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37-834: Ammer may refer to: Amper , or called Ammer , is a river in Bavaria . Ammer (Neckar) , a small river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, tributary of the Neckar The upper course of the river Amper in Bavaria, Germany Thomas Ammer (born 1937), German historian, imprisonment in 1958 for Anti-government political activism in East Germany Stefan Ammer (born 1942), German-Australian pianist, lecturer, teacher and professor of music Topics referred to by

74-481: A favoured destination for excursions. Formerly it was referred to as the Mount Doctus, due to the scholarliness of the meteorological research taking place at its peak. The largest part of the areas population is found on the south side of the mountain, a smaller part on the west side (districts of Hetten and Buchschorn); a yet smaller part of the population is found on the north and the east side. The region

111-492: A figure of mercy and pilgrimage to it began. Because of this, a second church, the Pilgrims church, was added to the chapel. Thus the two churches we know today came to be. The chapel lies west of the church tower, the pilgrims church lies east. The ensemble lends the peak its unique silhouette. From 1604 until the secularization in 1803, the augustinian canons regulars in charge of the cloister Rottenbuch also supervised

148-516: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Amper The term "Amper" can be derived from the Indo-European root * ombh-," which denotes water or a watercourse. The Celtic name "ambra" was adopted by the Romans and has been attested as genitive ambre and locative amber since the 3rd century. According to another interpretation, Amper

185-435: Is only navigable in part and has no significance for inland navigation. From 1880 to 1939 a regular steamboat connection operated between Stegen am Ammersee and Grafrath , which was mainly used by excursionists from Munich. These took the train to Grafrath and walked about 1.5 km from the train station to the landing stage. There they boarded the boat to Stegen, where they could transfer to Ammersee steamships. After

222-750: Is related to the Breton and therefore Celtic word ampart. Accordingly, the river name would stand for the terms skillful, agile and strong. In 1243 the Ammersee was first referred to as the Amirsee and it was not until the 14th century that a distinction was made between the Ammer as a tributary to the Ammersee and the Amper. The Ammer, and thus also the Amper, drains part of the Ammergau Mountains to

259-679: Is situated in the Bavarian Oberland, in the Alpine Foreland . It exists only as a local subdistrict. The highest point is the peak of the 988 meter high Hoher Peißenberg (high Peißenberg). Because of the panoramic view from it, it is also called the Bavarian Mount Parnassus or the Bavarian Mount Rigi . It is regarded as the most beautiful panoramic mountain of Bavaria and it is also

296-603: Is situated on the left bank of the Ammer . The Ammer flows south of the local center in a small ravine called the "Schnalz". The climate is oceanic ( Köppen : Cfb ; Trewartha : Dclo ), affected by altitude and proximity to the Alps (especially in precipitation). Registering data continuously since 1781, the Hohenpeißenberg Observatory is the oldest in the world located on a mountain. The station located in

333-467: The 1600s gave rise to mining activity in the area, mostly on a small scale. State-owned mining began on May 8, 1837 with the inset of the so-called Hauptstollen (main adit ) in the area of Brandach, whereby the initial sinking of the Unterbauschacht (Unterbau shaft ) took place from the first of July 1889 onwards. A 3.6-kilometer-long cable car, operating from 1898 to 1928, transported coal from

370-554: The Ammer Gorge bends to the east. At Peißenberg , the river leaves the gorge and turns back north. It flows through a long, wide valley until it flows into the Ammersee east of Dießen am Ammersee . A little before that, the Alte Ammer branches off to the left, which after a short run is absorbed by the longer but usually less watery Rott, which also flows into the Ammersee. After exiting the Ammersee near Eching am Ammersee ,

407-706: The Ammer is located in the Ammergau Alps at the exit of the Graswang valley between Graswang and Ettal . Some of the water flows down from a raised bog, and some of the various spring pots in the valley floor are fed by the water of the Linder that emerges here on the border between Tyrol and Bavaria near the Ammersattel. The streams are fed by the Großer Ammerquellen, located on both sides of

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444-516: The Ammersee to Dachau , they were connected to form drift rafts. Two hydropower plants are of historical importance. As early as 1891/92, the first hydropower plant in Bavaria was built by Oskar von Miller in Schöngeising. The world's first rail power station for single-phase alternating current, the Kammerl power station, went into operation a few years later around 1898 west of Saulgrub in

481-574: The Ammertal valley. It served to supply the 23-kilometer-long line between Murnau and Oberammergau belonging to the Lokalbahn Aktien-Gesellschaft, which started the first scheduled electric train service in 1905. The Amperwerke was founded in 1908 to systematically use the hydropower on the Amper. A number of other run-of-river power plants along the river system with regional economic importance emerged in this way, mostly up to

518-641: The Amper and fed to the Isar through a canal south of Moosburg. This water is used to generate energy in the Uppenborn works on the Mittlere-Isar canal through another connecting canal. Immediately before it flows into the Isar, another part of the water is branched off and flows as the Klötzlmühlbach north of the Isar to Landshut . The first tributary of the Ammer is shortly after the connection of

555-576: The Amper valley first cuts through a terminal moraine landscape of the Isar-Loisach glacier from the Würm glacial period near Grafrath and then flows through the Munich gravel plain from Fürstenfeldbruck. To the northeast of Dachau it comes into the area of the tertiary Danube-Isar hill country and finally flows into the Isar at Moosburg. Southwest of Moosburg, most of its water (30 m³/s) is withdrawn from

592-581: The First World War. These are works, among others. in Unterbruck near Fürstenfeldbruck (1892), Olching, Dachau, Hebertshausen, Volkmannsdorf near Allershausen or Kranzberg (1911). Hydropower plants require a consistently high water level so that energy generation does not come to a standstill in months with little rainfall. This was ensured by building a few smaller canals, weirs and a storage reservoir near Fürstenfeldbruck. At Zolling, Amper supplies

629-553: The Glonn, which is 50 kilometers long the longest Amper tributary is (flows from the left at Allershausen). Shortly before the confluence of the Amper into the Isar, the approximately 14-kilometer-long Mühlbach, which is derived from the Moosach, flows into it at Wang as its last tributary from the right. Since the middle of the 19th century, the natural course of the Ammer and Amper has been significantly changed by flood protection and

666-577: The Peißenberg basin discontinued first in Peiting (in 1968) and in 1971 in Peißenberg . The closure of the Peißenberg pit also marked the end of mining activities in the area. Until 1972, the border of the administrative districts Schongau and Weilheims ran through the village. Now Hohenpeißenberg is the local center of the new administrative district of Weilheim-Schongau . In 1978 a large part of

703-693: The Rott near Dießen am Ammersee and the Kienbach and Fischbach in Herrsching am Ammersee . Shortly after leaving the Ammersee, the Amper near Eching am Ammersee takes up the 36-kilometer-long Windach from the left. Other major tributaries are the Maisach (36 km long, flows from the left at Günding), the Würm , which forms the outflow of Lake Starnberg (40 km long, flows from the right at Hebertshausen) and

740-701: The Staffelsee and is the longest tributary of the Ammer before it flows into the Ammersee, flow into it from the right in quick succession near Oberhausen. Larger tributaries in the further course to the Ammersee are the Angerbach near Weilheim in Upper Bavaria, the Grünbach near Wielenbach and the Kinschbach near Pähl, all of which flow into them from the right. Larger tributaries of the Ammersee are

777-585: The Zolling power plant with cooling water via a canal. The Haag hydropower plant is located on the same canal. In addition to a number of interesting cities along the Ammer and Amper rivers such as Weilheim, Fürstenfeldbruck, Dachau and Moosburg, the Ammersee in particular is of touristic importance. Along the Ammer, the Schleier waterfalls south of Bad Bayersoien and the Echelsbacher Bridge are

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814-662: The alpine foothills integrates the German Meteorological Network and served for the program Global Atmospheric Watch program (GAW). The Hohenpeißenberg weather station has recorded the following extreme values: In 1514 a chapel was built on the Hohen Peißenberg. A carved image of the Mother of God was brought there from the castle chapel in Schongau . The figure soon became renowned as being

851-434: The bavarian administrative reform, the community edict gave rise to the local centres as we now know them. Formerly, the district belonged to Peiting . Hohenpeißenberg belonged to the reformation of Munich and to the district of Schongau which in turn is part of the electorate of Bavaria. The first building section of the former school was built after the monks time there from 1882 until 1883. The discovery of pitch coal as

888-472: The bird breeding season (1 March to 15 July), driving on the Amper from Stegen to Grafrath and between Schöngeising and Fürstenfeldbruck is prohibited. The city of Fürstenfeldbruck has designated a number of official bathing opportunities along the Amper. Hohenpei%C3%9Fenberg Hohenpeißenberg is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria , Germany . Hohenpeißenberg

925-599: The coal washing plant to the Tiefstollen (deep adit) in Peißenberg. Old adits exist in the region, the Hauptstollen is open to guided tours several times a year. The air shaft at the Hohenpeißenberg train station was sunk from 1937 to 1939. From mid-October 1960 onwards it was the deepest shaft in Bavaria, measuring a depth of 1150 meters. There was also an air shaft in the district of Klausen. Mining in

962-424: The construction of power plants – with far-reaching consequences for the native flora and fauna. The continuity of the flowing water is often disturbed by weirs . This makes the migration and distribution of fish upstream and downstream more difficult or even impossible. The dike in some areas also meant an interference with the ecological balance. The alluvial forests were shielded from the natural water inflow by

999-547: The dikes, so that the alluvial forest is only in remnants. To preserve the original river landscape, at least in some areas, several nature reserves, such as the Amperauen nature reserve with Leitenwälder between Fürstenfeldbruck and Schöngeising , have been designated. The Ammer estuary and the Ampermoos nature reserve north of the Ammersee are among the seven internationally significant wetlands in Bavaria. The Amper

1036-496: The most important sights. Long stretches of the river are lined with cycle paths that allow tours from the Alps to the mouth of the Amper at Moosburg an der Isar. Driving on the Ammer and Amper with canoes or similarly manoeuvrable boats is possible over almost the entire route, but not allowed all year round. Boating on the Ammer between 1 December and 30 April is only allowed with a discharge of at least 6 cubic meters / second. During

1073-525: The northeast to the Isar and thus to the Danube. Over a distance of around 100 km, the Amper crosses four natural areas: the steep old and young moraines, the flat gravel plain and the Danube-Isar hill country. The Ammer/Amper river system overcomes a total of 430 metres (1,410 ft) in altitude. The Ammer loses almost 200 meters in the 20-kilometer-long gorge south of Peißenberg . The source area of

1110-663: The oldest meteorological station in the world. Following the secularization, it was initially the priests and the school teachers who carried on recording and observing meteorological conditions; after World War II the German Meteorological Service took over this duty. The monks also ran a school on the mountain. The Volksschule was founded by the Augustinian regular Primus Koch (1752-1812) and in April 1802 it first opened its doors to students. In lieu of

1147-530: The opening of the railway line between Munich and Herrsching , the number of passengers on the water sank so much that the costs of keeping the section navigable made operation uneconomical; the ship connection from Grafrath to Stegen had to be stopped. The beginning of the Second World War brought the end to shipping on the Amper. The Maria Therese was the first steamship that opened the Amper shipping line between Inning and Grafrath on 10 May 1880. It

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1184-593: The outflows from the Große Ammerquellen with the Linder is the approximately 7 kilometers long near Kohlbach . Its longest tributary in the Ammergau Alps is the Halbammer, which flows into it from the left at Saulgrub. In the area of the Ammer Gorge, the Ammer only takes in smaller streams. After exiting the gorge, the 19-kilometer-long Eyach and the 43-kilometer long Ach, which forms the outflow of

1221-403: The pilgrimage to the Hohen Peißenberg. The large ceiling fresco by Matthäus Günther inside the chapel of Mercy also depicts the committal of the pilgrimage site to the cloister Rottenbuch. It was the Augustinian monks who also carried out the first meteorological observations on the site and these have been carried out continuously since 1781, making Hohenpeißenberg Meteorological Observatory

1258-586: The river bed of the Linder, flow into the mostly dry bed of the Linder and, at some times of the year, together with the Linder, which is still flowing here, form the Große Ammer. The Kleine Ammer springs, located on the north side of the Graswang Valley, feed the Kleine Ammer, which flows into the Große Ammer between Ettal and Oberammergau and forms the Ammer with it. North of Unterammergau ,

1295-650: The river leaves the Bavarian Alps after about 15 kilometers and flows through the Ammer-Loisach hill country to the north. In this young moraine landscape, created from the deposits of the Isar-Loisach glacier during the Würm glacial period, the Ammer cuts up to 80 meters deep into the moraine and the molasse underneath and forms the Ammerschlucht, also called Ammerleite. To the south of Hohenpeißenberg ,

1332-490: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ammer . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ammer&oldid=1255855067 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Surnames from nicknames Hidden categories: Short description

1369-525: Was popularly known as the "Mooskuh" because the entire route between Grafrath and the Ammersee ran through the Ampermoos and its beep resembled the call of the bittern . In the past, wood was rafted on the river, mainly from the Ammer Mountains. This is indicated by names such as Trifthof for an industrial park in Weilheim. This Trifthof was built in 1611. To bring the tree trunks further across

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