their fate and the many people who died along the way.
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...
in the district of Starnberg
Starnberg (district)
Starnberg is a Kreis in the southern part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are Fürstenfeldbruck, Munich, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Weilheim-Schongau and Landsberg....
in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and is situated on the west bank of the Starnberger See south of Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. A favourite vacation spot for those living in Munich, the town is and has been the home for a variety of German celebrities including the former president of the Federal Constitutional Court Hans-Jürgen Papier
Hans-Jürgen Papier
Hans-Jürgen Papier is a German scholar of constitutional law and was President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany from 2002 to 2010....
, musicians Peter Maffay
Peter Maffay
Peter Alexander Makkay better known as Peter Maffay is a German musician.- Biography :Born in Brasov, Romania, the son of a German , he was 14 when his family relocated to his parents' Germany in 1963. In the same year, he started his first band, The Dukes...
and Leslie Mándoki
Leslie Mándoki
Hungarian-born Leslie Mándoki is a musician who performed for music group Dschinghis Khan and has since then gone on to a solo performer....
. Tutzing is also the birthplace of Munich rake Simon Gogl and the place where Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a German general, victor of Liège and of the Battle of Tannenberg...
died and is buried in 1937.
Holocaust history and memorial
Tutzing was one stop on the route of the legendary "trail of tears" of concentration camp inmates walking south from DachauDachau
Dachau is a town in Upper Bavaria, in the southern part of Germany. It is a major district town—a Große Kreisstadt—of the administrative region of Upper Bavaria, about 20 km north-west of Munich. It is now a popular residential area for people working in Munich with roughly 40,000 inhabitants...
in 1945. A commemorative plaque in front of the town hall commemorates their fate and the many people who died along the way.