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28-513: Thalkirchen is located on the river Isar and is a mostly residential district. Sights include the Flaucher, a part of the Isarauen ("floodplains") and a popular recreation site, and Tierpark Hellabrunn (Munich Zoo) which can be found on the opposite side of the river from Thalkirchen. The U-Bahn station Thalkirchen provides westside riverfront access to the zoo, which is on the eastern bank of

56-628: A zungenbecken or glacial hollow, was created by ice age glaciers from the Alps , and extends 21 km (13 mi) from north to south and has a width of 3–5 km (2-3.5 miles) from east to west. It has a single small island, the Roseninsel , and a single outlet, the Würm river (because of this river the lake was called the Würmsee until 1962). Its major inflow comes from a small river called

84-588: A public bath. It is also served by Tennis Forstenrieder Park. A shooting range is located on the border of Forstenrieder Park, at the Verein Hubertus f. Jagd- u. Sportschießen e.V. The Bezirkssportanlage Solln (a sports club) and the surrounding public park provide recreational opportunities to Forstenried residents on the southside of the district, including a dirt bike park, a view of the Alps from an artificial hill, playgrounds, and fruit-picking opportunities in

112-493: Is Germany 's second-largest body of fresh water, having great depth, and fifth-largest lake by area. It and its surroundings lie in three different Bavarian districts, or Landkreise . The lake is property of the state and accordingly managed by the Bavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes . Located in southern Bavaria 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Munich , Lake Starnberg

140-476: Is a 40 hectare (99 acre) zoological garden in the Bavarian capital of Munich . The zoo is situated on the right bank of the river Isar , in the southern part of Munich near the quarter of Thalkirchen . A high ratio of enclosures are cageless, relying upon moat features to keep the animals in place. The zoo was the first zoo in the world not organized by species, but also by geographical aspects. For example,

168-592: Is a popular recreation area for the city and, since 1976, one of the wetlands of international importance protected by the Ramsar Convention . The small town of Berg is famous as the site where King Ludwig II of Bavaria was found dead in the lake in 1886. Because of its associations with the Wittelsbach royal family, the lake is also known as Fürstensee (Prince's Lake). It is also mentioned in T. S. Eliot 's poem The Waste Land . The lake, lying in

196-521: Is more specifically bounded by the A95 to the west, Drygalski Allee and Waterloostraße to the east, Boschetsriederstraße to the north, and Forstenrieder Park to the south. It is served by the U3 U-bahn stations Forstenrieder Allee and Basler Straße . Buslines include buses 132, 133, and 134. Forstenried is centered on the intersection of Forstenrieder Allee and Liesl-Karlstadt-Straße/ Herterichstraße. This

224-476: Is mostly lower-density housing. On the far southeast side, adjacent to Drygalski Alee and Herterichstraße, there are some high-rise apartments, bordered by large crop fields. This area includes one large apartment building that is over 20 stories tall and serves as a major landmark, as one of the tallest apartments in Munich and the tallest building in southern Munich. Forstenried is served by Bad Forstenrieder Park,

252-489: Is the center of the old village of Forstenried, which was incorporated as part of Munich in 1912. The Heilig Kreuz (Holy Cross) Church is at the center of the old village, as well as the Maypole , a World War I and World War II memorial, some shops, a pharmacy, a social club, and some restaurants. Forstenried abuts Forstenrieder Park, a large, protected forest, stretching to the south toward Pullach and Starnberg and to

280-677: The Aurochs ) and the Tarpan . Lutz Heck was a renowned zoologist in Nazi Germany, his brother Heinz Heck was director of Hellabrunn Zoo at the time. During World War II , the zoo sustained extensive damage due to strategic bombing by the Allies of World War II , but the zoo was able to reopen in May 1945. In 1970, a badly needed plan for the renovation of the zoo was drawn up. In 2014 it

308-691: The Bayerische Seenschifffahrt company, using modern diesel-engined ships. The earliest surviving mention of the lake, as Uuirmseo , is in an 818 document referring to Holzhausen, now part of Münsing . This name became Wirmsee , already recorded during the reign of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Bavarian (1314–1347). This name is derived from the Wirm, now spelt Würm , the only river which flows out of

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336-458: The wood bison share their enclosure with prairie dogs . In 2013, the zoo was ranked the fourth best zoo in Europe (up from 12th). It focuses on conservation and captive breeding rare species such as the rare drill and silvery gibbons . Also gorillas , giraffes , elephants , wood bisons , elk and Arctic foxes were successfully bred in the zoo, which houses many species. It is one of

364-561: The Steinbach or Ostersee-Ach, which flows through a chain of small lakes to the south, the Osterseen . The lake's water is of excellent quality due to the introduction in the 1960s of a circular sewerage system which collects wastewater from the settlements around the lake and transports it to a treatment plant below the lake's outlet at Starnberg . Bronze fish-hooks and a dugout dating to the 9th or 8th century BCE have been discovered at

392-631: The U3 line. It is also served by the München Siemenswerke station , which is on the S7, S20, and S27 S-Bahn lines. Forstenried is an area in the far southwest of the city of Munich . It is mostly residential, with some shopping, restaurant, and entertainment opportunities. Forstenried is located west of Solln and Obersendling , east of Fürstenried , south of Hadern , south of Sendling-Westpark , and north of Forstenrieder Park (gemeindefrei). It

420-552: The development Fürstenried Ost and was erected after 1963. It is situated to the south of Fürstenried West alongside the Autobahn and adjacent to the Forstenrieder Park. The development is named after Schloss Fürstenried , a palace erected in 1715 by Max Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria as a hunting lodge. Solln is a mostly upscale, low-density residential area, recognized as one of the nicest in Munich, which includes

448-405: The lake, and there are still some professional fishers , most of them continuing a family tradition. Hikers and cyclists can circumnavigate the lake using a path approximately 49 kilometres (30 mi) long. Access to the lake shore is not possible everywhere, since it is mostly private property. Passenger ferries and excursion ships have operated on the lake since 1851. Today they are operated by

476-520: The lake, at Starnberg; in the 19th century, the spellings were changed to Würm and Würmsee. In the late 19th century, a railway connection between Munich and Starnberg made the lake an accessible destination for trips from the city. Trains departed from a wing of the Munich Central Station which was known as the 'Starnberg branch station' ( Starnberger Flügelbahnhof ) and the lake came increasingly to be known as Lake Starnberg; its name

504-608: The northwestern side, there are shopping opportunities centered on the Forstenrieder Allee U-Bahn station, including a bowling alley. The area north and west of Zuricherstraße includes many high-density apartments, whereas heading south on Forstenrieder Allee from Forstenrieder Allee U-Bahn station there is mostly lower-density housing. The area south of the center of Forstenried, heading toward Forstenrieder Park, include mostly upscale, single-family housing. The area north and east of Forstenrieder Allee U-Bahn station

532-582: The river. This is possible because of the Tierpark bridge, connecting the two sides, which is very close to the location of the U-Bahn station. Obersendling is located up-slope from Thalkirchen and north of Solln. The district is dominated by Siemens which has a large presence at Siemenswerke . The district can be reached by U-Bahn via the Aidenbachstraße and Obersendling stations, which are on

560-697: The ski town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen . The A95 also allows residents to quickly access central Munich , including the Mittlerer Ring , where the autobahn terminates. Fürstenried is a residential neighborhood along the A95 that was initiated in 1959 as a large scale urban housing development by the municipality and the savings bank of Munich Stadtsparkasse München . Fürstenried was developed in three discrete construction phases: Fürstenried 1 (now Fürstenried Ost), Fürstenried 2 (now Fürstenried West), and Fürstenried 3 (now Neu-Forstenried) Now Fürstenried Ost ,

588-522: The southernmost land area in the city of Munich . Solln is close to, but not adjacent to the River Isar , which is just to the east. Solln is served by München Solln station , which is on the S7 and S20 S-Bahn lines. 48°05′20″N 11°31′08″E  /  48.089°N 11.519°E  / 48.089; 11.519 Tierpark Hellabrunn Hellabrunn Zoo ( German : Tierpark Hellabrunn )

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616-639: The surrounding fields. Well known restaurants include the Restaurant Poseidon (a Greek restaurant), bordering Forstenrieder Park, and the Alter Wirt Fahr-Gast-Stätte (a traditional Bavarian restaurant), which is at the center of the old village of Forstenried. The A95 provides easy access to Lake Starnberg , just ten minutes to the southwest, as well as to recreational opportunities in the Bavarian Alps , including

644-798: The very few zoos that allows visitors to bring dogs. Tierpark Hellabrunn is a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and participates in the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP). On 25 February 1905 the Verein Zoologischer Garten München e.V. ( transl.  Society of the Zoological Garden of Munich )

672-420: The west Neuried . Forstenrieder Park offers recreational opportunities, with paved and unpaved paths, including deciduous and evergreen trees . Forstenried borders a major European headquarters for McDonald's . On the northeast side, just outside Forstenried, near McDonald's, there is a large retail area, including car dealerships, fitness centers, a major hardware store, a major electronics store, and more. On

700-531: Was awarded the first prize of the Association of German Architects BDA in Bavaria in 1967. At the time of completion, it was the largest single residential building in Bavaria. Now Fürstenried West , was also part of the original development plan and features groups of single family homes in a low-rise high-density configuration erected in 1962-1963. Now Neu-Forstenried , is a similar density extension of

728-723: Was built from 1960-1961 after an urban planning commission chose the development proposal by Architects Franz Ruf and Fred Angerer. It is located to the east of the Bundesautobahn A95. At the center of the development is the Sparkassenhochhaus, a 14 story residential building in the style of a slab high rise built in 1961 from plans of the Studio of the German Architect Fred Angerer by the architects Kurt Räder and Gerhard Feuser. The building

756-621: Was founded and the Hellabrunn area was chosen as the location for the zoo. The zoo was designed by architect Emanuel von Seidl , and opened to the public on 1 August 1911. In 1922, the zoo was closed due to the inflation in Germany. It was re-opened on 23 May 1928. It became the first Geo-Zoo in the world (animals were shown and kept with other animals of the same geographic region). It also engaged in controversial back-breeding to "recreate" extinct animals like Heck cattle (to mimic

784-537: Was home to 18,943 animals representing 767 species. The Tierpark Hellabrunn is very active in breeding, reintroduction and conservation projects. Over 2.2 million people visited Hellabrunn in 2014. As the groundwater level here is rather high and the water is of very good quality, the zoo can cover its needs for freshwater by using its own wells . Lake Starnberg Lake Starnberg , or Starnberger See [ˈʃtaʁnbɛʁɡɐ ˌzeː] ) — called Lake Würm or Würmsee [ˈvʏʁmˌzeː] until 1962 —

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