Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany - Bahn-Hotel Neue Post - advertising card c.1920s

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Tegernsee is a town[3] in the Miesbach district of Bavaria, Germany, on the shore of Lake Tegernsee 747 m (2,451 ft) above sea level. A spa town, it is surrounded by an alpine landscape of Upper Bavaria, and has an economy mainly based on tourism.

The town is also home to a former Benedictine monastery, the Tegernsee Abbey, today a Schloss. The north wing of the abbey contains a brewery which produces the famous Tegernsee Lager Beer.

It is unknown who the original settlers of the area around the lake were. The recorded history of the region and of the town began with the arrival of the Bavarians in the 6th century AD. The noble family of the Agilolfings ruled this region and the entire Duchy of Bavaria.[4]

In 746, the brothers Adalbert and Ottokar, of the noble family of Huosi, founded a Benedictine monastery, Tegernsee Abbey. Its name derives from Old High German tegarin seo, meaning "large lake".[5] Although much of the town's early history is unknown as a result of Magyar incursions in the 10th century,[citation needed] it is known that relics of St Quirinus, which the abbey's founders obtained from Pope Paul I, were transferred in the 8th century from Rome to Tegernsee to be placed in its first church. The monastery had a substantial influence on the development of Southern Bavaria during the Middle Ages. It fell into decay in 907 after a series of defeats by the Magyars. It was secularized in 921 by Duke Arnulf and re-established in 979 by Emperor Otto II and Duke Otto I of Bavaria. The emperor appointed a new abbot and granted the rights of free election of the abbot, freedom from taxes and imperial protection. Thus removed from the suzerainty of the Bavarian rulers, the abbey recovered its prosperity[6] and grew culturally and artistically. Workshops were founded for book making, for glass painting and for goldsmithing. Around 1030 Ruodlieb, an early German romance of knightly adventure written in Latin verse, was almost certainly written there. In 1165 Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I visited the abbey. In the fifteenth century Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa corresponded with the abbot and prior about issues including mystical theology.

Because of its naturally protected position, Tegernsee suffered less from war and hardship than other parts of Bavaria. However, it was affected by the Black Death during the Thirty Years' War of 1618-1648. The monastery was secularized in 1803 and was acquired by the Bavarian royal family, the Wittelsbachs, who made it their summer residence. They brought court life and visitors to the lake, starting the tourism that characterizes the area today.[7] The town experienced tribulations during the War of the Austrian Succession of 1740-1748 and suffered many casualties in wars from the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 until World War II.[4] The abbey buildings were used as a military hospital during World War II. The valley became overcrowded with evacuees, who were there for protection from the bombing of urban areas. In the final weeks of the war, an SS division moved into the valley and built defenses against the American forces advancing from Bad Tölz. On May 3, 1945, as American artillery prepared to open fire on the town, a wounded officer in the German army, Maj. Hannibal von Lüttichau, who was recovering in the makeshift military hospital, persuaded the SS to withdraw in order to save the town and its large population of noncombatants from the imminent bombardment. After persuading the SS to withdraw from the town, the Major advanced unarmed, in uniform, and alone towards the American forces under a white flag and convinced the commanding officer to spare the town.[8]

Geography

Aerial view of Lake Tegernsee and the village

Tegernsee is located in the Bavarian Alps, on the east shore of Lake Tegernsee, neighbouring Gmund am Tegernsee and Hausham to the north, Schliersee to the east and Rottach-Egern to the south. The Bavarian state capital, Munich, is about 50 km (31 mi) north of the town, and the Austrian state of Tyrol is about 20 km (12 mi) south.

The Alpbach stream, whose bed it was planned to clean up in 2010, runs through the center of Tegernsee.[9] The Rottach river flows partly along the boundary between the communities of Tegernsee and Rottach-Egern. The Baumgartenschneid, a 1,448 metre mountain, is located not far from the town.

At the 2010 census, Tegernsee had a population of 3,889, of whom 1,672 were male and 2,217 female.[10]