Germany Guide
Central Bavaria
Fünf-Seen-Land
To the south of Munich, the region known as the Fünf-Seen-Land provides a tantalizing glimpse of alpine beauty as well as wide open waters for recreation right on the city's doorstep. Of the two large lakes, Starnberger See is known as the Princes' Lake and has the opulent real-estate to prove it; it was on the shores of this lake that "Mad" King Ludwig II and his doctor met their mysterious deaths one night in June 1886. The other large lake, Ammersee, is known as the Farmers' Lake, which reflects its somewhat simpler style.